Apple’s iPhone Duo is out and we want to see how durable it is. So we built a robot to fold it 20,000+ times a day to test its limits. How long do you think it will last? 100,000 folds? 200,000 folds? 500,000 folds? Tune in and watch the testing live. We’ll have CNET’s editors online to answer any of your questions.
Read more about the iPhone Duo Folding Test on CNET.com
The iPhone Duo Is Now in Our Custom-Made Foldable Phone Test Machine. Will It Beat the Galaxy Fold 8?
iPhone Duo Review: Late to the Foldable Party, but It Steals the Show
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@9omoood
October 29, 2026 at 5:08 pm
Send it to me
@knowislamknowpeace3198
October 29, 2026 at 5:11 pm
Thats fake! We all know it cracks after the first fold! 😳😄🙈
@voyager1145
October 29, 2026 at 5:15 pm
😔😔😔😔😔😔😔👎
@redlinejcw
October 29, 2026 at 5:27 pm
TLDW: At the end of this live we’re at 124,704 folds and screen and hinge still good.
@RPGxGACHA
October 29, 2026 at 6:11 pm
I wonder how many years do we have to fold our iPhone Duo till we reached 124,704 folds
@theninjarush1163
October 29, 2026 at 6:16 pm
@RPGxGACHA 100 folds a day? 3.4 years.
@randomsanwhich2
October 29, 2026 at 6:58 pm
@theninjarush1163 342 folds a day? One year.
@FxpNtur64
October 29, 2026 at 9:08 pm
But how is the crease looks like
@theninjarush1163
October 29, 2026 at 9:27 pm
@randomsanwhich2 lol
@zoltaniii9534
October 29, 2026 at 6:02 pm
Well, that’s going on. Drop a bit of sand in there and we’ll see how far it goes then.
@keithburns5082
October 29, 2026 at 6:19 pm
Wow
@keithburns5082
October 29, 2026 at 6:20 pm
I picked one up release day also I have fold 8 and I said if it reaches 200k I’m gonna keep it
@keithburns5082
October 29, 2026 at 6:21 pm
Phones are my temptation
@keithburns5082
October 29, 2026 at 6:23 pm
People open there phone like capt Kirk are idiots
@keithburns5082
October 29, 2026 at 6:24 pm
I open mine like your machine opens it
@RachidGuelli
October 29, 2026 at 6:25 pm
😂😂😂😂😂
@iamsoni.
October 29, 2026 at 6:28 pm
Cnet’s iphone duo is currently at 125,000 folds and still going strong, so this seems to be an outlier.
@tyr0n313
October 29, 2026 at 6:41 pm
Did you just pick your nose?
@jameshooper5033
October 29, 2026 at 7:11 pm
Is the crease getting hot ?
@GreenEyes_MS
October 29, 2026 at 8:01 pm
People tend to “over open” hinged devices which the hinge has to stop. Also, people might open by the corners. If the machine could replicate those forces, we might get a different result.
@mrdextrous355
October 29, 2026 at 8:12 pm
@GreenEyes_MS or or hear me out…it may not happen at all
@GreenEyes_MS
October 29, 2026 at 8:26 pm
@mrdextrous355. Agreed, which is why I wrote “might” as opposed to “probably.” I think it will continue to be a common or even rare problem.
@matthewong1953
October 29, 2026 at 8:49 pm
yeah but by changing the test – we can no longer do an apple to apple comparison against Samsung! The Samsung folding test set the baseline. We know do NOT have a baseline comparison.
@RafiedHashim
October 29, 2026 at 9:01 pm
add sand and then talk
@FxpNtur64
October 29, 2026 at 9:07 pm
You need to show us at the ending of the stream how is the crease looks like