iPhone Duo Reviews Highlight Impressive Features and Notable Drawbacks of Apple's First Foldable Smartphone

10/22/2026

The iPhone Duo officially launches on Friday, Oct. 23, and the first reviews have officially arrived (including our own).Tech reviewers seem unanimous: The iPhone Duo is a really fun phone,...

10/22/2026

Apple Inc.'s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, has exceeded sales expectations since preorders opened on October 16, 2026. Supply constraints have extended delivery times to January 2027, but...

10/22/2026

We posted our own review of the iPhone Duo yesterday, and Chance Miller was left convinced that "this form factor represents the future of the iPhone," while acknowledging that the first-gen...

10/22/2026

What IP68 actually means on a phone that folds – and what it doesn’t.

10/21/2026

Apple’s first foldable iPhone impresses reviewers with its design and display, but some compromises raise questions.

10/21/2026

Apple’s first foldable has arrived, the better part of a decade after Android laid the groundwork for the form factor. iPhone Duo reviews are here and, while it sounds like a lot of the same...

10/21/2026

Apple will release the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone, this Friday. NBC News' chief technology analyst Joanna Stern reviews the new iPhone and its hefty price tag.

10/21/2026

The iPhone Duo is the biggest change to the iPhone’s form factor in its nearly 20-year history. It combines a compact, notebook-style design with an iPad-like inner display. It might look a little...

10/21/2026

Apple’s revolutionary iPhone Duo Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) dropped his full review of Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Duo, titled "iPhone Duo Review: First Generation Fun!" on October 21, 2026....

10/21/2026

Apple’s innovative folding phone is alluring for plenty of reasons, but comes with the trade-offs of a first-generation product.

10/21/2026

Let's explore if there's actually a way to get the iPhone Duo before January 2027.

10/22/2026

Apple Stores will have limited iPhone Duo stock for walk-in buyers on Friday after online orders sold out and slipped into January.

10/22/2026

Apple is restricting iPhone Duo walk-in sales in Japan, South Korea, and the UAE ahead of its Oct. 23 launch. Here's what buyers should know before visiting.

10/22/2026

iPhone Duo arrives in stores tomorrow (details on availability here), and Apple has started marking early pre-orders with launch day delivery as "shipped."

10/21/2026

Macworld If you’re hoping to wait in line at an Apple Store on Friday in the hopes of scoring an iPhone Duo, you might want to reconsider. Some stores will have some units...

10/21/2026

Apple has confirmed that despite previous reports, Apple Stores will have a small quantity of iPhone Duo units for sale on October 23, 2026. Expect lines overnight.Apple announced the iPhone Duo...

10/21/2026

You may have a chance of scoring an iPhone Duo by walking into an Apple Store on Friday morning, but it sounds like there's only a slim chance of pulling off such a feat.

10/21/2026

Are you planning to line up at the Apple Store for a walk-in iPhone Duo purchase? Here’s what Apple says about availability to expect for the new model.

10/21/2026

Yes — but Apple is warning that your chances may be slim. Apple has now confirmed that Apple Stores will have only limited iPhone Duo stock available for walk-in customers when the device launches...

10/21/2026

Apple iPhone Duo launch to have limited walk-in stock after online orders sold out in minutes across Asia and Europe.

10/20/2026

iPhone Duo preorders could arrive weeks earlier than expected, as Apple moves up delivery dates for some people ahead of Oct. 23 launch.

10/20/2026

When a hot phone sells out, most people refresh Apple’s website and accept whatever date it gives them. That habit could cost iPhone Duo buyers a couple of extra months this year. I’ve followed...

10/22/2026

Early iPhone Duo reviews uncover portrait-mode multitasking restrictions, poorly optimized apps, and awkward controls ahead of the foldable phone's Oct. 23 launch.

10/22/2026

One of the major issues raised by early reviews of the iPhone Duo is limited support by third-party apps. As we noted in our own review, there are three tiers of support currently, the worst of...

10/22/2026

Motorola is hard at work on a passport-style alternative to the iPhone Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 8 that looks interesting at first glance, but full of unnecessary compromises.

10/21/2026

The iPhone Duo is a big departure from the norm for Apple, and it's in the hands of critics. Here's what the first reviews say about the foldable smartphone.iPhone Duo, partially opened. The...

10/21/2026

10/21/2026

Macworld The first wave of iPhone Duo reviews has landed, and the overall response is very positive. Reviewers have uncovered numerous issues with Apple’s first-ever...

10/21/2026

Now that the iPhone Duo is at least partially out in the wild, the horde of reviewers that have used the device are finding things that were previously unannounced and undiscovered. Here are a few...

10/21/2026

iPhone Duo reviews are out today, and while I was hoping that this year I’d get to review this hybrid device under embargo, it hasn’t happened (I hope it will, someday!). I’ve spent the past few...

10/21/2026

iPhone Duo is almost here, and our in-depth 9to5Mac review was published today. While that review offers plenty of insights into iPhone Duo’s cameras, if you want a professional photographer’s...

10/21/2026

The very nature of the iPhone Duo raises numerous obvious questions about what it’s like to use. Does it not feel thick and heavy, awkward both to pocket and unpocket? Doesn’t the outer (cover)...

10/21/2026

Macworld Apple’s new iPhone Duo is both big and small, and it’s more susceptible to knocks and drops than a standard iPhone with its folding function maybe taking a while to...

10/22/2026

Apple is bringing stylus support to its foldable smartphone sooner than expected, giving you another way to interact with both displays as it prepares its next software update.

10/22/2026

iPhone Duo is scheduled to go on sale in India and other global markets on Friday.

10/21/2026

Apple originally said that Apple Pencil support was coming to the iPhone Duo before the end of 2026. That much is true, but it is coming much sooner than expected, in iOS 27.2. The Apple Pencil...

10/21/2026

Apple’s revolutionary iPhone Duo Apple’s first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, will add Apple Pencil support with the iOS 27.2 update expected next week, according to confirmation on X from...

10/21/2026

iPhone Duo reviews have arrived (read our in-depth review here). And a surprise bit of good news we’ve learned today is that Apple Pencil support on iPhone Duo will arrive much sooner than...

10/21/2026

Apple Pencil support won't be ready when the iPhone Duo launches, but it's apparently coming quicker than you might realize.

10/22/2026

Developers are optimizing their apps and games for iPhone Duo, creating exciting new experiences for capturing and sharing memories, streaming entertainment, gaming, multitasking, and much more....

10/22/2026

Netflix, Prime Video, Microsoft Word, Slack and dozens of other apps are getting updated layouts built for the iPhone Duo’s foldable display, with the first batch arriving when the device launches...

10/21/2026

The first unboxing video of the iPhone Duo has surfaced online, revealing that the foldable device ships flat in its box ahead of the Friday launch.

10/21/2026

A series of iPhone Duo unboxing videos are now on YouTube, showing how the device ships in its open configuration, and how the display crease is practically invisible.Unboxing the iPhone Duo -...

10/22/2026

Apple has capped iPhone Duo purchases at two devices per customer ahead of Friday’s launch. Know when you can purchase the latest foldable iPhone and why there’s a limit.

10/21/2026

Apple limits US shoppers to two iPhone Duo devices per checkout. This new restriction aims to curb bulk buying after launch day inventory sold out fast.

10/21/2026

Customers will not be allowed to add more than two devices to their cart during checkout

10/21/2026

Apple’s online store now allows customers to buy a maximum of two iPhones per customer, whether they choose two units of the same model or one unit each of two different models.

10/20/2026

Apple now shows a notification when consumers try to buy more than two iPhone Duo units from the Apple App Store app and website.

10/20/2026

Apple is limiting iPhone Duo orders to a maximum of two per customer in the US, UK, and elsewhere after shipping dates slipped into January of next year within minutes of pre-orders opening. The...

10/22/2026

Apple stores will have limited walk-in stock for the new iPhone Duo on launch day. Customers face strict buying limits and long online shipping delays.

10/21/2026

While the iPhone Duo doesn’t launch until Friday, preparations are already underway at Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York for the big day. Here are the details.

10/21/2026

Apple has confirmed that iPhone Duo will be available in only limited quantities for walk-in customers at Apple Stores when the device launches on Friday, October 23, finally answering one of the...

10/22/2026

If Apple delivers this, the iPhone Duo 2 could turn out to be a complete foldable package.

10/21/2026

Apple plans to bring Reachability to iPhone Duo in a software update later this year, adding another familiar iPhone feature to the company’s first foldable after launch. WIRED reports that Apple...

10/21/2026

iPhone Duo launches this Friday (read our full review here), but there’s one software feature Apple says won’t be ready until later this year: Reachability.

10/21/2026

Planning to upgrade your iPhone this year? If you want the most feature-packed device, the choice is usually easy: You'd buy the latest iPhone Pro Max, and this time around, that's the very...

10/21/2026

Apple's iPhone Duo is an important phone. The iPhone has been around for two decades, and this is the first time Apple has tried something completely different with its best-selling product. Other...

10/21/2026

There were many times I didn’t want to put the iPhone Duo down. Once you get used to reading, watching TV and scrolling through Instagram on a giant screen, it’s hard to go back to a tiny glowing...

10/20/2026

After a string of disappointments, 'extraordinary' demand suggests the new iPhone has captured the public imagination in a brand new way.

10/21/2026

Joanna Stern's video review uses a clever custom-built tool to measure how iPhone Duo's hinge holds up after four nights of automatic folds.

10/21/2026

Reviewer Joanna Stern decided to test what folding and unfolding would do to her review iPhone Duo over time.

10/21/2026

Apple’s revolutionary iPhone Duo In her week-long hands-on with Apple’s first foldable iPhone, Joanna Stern puts the $2,000 iPhone Duo through extreme testing—including building a custom robot to...

10/21/2026

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is heading into launch day with a problem most companies would love to have: huge demand, but nowhere near enough immediately available stock to satisfy it. Apple has...

10/21/2026

Apple’s first foldable is a genuine ‘oh wow’ device. But at $3499, and with many apps not ready for its big screen yet, most people should hold off.

10/21/2026

If you're buying the new iPhone Duo, Apple's first-ever foldable, the first thing you should do is marvel at its opening animation. The very next thing you should do is get a case for it. Not only...

10/21/2026

Apple announced its first folding phone in September, with analysts expecting it to quickly come to dominate a niche segment where rivals such as Samsung Electronics and Huawei Technologies have...

10/21/2026

Trying a walk-in purchase of the foldable iPhone might end up in failure.

10/20/2026

Apple’s revolutionary iPhone Duo Apple has confirmed that its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, will not be available for walk-in purchases at its retail stores in Japan and South Korea...