iPhone Duo

retired

No SIM slot. So I have to carry a mobile hotspot if I want to browse the internet outside my home. It’s like Apple forgets there is a world outside the US where eSIM is not a thing.

drunkonvinyl

looks nice, but if i still can't use terminal or closer to native cli, the pixel fold 10 with termux is still the right device for on-the-go development. termius is ok, but with termux i can run emacs on the pixel.

nunez

- It works with the pencil! This is a big big deal. I can do whiteboarding with customers quickly without having to break out a separate device, for example. Definitely unfortunate for the reMarkable Move and devices like that. - They actually might have nailed the hinge and crease problems. - I've been excited for this release ever since the rumor of the iPhone Air being a prototype of sorts for this came out. Two iPhone Airs fit very comfortably in my hip pack (though I only ever have one at a time).

ronsor

I still don't get the fanfare over folding phones. They tend to be more fragile, and if I really need a larger screen, I'd much rather use a laptop or tablet.

yesfitz

iPhone Duo is more like iPad Pocket. Touch ID + Apple Pencil Support coming later this year. It looks physically uncomfortable to hold. I was really hoping they were going to slap an Apple Watch screen on the back of an iPhone Air and fold that in half. I'll be waiting for an iPhone Duo Mini, I guess.

snailmailman

Interesting that there seems to be no FaceID? They only mentioned TouchID. I assume it’s a limitation of the under-screen camera. They’ve been doing Touch ID instead of faceID with some of their products a few times, I think some of the iPad models? but unfortunately touchID has like a 20% success rate with my fingers. FaceID works 100% of the time for me. I’ve never had good luck with any fingerprint scanners. I hope they can someday solve the issues with FaceID under the screen. I wasn’t going to buy this product anyway. My current phone works and I have zero reason to upgrade. But if I was in the market, no facial recognition is honestly a dealbreaker.

ggcr

Seems like a big engineering feat by Apple, but for real, who asked for this? Edit: Is there that many demand for a foldable iPhone that justifies Apple making such engineering investment?

low_tech_punk

This made history because Apple never copied Microsoft before. https://news.microsoft.com/surfaceduo/

kemotep

The real trick is waiting to see if they make a iPhone Duo 3 or 4. Knowing they are committed to the form factor and it’s not another Mini would be nice to know. Also time to work out the hardware and software issues. Not trying to spend serious money on beta testing like a Vision Pro.

haunter

The new iPhone Duo in single screen mode is the same size (5.4") as the iPhone 13 mini but with a different aspect ratio https://photos.reportinglive.com/p/2026-09-09/f-bf86c6f5adb3...

dmitrygr

Looking forward to reviews after a few months of use. So far all the foldables I've seen get destroyed quite fast.

lvl256

$1999 is ridiculous. Edit: Wow, I didn’t know Samsung foldable was priced similarly. It’s a lot of money to pay for something inherently fragile.

jedberg

My wife's first question: Will this fit in a woman's hand?

minimaxir

I'll give John Ternus credit: the demos are interesting and fun . Maybe not $2k fun + inherent risk with buying the first generation of an Apple product particularly after the Apple Vision Pro, but still.

joenot443

Did anybody want this?

kaikayy

So excited to see if the "apple adoption delay" holds true here. Like more durability and actual long term software support.

floturcocantsee

They were very evasive on what the inner screen was made of. I'm going to assume its the same plastic all the other folding phones are made of.

behnamoh

Steve Jobs would roll in his grave due to lack of symmetry in this.

thepasswordis

I'm interested to see what cases for this will look like.