“There's a lot to love about this phone. It's a big phone. It's a very cool phone, but it's a very expensive phone.”

“If that's worth an extra $700 to $1,000 for you, depending on which market you're in around the world, maybe it is. But I think for me, that's a lot of money to ask for that. And I don't know, I'm just not really caught up in the hype of it all.”

“اسمع، أعتقد أنه رائع جداً. لقد كنت من محبي الهواتف القابلة للطي منذ الأزل، منذ ظهورها، وأنا سعيد لأن أبل تصنع واحداً منها.”

“هل أحب السعر؟ بالتأكيد لا. لا أحد يحبه. [...] هل أنا متفاجئ من السعر؟ لا، ليس حقاً، لأن هذه الأجهزة كانت باهظة الثمن من كل الشركات المصنعة، ولنكن صادقين، لقد توقعنا جميعاً أن يكون الأمر نفسه مع شركة أبل.”

“بعض القرارات هنا تبدو مثيرة لاهتمامي، خاصة الطريقة التي طوروا بها هذه الشاشة الداخلية باستخدام هذا الطلاء أو الغشاء المميز، أو أياً كانت الطريقة التي حققوا بها تشتيت الضوء هذا لإنشاء هذه اللمسة غير اللامعة. هذا هو الإنجاز الحقيقي في الجهاز، في رأيي”

“Apple has finally unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo.”

“However, I must praise how the hinge works. It allows for a stable and very smooth stop at practically any angle, and it certainly doesn't feel like an experiment, but rather a refined mechanism. This is new for Apple, and from what I've gathered after a few hours, they've done a brilliant job.”

“the smartphone costs 9999 PLN in the cheapest storage version and 16 grand minus a zloty in the most expensive one. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, it sold out on the day of its release. The next possible delivery on Apple's website is not until January 22nd.”

“this is a big deal. It's the first ever folding iPhone. It's one of those products that doesn't come along very often.”

“This is a very different device for Apple. It's brand new, obviously, but it's it's a completely different concept, which means I need to take my time with it.”

“The foldable iPhone Duo is undoubtedly a great piece of equipment, but unfortunately very expensive and unfortunately will lose value very quickly.”

“On the downside, undoubtedly the price and current availability. [...] We don't currently have Face ID. [...] lack of optimized applications for the screen. [...] Then the under-display camera is so-so. When it comes to the cameras, I think they are sufficient, but it's a downgrade for such an absurd price; in my opinion, the charging is also slow.”

“It's $2,000 to get an iPad mini that can fit in your pocket...”

“But what they have done... is... an admirable job... with their... first generation.”

“The more that I keep testing this phone, the more that I feel like we're just going around and collecting this growing list of small asterisks, caveats that each on their own are nowhere near deal breakers. But if you stack enough of them up, they start to feel like one.”

“And I think for me, the one that tips it is the ergonomics. Because with a foldable phone, and really this foldable phone more than most, you spend a lot of your day stretching, juggling, and maneuvering the thing just to use it normally.”

“The $2,000 iPhone Duo is all about trade-offs.”

“if anyone decides to buy the iPhone Duo, I highly encourage them to also buy AppleCare, because the potential repair [...] involves really high costs.”

“The iPhone Duo [...] sold out instantly.”

“The iPhone Duo sold out very, very quickly, and not just in Poland [...] but there was a problem worldwide with ordering this iPhone to be able to pick it up on October 23rd [...]. People were instantly getting messages after five minutes that theirs would be ready for pickup between December 2nd and 9th, and some even have appointments pushed to January [...].”

“a new foldable iPhone, which by the way is almost the same as this foldable Samsung and this foldable Xiaomi, so I don't know if it was the innovation that worked, or the freshness effect. Uh, one of the two for sure.”

“And as I said at the beginning, the iPhone Duo enters the foldable smartphone market very late, but suddenly the entire industry, including the Z Fold 8, Xiaomi 18 Fold, and the Huawei Pura X Max, starts to look like unreleased hardware from Cupertino.”

“Undoubtedly, the iPhone Duo began setting design trends even before its release, all thanks to various leaks, which, of course, are confirmed regarding the proportions of the 5.4-inch external screen and over 7 inches when unfolded.”

“So, if anyone tells me that Apple is reinventing the wheel, that's nonsense to me.”

“Who's it for? I can think of two people at the moment. The first one is the person who's been waiting for the foldable iPhone for years. It's here. Happy days.”

“The second person is the one who wants to combine their iPad mini and their iPhone into one device. If you do that, you will lose iPad OS, which is something worth bearing in mind.”

“The thing that's actually impressive and unique about the Apple iPhone Duo is not so much the hardware itself. It's mostly the way that the software is customuilt around that hardware. And that is the subtle ingredient that Xiaomi is very much still lacking.”

“has Xiaomi built then a better phone than the Apple iPhone Duo? I don't think so. This feels like a tick boxer of a phone, and it's definitely ticked a lot of boxes, which do create some undeniable advantages here versus the Apple iPhone Duo that it is so clearly trying to take on”

“For this one, I don't think it's worth paying at all.”

“whether 10,000 PLN, as in Poland, is such that well, it's too much for such a product, which also isn't the best smartphone on the market ever.”

“they've done a really great job jumping into this category and making a really good one that looks fun to use that has all this thoughtful animations and really cool features, but they haven't really explained why you need one.”

“But I think if someone was, you know, really curious about folding phones for the past 8 years or however long it's been, and they really wanted to try one, but they didn't want to leave the iPhone ecosystem and they also have a lot of disposable income and they just want to give it a shot, then this is the phone for them.”

“my first impression of Apple's first foldable is that it bears all the hallmarks of a product from a company that was content to lay back in the cut and take cues from the competition until it was convinced it could do enough better to bring its flagship phone into the foldable world.”

“Price $19.99 to start. Lower than I expected, especially in the current calamitous climate of component costs.”

“yeah, I feel like my take on this is, it's, it's not perfect, but it's got a lot going for it.”

“just the... fit and finish and the little animations and stuff like that. And the... feel of it. I feel like the iPhone kind of mogs the Samsung.”

“But it actually does feel like the most complete foldable experience to exist so far.”

“All things considered though, the Duo impressed me a lot more than I thought it would.”

“To be honest, if it weren't for the iPhone Duo, it would have been a very boring conference.”

“The price starts from 10,000 PLN [Polish Złoty] without a penny for the basic version. [...] The foldable iPhone is not cheap, but on the other hand, looking at the competition, I think it's not expensive either.”