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Apple Announces Foldable 'iPhone Duo'

x-evil-x said:
Do you not use your phone at home relaxing? Do you not watch things sometimes eating out by yourself? Have you used a tablet before? Seems like it does all that
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Why would I use my phone at home when I have an iPad, computer and a large screen tv? If I’m out eating I do —SHOCK— digital detoxing. I don’t need to have a device in my face while I m at a restaurant. I just take the time away from a device for a change. I have used a tablet, I have an iPad.
 
Good to see the foldable from Apple. Was a long wait. Support for pencil is good. Disappointing that there is no telephoto lens. Don't think I will buy one. Price in my country is equivalent to approximately $3160. Very costly.
 
I like it. Looks like some other Android foldable with even similar features copied from Android foldable. They should bring some of those multitask features to regular iPhone Pro Max.
 
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DankeBrutus said:
I was cautiously optimistic that Apple would pull the "last one to do it but did it right" thing and from first impressions they may have made the best foldable phone. I have not been tempted by a folding phone before but the Duo does look good. $2000 USD for just 256GB of storage is wheeze-inducing, but if I am going to buy a Duo it probably will be the Duo 2 or 3 since I am very happy with my iPhone 17. Hopefully by then memory and storage prices will come back down to Earth.

The one design decision I am skeptical of is moving the status bar to the side. In a way the Duo sort of resembles how I prefer my macOS GUI with the Dock to the side, though on my Macs I prefer the Dock on the left side. It makes physical sense to have the controls remain near the thumb, and the passport-like shape is going to influence people to hold the Duo a certain way, but I wonder how the Duo will accommodate left-handed people. I'm looking forward to the inevitable JerryRigEverything durability test to see how the titanium heavy chassis handles stress. The iPhone Air did very well when he got his hands on it, but that hinge could be the weak point of the device.
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It looks just like every other folding phone out there. I do not see Apple inventing anything new in this design. As usual, their presentation is full of the technical terms they invented just to sound differently from the others but it's the same design (just 9 years late).
 
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tekcor said:
I went into this expecting to hate it. I don’t. The camera and Face ID I could survive without. But no MagSafe? That’s a dealbreaker.
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iPhone Duo supports MagSafe wireless charging and offers incredibly fast wired charging that reaches up to 50 percent in around 20 minutes.
 
theskog said:
The head of engineering in the video specifically said it's designed to "minimize" creasing. That bitch is still gonna crease like a cheap pair of pleather dress shoes.
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True but real leather also creases. 😉

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Neil J. Squillante said:
It will sell well. One audience consists of people with an iPhone and iPad mini. It can replace both at around the same price. It looks more comfortable to hold when open than an iPad mini and has a much better display (though the next iPad mini may get OLED).
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How though? Look how much bigger the mini looks now can it replace it?
 

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