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Android enthusiasts have lived with foldables ever since Chinese company Royole released the FlexPai in December 2018. We’ve endured early hinge debacles, catastrophic inner-display peels, and awkward outer screens as companies like Samsung, OPPO, Xiaomi, and Google worked to refine the very idea of a folding phone.
Apple has sat quietly on the sidelines while Android brands experimented, and while the company is over seven years late to the category, from my brief time with the new iPhone Duo, it might just have a winner in its hands.
Which foldable design aspect ratio do you prefer? 17 votes Wide foldable (Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and iPhone Duo) 88 % Tall and narrow book-style foldable (Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra) 0 % Clamshell flip (Galaxy Z Flip 8) 12 %
The iPhone Duo is dense, but not heavy
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority
I went into my iPhone Duo briefing today having read the full spec sheet, and its 254g weight particularly stood out to me. That’s heavier than the iPhone 18 Pro Max (249g), which itself is the heaviest non-folding iPhone Apple has built to date. I expected a heavy brick of a phone, as all Pro Max iPhones have been, but the iPhone Duo left me pleasantly surprised.
The iPhone Duo feels dense and robust in the hand, but since most of the weight is concentrated in your palm, it doesn’t feel heavy or unwieldy like a top-heavy, large phone that hangs outside your hand.
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority
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