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Some iPhone Duo screens are already failing
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2026
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It's a first generation product. Remember the first Galaxy Fold and what a disaster that was? It's kinda like that (only more expensive).
Apple should have the benefit of hindsight but apparently not.
Apple ia not brraking into a new segment with new tech like Samsung did. Foldable phones have been around long enough for them to sell a working phone.
I'm guessing Apple couldn't really go nab engineers or use designs from the Chinese brands that also have done folding screens for a while. And I'm guessing Samsung wouldn't want to give them without eating too much into Apple's margins.
That's a lot of assumptions on my part though, and you know how that goes.
It's still the first time Apple had a go at it and its design is obviously flawed, otherwise it wouldn't be failing so quickly.
This is hilarious to me because all I hear from Apple fanbois about why iPhones are always years behind Samsung et al on new features is because "Apple don't release things until they work properly"
History is not on their side unfortunately.
In a way, yes. But in another way, no.
It is a first gen device, but the screen came from samsung and has been developed for a long time. Galaxy folds don't break like this one does.
Apple made some bad choices in the design instead of building upon samsungs tried and tested design.
Tell that to my buddy who has gone through 5 of them in as many years. I don’t understand why the phone insurance company hasn’t dropped him, he’s definitely getting the upside of that transaction.
As i have said previously, broken folding phones cannot be blamed on bad hardware if the user is careless.
And to be clear, i am not saying its impossible for them to break on their own. Of course they can, and do, but i am am saying if your friend has gone through five of them then you have to look at the lowest common denominator.
You friend needs to take better care of their £2000 information rectangle.
Remember the iPhone 6?
The first phone to perfectly bend with your butt. And it came in rose gold. It's awesome.