iPhone 17 launched at $799 and iPhone Duo starts at $1,999, a $1,200 gap at launch prices; against the $929 Apple’s Store page charges today for an unlocked 256GB iPhone 17, the gap is $1,070, or $1,100 against the $899 price with carrier activation. The money buys a second display, a folding 7.6-inch panel, the…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone Air: Apple's Thinnest Phone vs Its Foldable, 165 g vs 254 g
iPhone Air is 5.64 mm thick and weighs 165 g; iPhone Duo is 5.2 mm thick open, 11.3 mm closed, and weighs 254 g, so the foldable is the thinner phone only while it is unfolded and it carries 89 g more. Both are titanium, both use a 2x crop of a 48MP main sensor…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone 17 Pro: $900 More Than Last Year's Pro, and What the 7.6-Inch Screen Buys
iPhone Duo costs $1,999, which is $900 more than the $1,099 an iPhone 17 Pro cost at launch, and for that you get a 7.6-inch inner display in place of a 6.3-inch one, a 5.4-inch outer screen, the A20 Pro, a 2TB option and up to 44 hours of video playback with the phone closed.…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone 17 Pro Max: Should Last Year's Big Pro Owner Fold?
If you bought an iPhone 17 Pro Max last September, iPhone Duo asks you to swap a 6.9-inch phone with a 4x telephoto and 39 hours of video playback for a 7.6-inch folding display, a 2x crop in place of that telephoto, and 44 hours of video closed or 31 hours open, at $1,999 against…
iPhone Duo GPS and Sensors: Dual-Frequency GPS With NavIC, Barometer, and Four Ambient Light Sensors
iPhone Duo uses dual-frequency GPS that works with six satellite systems, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and NavIC, according to Apple’s tech specs. The same sheet lists a barometer, a high dynamic range gyroscope, a high-g accelerometer, a proximity sensor and four ambient light sensors, twice the usual count, which is the clearest hardware sign…
iPhone Duo USB-C: USB 3 at 10 Gb/s and DisplayPort Output, What You Can Plug In
iPhone Duo’s USB-C port supports USB 3 at up to 10 Gb/s and DisplayPort output, according to Apple’s tech specs. That puts it in the same class as iPhone 18 Pro for wired transfers and about 20 times faster than the USB 2 port on iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. iPhone Duo's 7.6-inch inner display,…
iPhone Duo Front Cameras Compared: 12MP Outer Center Stage vs the Under-Display Inner Camera
iPhone Duo has two front cameras, and they are not equal. The outer display carries a 12MP Center Stage camera at f/2.2 with Retina Flash that records 4K Dolby Vision video, while the inner display uses an under-display FaceTime camera at f/1.8 that tops out at 1080p, according to Apple’s tech specs. iPhone Duo's 5.4-inch…
iPhone Duo Slo-Mo and Action Mode: 4K 120 fps Slo-Mo, 2.8K Action Mode and Night Mode Time-Lapse
iPhone Duo records slow-motion video at 4K 120 fps or 1080p 240 fps, runs Action mode at up to 2.8K 60 fps and adds a Night mode time-lapse option, according to Apple’s tech specs. Those are the modes that sit below the headline 4K Dolby Vision and Cinematic mode figures, and Apple did not mention…
How to Set Up Touch ID on iPhone Duo With Multiple Fingers and Unlock With Apple Watch
iPhone Duo unlocks with Touch ID built into the side button, not Face ID, and Apple says it works with the phone open or closed, accepts multiple fingers, and can be paired with Unlock with Apple Watch. Setting it up means enrolling each finger you will use in both positions, then turning on the Apple…
How to Use Dual Capture on iPhone Duo: Front and Rear Video at Once in 4K 30
Dual Capture on iPhone Duo records video from a front camera and a rear camera at the same time, and Apple’s tech specs cap it at 4K at 30 fps. That is lower than the 4K 120 fps the rear cameras manage on their own, so the mode trades frame rate for a second angle.…