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Huh, I kinda like the form factor of the folded Duo...don't even need to unfold it...
So excited to see if the "apple adoption delay" holds true here. Like more durability and actual long term software support.
This looks like an IPAD in your hands. looks great <3
Absolutely none of the announcements today, make me want to go out and get something. I am giving the Duo a year or two, to work out the bugs, and get more capability. The extra screen space isn't really interesting to me.
The only ones I might consider, are the new base AirPods. I have never really warmed to the Pros (I have two pairs, but like the regular ones better).
I am looking forward to iOS27. I'm interested in seeing how the simulator presents the Duo.
Tim Cook you sly dog!
Can’t wait until my colleague who DMed me mid presentation to get one and break it like he did with his two Samsung ones.
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I wonder if the side bar controls can be moved to the left side. I always hold my phone using my left hand.
A terminal app would be cool where the bottom half is a decent keyboard with arrow/pg keys
I’d like a comeback of the live events at some point. Especially now that there is a new CEO.
Folded phones are the essence of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should”
Sandy ant video intro is good. Love the whimsical fun music, whatever it is.
Ladies and gentlemen, unfold your planned obsolescence! Be right at the crease of the progress!
Anyone understand how cases will work for this?
It makes the worst part of the iphone: text entry, even worse. I love the idea of a more capable PDA, but typing is more important than ever and it must be improved. Keyboards need to be a focus. Use eye tracking, use finger tracking, add physical buttons, just try something. Also, please fix the swiped keyboard software. It's unbearable. Admit it, fix it, quickly please.
I would like to buy just the back half please. I’m not even joking. I couldn’t find the exact dimensions but at 5.4” diagonal, that would make it even easier to use one handed than the mini
Was there a reference to using AI to decide where to place the hinges?
The top right selfie camera is a "courageous" choice.
Do you think this would work well for coding?
This defeats the purpose. Even when folded it is too large! Fail.
It took them only 7 years to catch up to Samsung!
10 years from now people will claim Apple invented folding smartphones or made them mainstream, just like they claim the same thing now about smartwatches.
interesting design, would like a phone that opens up with a touch-typeable keyboard / nub mouse (to be like a pocket laptop / umpc)
I'm interested to see what cases for this will look like.
It looks very wide in the unfolded configuration.
First iPhone I've actually wanted in a long time.
Honestly don't see the appeal of foldable phones. I don't use my phone a lot, but the form factor even as a small tablet is not something useful for my phone use-cases.
When I'm at home, I can just use my iPad. When I'm on the road, I don't need to be watching content on a slightly larger screen.
I get that I'm not the target audience, but it's still confusing to me why people like foldable phones.
This made history because Apple never copied Microsoft before. https://news.microsoft.com/surfaceduo/
I'm so happy I stopped caring about new phones about five years ago, since then I've spent about $200 on phones – for a used pixel 8 that I installed GrapheneOS on.
Consumerism is mad.
This will be another flop just like the iPhone Air. $2000 is f**ing crazy. A MacBook Pro is the same price haha. The storage is also shit 256gb??
Ugh; folding screens are so failure prone these things just exacerbate e-waste problems
Would rather ditch my phone size thing and be able to pair a cellular Watch to iPad Mini size thing that also has "50% more screen" than iPhone Max
Gen AI could take telemetry like GPS from Watch and recreate most adventures without need of all the pictures; I don't care if every little thing like a day hike is captured "for real"
Would still hire a photographer for actual meaningful moments like weddings and graduations
Love the FaceTime camera behind the display
Is it thicker than iPhone pro when folded?
I want it more thinner!!
What is it about Hacker News that draws only criticism and negativity? Is it even possible to build a community that's optimistic?
Think different :-D
Why do these things exist?
I mean I do understand the appeal of the idea of folding smartphones, but I did not hear about any miracle material breakthroughs lately. So.. how can this exist? Why does it say that it is durable, when it has to be made out of materials that cannot be durable or else they wouldn't fold.
Did something change there and I'm just using stale data for that assessment, or is "durability" just not as valuable to the target audience?
This is the kind of product the make all out lives better. I mean the pure entertainment value it will bring being able to watch eager Apple fan bois new iPhone Duo screen crack, or the hinges start grinding, or ...
Only duo thousand dollars
Great branding by the new CEO
f*ck you if you’re left-handed like me
9oz
John Ternus as CEO seems to be good.
Total e-waste product.
Everyone knows how badly these things break with moderate use. You’re basically buying with the expectation you’ll have to replace it.
Boring company, lost vision.
The rounded corners look ridiculous on this phone. They also cut off a non-trivial part of the displayed content now.
A foldable iPad that can make phone calls?