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5 biggest Apple announcements from the iPhone Duo event
Apple announced a new foldable called the iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods 5, and new Apple Watches at its Surprise and Shine event in Cupertino. Here's the rundown.
After several years of development, Apple finally announced its own foldable: the iPhone Duo — a premium, compact device that combines all the best features of the iPhone in a book-style foldable that extends to a 7.6-inch display and features an under-display camera.
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ZDNET was on the ground in Cupertino to go hands-on with the iPhone Duo, along with all the other devices Apple announced: the Apple Watch 12 and Ultra 4, and the AirPods 5. Here are the biggest announcements Apple made today.
It’s been a long time coming, but Apple finally made it happen. To compete with all the compelling foldable Androids this year (including Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the new Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold), Apple is jumping into the foldable race a little late but exceptionally prepared — in true Apple fashion.
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The iPhone Duo is Apple’s most premium phone to date. It resembles a squat iPhone with a 5.4-inch cover screen and opens like a book to reveal a 7.6-inch Liquid Retina XDR display that strongly resembles an iPad. In fact, the Duo uses a modified version of iOS that looks closer to iPadOS, with more horizontal room for icons and a vertical dock on the right side of the cover screen.
The Duo also differentiates itself from other iPhone models with support for the Apple Pencil — the first iPhone to do so — rounding out the tablet-like experience and creating a more premium use case.
Predictably, the Duo targets the enthusiast and power-user demographic, with the new A20 chip, 12GB of memory, and 256GB of storage. It’s got the price to match — starting at $1,999 and going beyond $3,000 with 2TB of storage, propelling it into a new tier of high-end devices.
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