iPhone Duo

$2,000 for a fucking phone. We really have collectively lost the plot.

bow howdy imma get one for me and the wife. I'm sold.

gonna be expensive but this is a first gen product I could see a ton of use cases for me with.

Just bring back the iPhone mini, please.

I guess Apple is done. It had its time. Great company.

A $2000 phone. Read the room, Apple. Fuck off.

"Short everything this guy has ever touched ..."

Am I the only one not interested in a folding phone?

cool. now can we please get a 32 inch iMac next?

“The largest iPhone display ever”

Gosh I hate that idiotic marketing.

This would have been quite impressive just 5 years ago.

$2000 and they can’t give you the full display? What stupid design document from 1985 says people want the corners of their screen cut off?

2300Euros in Germany. That’s a hard pass.

LOL!

Honestly not even touching on what the thing actually costs on its own, I don’t like the idea of signaling to people so clearly that I had 2k +tax to spend on a cell phone

I’m not always in the best areas so this def comes up for me personally

Outside of that I think I’d give this a shot

$2000 are they serious?

Reminder that bigger screen = more screentime. Which is why we will not see an iPhone SE again.

shit, I'd take this form factor but with a physical keyboard.

Lol $2K. Fuck that.

This looks absolutely horrendous especially horrendous to hold, yeah, no thanks.

perfect for Termius... keyboard on one, tmux on another

See also: Microsoft Surface Duo https://news.microsoft.com/surfaceduo/?msockid=23b070bbb5b76...

Can Apple do anything original?

I feel bad for iOS developers... Good luck supporting yet another format for your apps

>"breakthrough foldable design" - and what exact part of it is "breakthrough"? Do they have "invisible fold"?

It looks meh. Seems like Apple is following, no longer leading. Samsung feels more polished.

I'm really happy about this new form factor. Things were becoming too conformist where everyone needed to adopt the lowest common denominator in order to fit in. It seemed like anything different was met with significantly more skepticism than curiosity. I embrace informed skepticism but most of it is ignorant. I think people will still be skeptical about the foldable iPhone but mainly out of ignorance of this form factor.

This phone will suck for the concern trolls who are best described as deeply conservative but will try their best pointing out concerns while masquerading as whatever will convince people.

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Steve Jobs is folding in his grave.

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What has HN come to? this comment section looks like linkedin for CS people.

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Another status symbol has been created.

But once again as I said before [0][1], don't buy the first version of an Apple product.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23638202

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26361985

So the iPhone has finally fallen from grace. Apple’s copying the Chinese smartphone playbook now.

Interesting, but of no use as I can't replace its OS.

So brave of Apple to make the world's first foldable phone

I suspect I would get greater value by simply duct-taping two iPhones together into a fold.

Go Apple, bring up the rear!

Can they even do anything new?

Looks like an Android. Couldn't frame it like the iconic notch / dynamic island. Not immediately recognizable. Arrived too late.

why is Apple releasing new products when Siri is falling so short compared to the industry. Make Siri amazing would improve every apple product immensely.

I’ll not buy a new iPhone until they release a new mini. No, this duo is not worth it.

This is neat but feels like an uninspired shot in the dark. Apple’s been turning from industry leading to people pleasing in recent years. Not that its a bad thing entirely, but something is lost.

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??