I tried Apple’s iPhone Duo – Samsung should be worried

What's your take: has Apple managed to leapfrog the foldable competition?

Honestly, these days there's not enough crossover. People have pretty much picked their operating system. So I don't think we need to pit everyone against each other all the time. Apple did a great job getting Apple customers to move them to folds and spend two grand.

Worried about what?

It was difficult to read the article. It's clear from the first sentence how much you love and adore Apple. You let them get away with everything...

The Duo is a pure copy of the Huawei Pura X Max. Plain and simple. A tough pill to swallow.

"My problem here is that this is a cutting-edge, $2000 phone, and it still lacks a telephoto camera. I'm sure it's super tough to stuff it in there, in such a thin body." .... Huawei did... While still having better screens on both the inside and outside. And still costing 2/3 of what a Duo does.

All foldables matter

You mention that you does not know of any other phone with a more optimized crease.

Does that mean you as a tech journalist do not know about Oppo Find N6, Honor Magic V6 or any of the latest foldables from Huawei? Strange.

If you wanted to be correct you could say "The most optimized crease Apple has made". 😅

It's not the most invisible crease. People outside the tech industry knew that it's because of the matte display. You will see several forums that every other OEM will have the same effect when applying a matte hydrogel film.

This looks like a superb implementation of the folding screen and I wish Apple great success with the device (as I also do for Samsung). I have anxiety about two things. One is anxiety over fatiguing the crease. The other is anxiety over protecting a device that costs $2k from loss and theft. These are things in my own mind that I would need to overcome in order to have a foldable, in addition to being willing to spend twice as much as a flagship non-foldable. So for now I am content to enjoy this through the excitement of others.

"Now, I wouldn't say the crease is gone, but it's the least visible crease I've seen so far, and by a good margin. You can still barely see and feel it, but it's less perceptible than ever."

Huh I guess @Marques Brownlee was correct after all. Just like I thought but there had to be a ignorant fan girl who had to come and argue.

"This is not a shocker – Apple is the king of software user experience, so I was fully expecting the company to come out of the gate with a beautiful, polished iOS version on the Duo.

And it's done (mostly) that! The system looks great, works intuitively and fluidly, and for a first try, I don't think we could have asked for more."

I agree with the perspective shared here. It is refreshing to see top reviewers like MKBHD and the team at PhoneArena reaching similar conclusions regarding the iPhone Duo.