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Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by GeekyBear » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

tills13 wrote: post #198

GeekyBear wrote: post #113

After four years of watching the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel snap Google's foldable phones in half at the same spot along the antenna lines, I'm looking forward to seeing how well this holds up. Something this expensive should not be that fragile year after year.

new foldables are surprisingly strong along the spine. Not impossible to snap or damage but would support being accidentally sat on without it being catastrophic, for example.

> new foldables are surprisingly strong along the spine

Have you seen the video in question from two weeks ago?

> GOOGLE MADE A MISTAKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUT3rUZGqLA&

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

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Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by jimt1234 » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

Not available in US: https://consumer.huawei.com/my/phones/mate-xt-ultimate-desig...

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by 3pm » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

ivraatiems wrote: post #95

$2,000 for a phone? Holy price point, Batman. No thanks. I assume the people who would buy something like this have enough money not to care, and also would not care about the second part of my comment, because they want New Thing or use their phones enough for it to be useful. I guess it might be the case that the only way to make the folding screen thing even remotely work is a very, very expensive manufacturing pr…

$700 premium for Duo compared to iPhone Pro Max 18. Exactly the price of iPad mini 256GB.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by layer8 » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

docdeek wrote: post #268

How do you put a case on a foldable phone? Or do you not put one on, rely on the ceramic to protect the screen, and pay for Apple Care for cheap replacement screens?

It’s in the article: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2026/09/apple-unveils-...

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by kristofferR » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

achow wrote: post #158

I cannot believe that the central crease could disappear altogether! Suspiciously could not see reviews of it yet - usually bloggers like mkbhd get their hands on early, and they release the reviews moment the embargo is off, usually when live event is over. This time nothing.

That's not true, the journalists are hands on with it right now.

Here's a live stream of the popular obnoxious streamer, he held it a few minutes ago (also talked with MKBHD).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CPAtEmHAio

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by bob1029 » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

That hinge mechanism looks like some pretty wild engineering to me.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by valleyer » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC

yuhmahp wrote: post #255

Looks like an Android. Couldn't frame it like the iconic notch / dynamic island. Not immediately recognizable. Arrived too late.

Less space than a Nomad? Lame?

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by semiinfinitely » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC

if only it ran linux

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by acd » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC

kombine wrote: post #108

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.

Explore Pixel Grapheneos Lineageos or Fairphone Unlocked boot loader in pixel to load third party operating system. PinePhone for Linux Ubuntu touch