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Re: iPhone Duo

#931

Post by giarc » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC

ornornor wrote: post #929

“From 1999$”. We truly have gone insane. For a phone most people keep 5 years tops.

Well when you put it that way, it doesn't sound so bad (somewhat tongue in cheek). In all honesty though, when you look at usage patterns, paying $2000 for something that many people use 5+ hours a day, it almost seems cheap.

Re: iPhone Duo

#932

Post by sph » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC

$1999 dollaroos? Yeah, no thanks.

Re: iPhone Duo

#933

Post by HankWozHere » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC

So I’m starting to think this is why the Microsoft Surface Neo never got released - so hyped up and then lost into thin air- circa 2019. To me it looks like it was sold to Apple to refine the design. I’m not sure I’ve seen it yet, but I’m sure you will be able to use one screen as a keyboard in a type of laptop mode - a big feature of the Neo back in the day ( I so wanted one back then, not sure how I feel now)

Re: iPhone Duo

#934

Post by Aboutplants » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

barnabee wrote: post #928

Can I buy half of one? The size and aspect ratio of the outer display sounds like it'd be pretty close to my ideal phone. Maybe that means I want one on a technicality. I suppose the big fold out screen would be useful at time if the device isn't too chunky...

Name it the Uno, make it affordable and sell billions of them

Re: iPhone Duo

#935

Post by nashashmi » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

HankWozHere wrote: post #933

So I’m starting to think this is why the Microsoft Surface Neo never got released - so hyped up and then lost into thin air- circa 2019. To me it looks like it was sold to Apple to refine the design. I’m not sure I’ve seen it yet, but I’m sure you will be able to use one screen as a keyboard in a type of laptop mode - a big feature of the Neo back in the day ( I so wanted one back then, not sure how I feel now)

Surface Neo came out in android form called surface duo. It had the amazing hinge that somehow locked in place when rotated just the right way. I think The windows version never came out because MS couldn’t commit to this form factor

Re: iPhone Duo

#936

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:33 PM UTC

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Re: iPhone Duo

#937

Post by joebates » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

I actually really like this and I'm not sure why. I've been a folding phone skeptic for years but I really am intrigued.

Re: iPhone Duo

#938

Post by vachina » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC

Never expected Apple to get on the foldable bandwagon. A slab is as good as it gets for something you use every day.

Re: iPhone Duo

#939

Post by mmmlinux » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC

Disappointed this isn't a new Macbook Duo. i want to plug my phone in to a dock and have real Mac OS. Like the Duo line of laptops they used to have...

Re: iPhone Duo

#940

Post by jjkaczor » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

Wowza... this is the first time in recent years Apple is introducing a mobile product that is a "change" from everything they have done in 10-years...

(I want one... find phone screens too small, but don't want to carry a phone and a tablet - yes, I know there have been other offerings in the Android ecosystem, but I am not in that realm)