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Meet the Machine That Will Break the iPhone Duo, Eventually | All Things Mobile

Get a behind-the-scenes look at CNET Labs, where our team of engineers built a machine that folds and unfolds phones exactly like a human would, and measures exactly how many folds a folding phone can be folded. How many folds will the iPhone Duo handle? Read more about the Fold-A-Phone on CNET.com The iPhone Duo…

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Get a behind-the-scenes look at CNET Labs, where our team of engineers built a machine that folds and unfolds phones exactly like a human would, and measures exactly how many folds a folding phone can be folded. How many folds will the iPhone Duo handle?

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00:00 Introduction to Louisville Labs
00:17 Meet the Fold-A-Phone
00:22 Louisville Labs Testing Facility
00:53 Engineering the Fold-A-Phone Machine
1:26 Testing the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8
2:29 Replicating Human Folding Speed & Pressure
3:30 iPhone Duo Fold Count Predictions
4:15 How to Watch the Live Stream Test

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  1. @ProjectCovenant

    October 24, 2026 at 8:03 am

    It’s truly insane how every media company is slitting out the iPhone duos name for views.

  2. @Ghost818-x8c

    October 24, 2026 at 8:13 am

    Looks like Jerry Rig has competition

    • @RandomCuriositiesToday

      October 24, 2026 at 7:25 pm

      Nope

    • @Ghost818-x8c

      October 24, 2026 at 7:29 pm

      Tiny peee peee 😂😂🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭😘

    • @iapplethis

      October 24, 2026 at 8:30 pm

      lol this guy literally just plays with dirt…

  3. @xtuff501

    October 24, 2026 at 8:33 am

    Joanna Stern beat you to it 😂

  4. @nooahchannel

    October 24, 2026 at 8:51 am

    Do not buy foldable phones! Too expensive and for sure not worth the higher prize!

    • @coreyb2923

      October 24, 2026 at 9:34 am

      @nooahchannel I’m on my second foldable cell the Razor 2024 , I love it . I personally would not like to have a candy bar cell again – they crack to easy for me . Yes they are to expensive I assume it has to do with trade issues.

    • @toututu2993

      October 24, 2026 at 4:29 pm

      A $1,000 plus need to change eand evolve a lot with no added problems, a foldable phone touchscreen is bringing too many problems on top of the normal smartphone. That is why I would rather get Meta VR Glasses because they is a real evolution that doesn’t bring unnecessary problems I didn’t asked for. I don’t wanna cope with crease, I don’t wanna cope with soft screens that can easily be scratched. I don’t wanna worry or cope with any of them

  5. @TananBaboo

    October 24, 2026 at 9:33 am

    Like how these guys act like they’re doing something that Apple did not.

    • @numi5003

      October 24, 2026 at 9:49 am

      No, but unlike most other foldables, Apple didn’t give the data. Obviously they do tests, but do YOU know the stress test results? Neither do we! Let’s find out together.

  6. @SinisterPuppy

    October 24, 2026 at 9:40 am

    How many folds does it take to get to the center of smartphone hinge. 🦉📱

    • @ryanmakers

      October 24, 2026 at 11:52 am

      The world may never know.

    • @118Columbus

      October 24, 2026 at 9:24 pm

      More licks than a Tootsie Pop.

  7. @qpwoeiruty108

    October 24, 2026 at 11:29 am

    hasn’t Apple tested it before release?

    • @JonMeFree

      October 24, 2026 at 12:31 pm

      @qpwoeiruty108 Of course. Those numbers aren’t public. They also test every phone.

    • @Tx_Jay_

      October 24, 2026 at 5:23 pm

      @qpwoeiruty108 I’m sure ones they test, don’t think they testing phones that’s being boxed up to sell, this is all third party testing

  8. @joecomputers2740

    October 24, 2026 at 11:54 am

    how to check how many times i have pressed the power button on my pixel?

  9. @GilligansIslandLads

    October 24, 2026 at 12:10 pm

    1.2 million

  10. @Gorbi1970

    October 24, 2026 at 1:13 pm

    it will break after 666,000 opening and closing cycles 😂

  11. @smilemonster

    October 24, 2026 at 2:21 pm

    whereas the Soviet Cosmonauts Used a iPad mini.

  12. @astrostl

    October 24, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    Doesn’t need to be chambered and cooled to account for the heat generated by constant motion?

  13. @soulchorea

    October 24, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    I think a factor that these tests are leaving out is friction. Open/close/open/close that many times, and that quick in succession, is generating heat and potentially wearing components out than the same amount of folds at a normal usage pace would. Whatever number they come up with, it’s not like every Duo has that same exact finite number of folds before it breaks, you know?

    • @iapplethis

      October 24, 2026 at 8:28 pm

      yea these types of tests r not realistic… its about load over time, not a specific number

  14. @soulchorea

    October 24, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    I think a factor that these tests are leaving out is friction. Open/close/open/close that many times, and that quick in succession, is generating heat and potentially wearing components out significantly faster than the same amount of folds at a normal usage pace would. Whatever number they come up with, it’s not like every Duo has that same exact finite number of folds before it breaks, you know?

  15. @Tpendos

    October 24, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    no one is interested in this. Too much hate at this point. In this economy if you can afford go and buy, but if you can’t afford to buy one, don’t keep attacking apple. m not a die hard apple fan but this is crazy, never seen videos attacking a new product so badly.

  16. @TechnicallyTaken

    October 24, 2026 at 10:06 pm

    What if your machine breaks before that 😅???

  17. @2nd-place

    October 25, 2026 at 3:11 am

    Please also stop it at set intervals and test the depth profile of the hinge indentation and what it looks like under a few different controlled lighting situations. Thanks!

  18. @andyp9435

    October 25, 2026 at 3:40 am

    800k

  19. @tiba47

    October 25, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Jerryrig

  20. @hemlama111

    October 25, 2026 at 10:11 am

    Test like z fold 1 man

  21. @lucky-y4w1w

    October 25, 2026 at 10:57 am

    7년전 과 다르게 아주 느리게 해주는군요

  22. @아누875

    October 25, 2026 at 11:11 am

    폴드1하고 똑같은 조건으로 진행하세요 사기네

  23. @TIMERABBIT

    October 25, 2026 at 11:44 am

    why do not test like z fold 1??😂😂😂

  24. @PiggyPower

    October 25, 2026 at 11:50 am

    This didn’t age well. How many 100s of duos have broken within hours?

  25. @Kaiidth-wf6qc

    October 25, 2026 at 12:32 pm

    Anyone here remember the torture machine the Z fold 1 went through? Pretty sure that machine died before the phone did lmfao
    This feels more like gentle caresses than an actual test.

  26. @사이다무무

    October 25, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    왜 왜 z폴드1처럼 안해?

  27. @으아아아아아아아2

    October 25, 2026 at 12:55 pm

    갓난아기 만지듯 핸드폰을 만지시네요ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  28. @RD-wm3fo

    October 25, 2026 at 1:39 pm

    the inner display contact point needs to be more dispersed. Seems like itll add a lot of pressure.

  29. @송장100

    October 25, 2026 at 2:41 pm

    에라이 사기꾼들아 아주 애플 돈을 쳐받았네

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