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The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable
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Seven years after foldable phones arrived, Apple thinks the tech is ready for an iPhone.
Seven years after foldable phones arrived, Apple thinks the tech is ready for an iPhone.
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Apple has announced its long-anticipated foldable iPhone, which arrives more than seven years after the first Samsung Galaxy Fold phone hit the market. My colleague Allison Johnson has already had the chance to try out the device in person at Apple’s event, so read what she thinks of it so far.
The Duo will be available to preorder on October 16th, going on sale on October 23rd, a month later than the two 18 Pro models. It starts at $1,999 — $100 more than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, but $100 less than its Z Fold 8 Ultra — for 256GB of storage, with the option to go up to 2TB total. Like the iPhone Air, it’s eSIM-only worldwide.
Much like Samsung’s recent Galaxy Z Fold 8, Apple says the Duo is a similar size to a passport when closed, with a 5.4-inch display, but it opens to a 7.6-inch panel, the largest on any iPhone yet. Both screens use the exact same aspect ratio, and the large inner screen is 50 percent larger than the screen on the new iPhone 18 Pro Max, and 80 percent bigger than the iPhone Pro’s. Both screens support ProMotion, always-on displays, and up to 3,000 nits of peak brightness, and Apple says that Apple Pencil support is coming “later this year.”