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Fold-A-Phone Day 5: Let’s look at the crease after 139K folds
We’re coming to a close on week one of our Fold-A-Phone iPhone Duo test and 140K folds! So far, no physical changes we can see. Watch the livestream every Monday through Friday at 1pm ET through 5pm ET on YouTube. #foldaphone #iphoneduo #durabilitytest #allthingsmobile apple
@jonnyboy8000
October 30, 2026 at 12:34 pm
Change the battery on your smoke alarm that’s what’s making that noise
@JG-712
October 30, 2026 at 6:57 pm
@jonnyboy8000 the tests were conducted in a black home
@2LTC4
October 30, 2026 at 7:10 pm
@jonnyboy8000 my smoke alarms are wired through the walls i haven’t put a battery in a smoke alarm in 22 years
@Pimpthis3
October 30, 2026 at 12:54 pm
Isn’t this the same controlled environment that Apple tested theirs? What happened when folding it open and closed after putting in and out of pockets, bags, purses, you know- actual use. It appears that through standard use and not controlled settings that the screen cracks, so….
@IzzyNoLastNameYT
October 30, 2026 at 1:36 pm
google plastic deformation
@AVMusicPromoti0n
October 30, 2026 at 2:45 pm
@Pimpthis3 orrrrr, get this… manufacturing defects.
@weirdo211
October 30, 2026 at 3:08 pm
The fact that it hasn’t cracked yet and hasn’t broke, just tells me that not all of them are faulty and with some time and some polishing this phone could be great. I believe the next version of this phone it’s gonna be good
@Smoothsailing7
October 30, 2026 at 3:32 pm
You can definitely see that crease
@r3i2x
October 30, 2026 at 8:25 pm
@Smoothsailing7not bad for 139K folds. Samsung Z folds only tested for 15K folds.
@thebluewalrus2
October 30, 2026 at 8:48 pm
crazy about the duo is you can replace the top glass for 20$ and it looks good again
@user-cb9wg3mj4j
October 30, 2026 at 3:58 pm
No dust or anything no
@_MaxHeadroom_
October 30, 2026 at 4:46 pm
5.5 folds per hour over the course of 3 years. Definitely passable
@scottmilella703
October 30, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Well, it makes a noticeable crease barely, but then again, that is over 100 thousand open and close events. I don’t know how long that represents in the real world, but I could see a crease but it looks very faint, which seems to me like it’s doing pretty darn good. I can’t really think of anything else you could fold that many times and not have something show up other than maybe a cotton sheet or something like that, and on that I am just guessing or assuming; it could also create some kind of physical issue.
@PHW386
October 30, 2026 at 6:47 pm
Now turn on the screen.