What will it achieve that you can’t already achieve with other devices?
I like folding phone . I like the Samsung but it has lines . So I waiting for one that has no lines. Like the folding concept , more than what it can provide in terms of tech
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High time apple come out with a different concept phone cos all the iPhones look alike . And I believe this DUO will sell like hot cakes. I forgot which China phone company came out with 3 fold phone and patent it .
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Samsung has not been able to take away the folding lines on the screens, so this new DUO will have a HUGE market , first of its kind with no folding screen lines 
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I think while virtually hidden visually under normal room lighting, you can still feel a slight indentation along the central fold line when dragging a finger.
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I won’t be buying one. I am sure it will be a big success for Apple. The people who buy one will likely be very happy with their purchase. Apple are very good at extracting large sums of cash from people.
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For Samsung folding phones sales have at best amounted to between 2% to 4% of all global sales. Biggest market is China, which is really why an Apple version now exists. Biggest sector is corporate/enterprise because thus far there have been lower entry level costs. No-one in the equivalent UK sectors will be paying these amounts of money for devices which lack the basic robustness of existing rugged Android tablets etc. At these prices, few consumers will be stumping up other than the people I’ve previously described.
When phones were too large to fit in a pocket I could understand why some would opt for a folding phone but at a point when that’s simply not the case I’m seeing near zero compelling case beyond “I like new shiny things” and all this before the very obvious flaws start coming to light.
I see at least one YouTuber has already posted on why and how the IP68 classification isn’t going to help you have a dust free or water proof device.
Personally I’ve zero interest in new form factors unless they bring something genuinely practical to the table. Plainly this does not and we’ll see more people ruling themselves out than in. The reason phones largely look the same is that the form factor for smartphones has been refined to the point where it’s hard to see what else would work.
That feature is only effective at erasing your personal data held in memory, it does nothing for the physical telephone device and therefore a stolen device can be reactivated and used for somebody else - using some fairly available unauthorised software - ie the sort criminals can readily use. Therefore the device remains attractive for theft.. and the more expensive the device is the more attractive it becomes.
The kill option would render the device useless and effectively be destroyed internally and so could not be reactivated as it physically can not function and therefore worthless to criminals apart from some marginal value for spare parts like screens…
I understand Samsung and Apple are in discussion with law enforcement agencies in various parts of the works including in the UK over this capability for new devices.
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iOS 26.6.2 on both phone and pad. I’ve got used to it 
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and it has a stereo camera - its about time they came back into fashion.
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So, the 1TB version is $1,300 more expensive than my M4 1TB/24GB iMac I bought a few months ago. I don’t think the Duo will be displacing my trusty old XS at those prices.
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Whilst you can make elements more opaque, you can’t change the appearing/disappearing and button shifting.
I’m more interested in the 18 Pro (non-Max). Two things stood out to me, the jump from 8GB to 12GB internal memory, that’s a decent uplift, and the variable aperture camera. Obviously not going to worry the likes of Canon & Nikon, but may well give a useful uptick in iPhone photo quality.
For me the form factor of a Max and now Duo is too big, and I think most people understand a new phone is mostly just a bit faster, might have more storage and a better camera. It’s quite a refined platform and I think they’re struggling now to come up with truly innovative/useful new features.
What drives my upgrade pattern tends to be when the battery no longer holds enough charge to get through the day. So about 5 years in general for me I find. (Current phone is a 13…)
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Would I buy it? Yes absolutely.
Will I buy it? No, or at least not yet. I’m still happy with my 16 ProMax and intend to get at least another year out of it before thinking of replacing. But a generation or two along and it’s much more likely I will have one. For now, a watch replacement it my more likely buy for 2026.
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Er, yes you can. Easy to resolve in early versions of 26 by flipping orientation and going back or just turning off Liquid Glass. Now we’re at .2 the overwhelming majority of those bugs are gone.
I should emphasise that I come at this with the perspective of someone with sight loss and an eye condition where my eyes constantly scan the world and never stop moving. The very last thing I need is stuff that’s too small, lacks contrast, requires lots of scrolling or elements which move, disappear and reappear. For me they would make iOS 26 simply unusable and they would trigger Oscillopsia, some double vision and full on 3 day migraines. Suffice to say I’ve had no such issues so let’s not overstate the point.
Every operating system comes with bugs. If you’re looking for the device which does not then you won’t find it. All you can ask is that they’re recognised and fixed and that there are workarounds in the meantime. Frankly I continue to have more issues with the usability of posting on this forum than iOS.
These phone companies really take liberties with the prices they charge for memory. A 2tb sd card is under £350 Apple want to charge you £2000
If you could point me to the turn off Liquid Glass option I’d be grateful.
I just asked Google
Don’t think you can turn it off, just minimise its effects in:
Settings/Display
Settings/Accessibility/Display & Text Size
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No. I have an iPad Mini already
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