Discussion - The iPhone Duo is actually two phones in one, but not even that might be enough

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waykokid
waykokid
Arena Apprentice
• 4h ago

... but even that might not be enough...

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Nokfan1603
Nokfan1603
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• 2h ago

You are my preferred Phonearena Writer. You keep it real.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1h ago

As an iOS and iPadOS user, I think think that the iPhone Duo is a decent first Foldable for Apple. Not great. Not mind blowing. But decent. Could it have been much better on the 1st attempt? Absolutely. I definitely feel it could and should have been. There are some omissions that should not have happened, like no telephoto lens when other Foldables in the shorter/wider format have it, why only two windows side by side when others can do more plus have floating windows, etc. So if the iPhone Duo is 2 phones in one, then my Vivo X Fold 6 must be 4 phones in one in Parallel Mode and 5 phones in one in Serial Mode.

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p51d007
p51d007
Arena Master
• 58m ago

The Chinese are "encouraged" to purchase products made in their own country unless you are part of their "higher" class (within the party etc).

Common everyday workers for one, wouldn't be able to afford one anyway.

It will be interesting like you mentioned to hear the complaints on reddit, youtube

and the videos on destroying them to see how well they hold up.

I'd really like to see how "tough" a mohs scale of hardness of 2-3, can handle

a stylus once that is released as well.

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pimpin83z
pimpin83z
Arena Legend
• 7m ago
↵meanestgenius said:

As an iOS and iPadOS user, I think think that the iPhone Duo is a decent first Foldable for Apple. Not great. Not mind blowing. But decent. Could it have been much better on the 1st attempt? Absolutely. I definitely feel it could and should have been. There are some omissions that should not have happened, like no telephoto lens when other Foldables in the shorter/wider format have it, why only two windows side by side when others can do more plus have floating windows, etc. So if the iPhone Duo is 2 phones in one, then my Vivo X Fold 6 must be 4 phones in one in Parallel Mode and 5 phones in one in Serial Mode.

All of this.

It's basically 2 shorter iPhone Airs put together, complete with the compromises. Only 2 windows? You might as well have the biggest Android slab phone that can multitask. The only thing that stands out to me is it being the first iPhone with Pencil support. Otherwise it's not great, not mind blowing, but decent like you said.

Sounds like an MKBHD title. 😂

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