How we really feel about the iPhone Duo | Livestream

Apple's $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo ships with genuinely unresolved software and ecosystem gaps that reviewers expect to close only over the next one to two years.

• Size/weight tradeoff divides reviewers: Nilay Patel argues the passport-shaped Duo (similar to Samsung's Z Fold 8) is too small and heavy; Allison Johnson disagrees, finding the form factor workable.
• Software is 'vibe-coded slop': Most third-party apps (Instagram, Gmail, YouTube) are either unoptimized or hastily auto-adapted for the Duo's screen, with Apple's own apps (Pages, Keynote, iMovie) cited as the few done right.

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