Apple may be late to the foldable smartphone market, but its first attempt is already raising the bar. Bloomberg’s Chris Welch takes an early look at the $1,999 iPhone Duo, from its carefully engineered hinge and 7.6-inch inner display to a redesigned iOS experience that takes advantage of the foldable form factor. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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@118Columbus
September 11, 2026 at 2:53 pm
He made love to the iPhone 📲 Duo
@118Columbus
September 11, 2026 at 2:54 pm
Nanotexture coating
@texassimon
September 11, 2026 at 2:59 pm
These are the deal breakers for me on the iPhone Duo:
1. Inferior camera (no telephoto lens).
2. No Face ID .
3. Passport size is just the wrong size for those who don’t wear cargo pants or baggie pants. The iPhone Duo is quarter inch wider than the iPhone 17 Pro Max and 2.55 mm thicker, it probably will not fit into the hip pocket of my skinny pant in the Summer or the chest pocket of my fleece in the Fall.
4. Last but not least, has someone tried to hold the Duo up to your ear to make a phone call? It might look absolutely idiotic.
These are the much bigger hurdles to me than the price point (I spent about $2K for the iPhone Pro Max anyway).
I will wait till they fix the camera deficiency and Face ID issues, and make it more “pocketable” in size, then I will consider buying it. Right now, it is a solid “NO”.
@cmdrdredd
September 13, 2026 at 7:17 am
The Samsung z fold 8 ultra is just about the same size as a normal phone if you use the front screen which is easy to slip into a pocket. It’s also thinner than the Duo. Has both fingerprint and face ID. It just seems like apple could have done a better job on their foldable. Samsung has them beat a month in advance.
@texassimon
September 13, 2026 at 7:39 am
@cmdrdredd Agree that Apple has been chasing Samsung on the phone design. However, the Z Fold only makes up about 2% of Samsung’s phone sales globally.
@Mbenz411
September 11, 2026 at 3:29 pm
What’s wrong with this Chris Welch guy
@rubysingh6077
September 11, 2026 at 5:03 pm
he seems nervous and it happens to the best of us sometime.
@jbnelson
September 11, 2026 at 8:08 pm
@rubysingh6077 Which is odd because he spent so much time at The Verge. Never heard him speak like this.
@DJ-ru4im
September 12, 2026 at 9:12 pm
@jbnelsonI talk like that when I’m really severely hungover sometimes. Weird anxious panicky feeling
@three-r2q
September 11, 2026 at 3:43 pm
📌Samsung Fold 8: 201grams thin and light like a slabphone that magically transforms into a light & thin tablet which is a pleasure to carry and use.
📌Apple Duo: 254grams thick and heavy which turns into 298grams when case is added. Thick & heavy and difficult to carry around feeling its heavy weight alll the time.
@RK-wn6ib
September 11, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Apple brainwash
@jesusgutierrez6041
September 11, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Biased video never mentions drawbacks
@JonSands
September 11, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Bloomberg Tech hires legit S-tier nerds, kudos don’t ever change
@ToothacheEveryday
September 11, 2026 at 8:42 pm
0:50 and if I’m m left handed, so not very ergonomic with all control on the right side…
@s.r.5462
September 13, 2026 at 10:58 am
You could say the same thing about left clicking a mouse on a computer. 40 years later, I don’t hear lefty complaining
@bmc1222
September 11, 2026 at 10:57 pm
Samsung customization is endless. lol you can move controls anywhere on the phone. Apple moving them to the right side is not some novel idea 😂.
@jfernandmy
September 12, 2026 at 12:42 am
So no upside to waiting
@filly3594
September 12, 2026 at 2:27 am
I have a little Nokia flip-phone that looks just like new but won’t work because it’s 4G. This supposedly new “foldable” phone is OLD NEWS but it’s 5G and smart and most people either don’t know or have forgotten about the flip-phones from the 90’s.
@willbain1966
September 12, 2026 at 1:08 pm
Not very good at speaking that twat ..
@ArkaDiptaDas
September 12, 2026 at 6:38 pm
Ah. A Luddite, I see!
@cmdrdredd
September 13, 2026 at 7:20 am
Upside of waiting for a device that is basically inferior to the Samsung device that came out a month earlier? No face ID, the size is wrong (z fold 8 ultra is about the size of a normal smart phone when using the front screen), it’s thicker than the zfold 8 ultra and more awkward to hold, missing camera features that should be there.
@LonliLokli
September 13, 2026 at 8:06 am
Sorry, but you didn’t share anything specifically different. Maybe because that’s your brand loyalty ?
@HaileyandBananabread
September 13, 2026 at 12:59 pm
Eh im a samsung person ill never change 😊
@ihmpall
September 13, 2026 at 1:51 pm
This guy can barely speak without huffing and puffing