Apple unveils foldable iPhone Duo

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Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, at the company’s annual September product event on Apple’s Cupertino campus. The passport-size Duo opens and closes like a passport to double its screen area, becoming the company’s largest display when opened and its thinnest phone when closed, John Ternus said. Ternus, who became Apple’s chief executive on 1 September, called the Duo an “entirely new design” and said it will redefine the foldable experience. The device starts at $1,999 and will be available on 23 October. Apple also highlighted new AI features across its product line, including Siri AI integrations with over 300,000 apps and an Apple Reference Image feature that fingerprints photos to show they were captured by an iPhone. The company announced other devices at the event, including the iPhone 18 Pro starting at $1,199, the iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299, and new AirPods described as 50% more noise cancelling and starting at $129.

Stansaid Airport

@stansaidairport.bsky.social

Our Duty Free shop has some amazing deals on the new iPhone Duo.

51629d ago

Treetop Flyer6

Is that water proof tape?

BlancheNoE6

🤣 If it costs under 8 grand, I'll take it!

GOP's the problem5

Wins the internet for today. I love how the legendary apple designers made the highest look like sticky tape. Rustic

Cellfish4

13 seconds and it hasn't broken yet.. That is quality! 🤣🤣🤣

Luis Alis・ルイス4

Nice but you forgot to remove all of the protective sheet, there are some pieces left around the middle of the screen

Skinny Bob3

They need to work on that #crease.

Heather Anne Campbell

@heathercampbell.bsky.social

(Unfolding iPhone duo) time to unlock my potential (snapping open mechanical keyboard) on my mini computer (hanging three batteries over my shoulder) ‘cause we’re at peak design (AirPlay enabled) and nothing will stop me (slamming apple vision over my eyes) from productivity (my car crashes)

11229d ago

Johnny2

Don't forget your watch replaying the 15 seconds of the crash on loop, etching your hubris into silicon

The Life of Sharks

@thelifeofsharks.com

I’ve just launched a new app that lets you check your privilege. It’s on the AppStore now for £99 and only works with the iPhone Duo.

7630d ago

darth™️

@darthbluesky.bsky.social

the apple guy just said the duo has touch ID and u can also use your apple watch to unlock the iphone duo but don't u use your iphone to unlock your apple watch

8230d ago

Tamoor Hussain

@tamoorh.com

Gonna get iPhone Duo and doomscroll on two difference screens on two different apps to speedrun brainrot and expedite my expiration.

5229d ago

Mary Gillis

@marygillis.bsky.social

The big shots at Apple don't want you to know this, but you can save a fortune on an iPhone Duo by buying two refurbished mini iPhones and taping them together.

3429d ago

Bright Lattices1

I still have an iPhone 5 going strong as a secondary music player. it’s so nice to have a proper headphone jack. I should try taping my other older devices to my IPad 1 🤔

Terrence O'Brien

@terrenceobrien.bsky.social

Buried by the iPhone Duo announcement yesterday was a new Suno model that includes some of the biggest industry players as coconspirators. Also, it might actually sound worse.

2529d ago

Voters of Tomorrow

@votersoftomorrow.org

Bought the new iPhone Duo because one screen wasn’t enough to hold all of Trump’s lies.

2229d ago

猫分儀スミレ🏳️‍⚧️ Nekobungi Sumire

@amaitorte.jp

I don't know how the price tag for the iPhone Duo sounds elsewhere, but 364800 jpy here is no longer the kind of price that a regular Japanese person would pay for a mobile phone...

3029d ago

猫分儀スミレ🏳️‍⚧️ Nekobungi Sumire17

Fyi the average monthly income in Japan is around 260000

Jaguar🔞3

In the US, the iPhone Duo is comparable in price to the Samsung Fold series. The iPhone Duo is $2000 compared to $1900 for the Z Fold 8 and $2100 for the Z Fold 8 Ultra. Foldable phones aren't phones a regular person buys. These are definitely enthusiast phones.

WhiteLens1

In the US, it can range between $2000-3200, which is like PC money right there. Heck, even a Mac would sound more reasonable than that. That said, even the iPhone 18 is pretty pricey.

Epsilon sinfulSinewave ~1

2419€ here, that's in the range of like a decent used car, what i'd consider a normal price for a new flagship phone is like 800-1000€ i think it's aimed at like the ultra-high-end market which doesn't really care about price beyond a certain point and will buy the thing regardless

Hexalice1

thats.... insanely expensive for a phone?????? why would anyone buy that

Lowcostcosplay

@lowcostcosplay.bsky.social

My Iphone Duo #iphoneduo D E L I C I O U S s.shopee.co.th/8plecnSMzA

2430d ago

Patch Zircher

@patrickzircher.bsky.social

Last night NBC News runs a story: "Ai may kill us all by the end of the decade". Followed by a story about the iPhone Duo. I thought of this:

2229d ago

Stefan E. Jones2

"Moscow in flames. Missiles on the way. Film at eleven."

timŌthy1

That movie was so friggin great. And for fucks sake why did he charge them for the snacks?

𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓲 🌸

@chaiteakitten.bsky.social

The new iPhone Duo looks very uncomfortable to hold especially if you have small hands. I don’t get appeal of these foldable phones at all, they don’t seem ergonomic and are just a bigger brick to carry around.

2330d ago

Emil Bronze - Heart of Oak2

Foldable screens are prone to cracking and dead pixel along the fold Coworker had the samsung fold and it failed within a month

Mike1

I'm not a fan of folding smartphones in general. If the potential for hinge/screen problems wasn't what chased me away from them, it's the bulkiness. I already have quite a bit going on in my EDC (phone, wallet, keys, pocket knife, Zippo). A heavier phone wouldn't be fun to carry around all day.

Solarkness1

Whenever I hear foldable phones I think of the old bricks. I want those back. Textile buttons my beloved. So to me it's just, congrats Apple, you heard us say we wanted foldable phones again and didn't understand what we meant.

Alex “Sunny” 🔞1

I don’t like them because I keep thinking how many times can you fold it before that hinge fails

Gaga Daily

@gagadaily.com

Getting the iPhone Duo to watch the most iconic duo

1429d ago

Pavel

@spavel.bsky.social

Charles Xavier using Cerebro to implant false memories of how to use the iPhone Duo into everyone's minds so that we will have always considered it intuitive

Professor X and Wolverine inside Cerebro.

1629d ago

Volpeon 🐉

@volpeon.pds.wyvern.rip

Even Apple couldn't fix the one problem that's keeping me away from foldables (the crease in the middle)

iPhone Duo with a visible crease in the middle.

1830d ago

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