Overview
- Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo on Thursday as its first foldable iPhone and set China pricing at ¥15,999 with preorders opening October 16 and sales starting October 23.
- The phone uses a 7.6‑inch inner display and a 5.4‑inch outer display, both 120Hz ProMotion panels, runs the A20 Pro chip, and adopts a global eSIM design with a C2 baseband.
- Apple built new dual‑screen camera experiences that use on‑device AI, including Smart Take for automatic group shots, Kid Cue to draw children’s attention, Duo preview for external framing, and dual‑screen FaceTime for nearby people to join calls.
- The Duo’s rear camera system is a ‘dual‑fusion’ pair of 48MP main and 48MP ultrawide sensors with only 2x optical zoom and up to 10x digital zoom, and it omits telephoto hardware and several iPhone 18 Pro imaging features.
- Early reports flag launch limitations in software and app integration such as no WeChat tablet mode or dual‑device login, no dual app instances, no simultaneous inner/outer screen recording, and no different wallpapers for each screen.