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Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by tiahura »

$2000 and they can’t give you the full display? What stupid design document from 1985 says people want the corners of their screen cut off?

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by thomasjeff1 »

kombine wrote: post #107

The hardware is probably stellar and it must be an incredible reading device, but it's 2026 and I refuse to buy a device with a proprietary locked down software ecosystem.

Exactly my feelings. I want something with custom ROM.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by jascha_eng »

jedberg wrote: post #38

One thing I love about metric paper is the beauty of the simplicity: When you fold it, it maintains its ratio. This is because it is 1:1.41, aka 1:sqrt(2) When I saw that this new phone is 1:1.4, I instantly appreciated why it is that way. Metric paper wins again!

But it makes it really weird to type one handed I think.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by noodlesUK »

I really hope that in the coming years we will be able to get smaller phones back into the market. Apple compared this to the size of a passport. A passport seems even bigger than a normal iPhone, even when folded. A number of people (especially women with smaller hands) I know are holding onto their iPhone Minis for as long as possible. I’d love a phone that was roughly normal iphone sized when unfolded but was a flip phone à la Motorola razrs in years gone by. I wouldn’t even need a screen on the outside. I know it’s hard for a company like Apple to be able to market “less phone” as a good thing, and I know the iPhone mini didn’t do great commercially but there’s a small cohort of users clamoring to have something for them.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by newman314 »

I was quite surprised to see the under display camera. Wasn't expecting that.

Other than that, looks like there are some nice Duo specific features on iOS. $1999 is also surprising given that news outlets were reporting up to $2500. Plus it's price competitive with other foldables in the market.

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