Apple (video, MacRumors, Hacker News, Slashdot):

Apple today introduced iPhone Duo, the first foldable iPhone. Opened, it is the thinnest iPhone ever, with a 7.6-inch inner display that provides a large canvas for viewing content, gaming, and multitasking, and a special nano-texture finish that minimizes glare for an unparalleled viewing experience. Closed, the 5.4-inch outer display delivers 90 percent of the screen area of iPhone 18 Pro in a compact, pocketable design. Both displays share the same aspect ratio, so content scales proportionally, ensuring visual continuity. iPhone Duo is built to last with an innovative hardware design and a precision hinge that offers a smooth, satisfying feel with every use.

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The 48MP Fusion Ultra Wide camera — the same as on iPhone 18 Pro models — captures wider fields of view and enables macro photography, while the Center Stage front camera can automatically take photos and videos in any orientation, so users don’t have to rotate iPhone for landscape selfies. Upgraded Photographic Styles with new texture and grain controls let users further dial in their desired appearance and have more creative control over their photos. […] The foldable design with dual displays unlocks camera experiences that are not possible on any other iPhone.

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Lock Screen controls, the Dock on the Home Screen, and app navigation and controls now appear on the side to maximize vertical space for content. When iPhone Duo is open, the display shows two Home Screen pages with Today View — a vertically scrolling list of customizable widgets — on the left. The status bar includes a circular, flexible system that nestles into the corner of the screen, showing relevant information like Wi-Fi, cellular strength, battery, and more.

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The expansive display supercharges productivity, letting users do more at once with new multitasking capabilities. Split View allows users to open two apps side by side on iPhone for the first time.

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iPhone Duo is available in star white and night sky, and starts at $1,999, or $83.29 per month for 24 months, in 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage capacities.

I love the idea of the larger screen and how it can be balanced half-folded like a laptop, upside-down, or on the short side. The camera is better than I expected. The price is high enough to make me lose interest but perhaps not unreasonable if it can actually replace your iPad. My main concern is that the wide passport-style shape doesn’t look very comfortable to hold or keep in your pocket. It’s great that it can unfold, but the compact form factor is how most people will probably hold it most of the time. How well does the side Touch ID work if you’re left-handed?

Ron Elemans:

The release notes of Xcode 27 RC doesn’t contain the phrase ‘Duo’…

Apple:

Learn how to update and optimize your app for the foldable display of iPhone Duo. Discover how to opt in to the full-screen experience, adopt flexible layout best practices, and simulate poses in Device Hub with Xcode. Find out how to use size classes instead of interface orientation, handle asymmetric safe areas, and test Split View multitasking to ensure your app shines in all the ways people use it …

Steve Troughton-Smith:

This is like a whole new platform dropping with a month’s lead time

Louie Mantia:

The app design implications alone that are now basically forced onto app developers is nuts. Vision Pro was opt in but… all iPhone apps have to support this new device right? What a nightmare. Ugh, websites? New safe areas?

Greg Pierce:

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Steve Streza:

As an anecdotal data point, I’ve had my foldable OnePlus Open for over 2 and a half years. It’s fallen on tile and cement, been kicked accidentally, and swatted across a room by my cat. The hinge and screens have no problems.

Imthaz Ahamed:

Here’s the list of tech products that have the Duo moniker[…]

Previously:

• iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
• UIKit in iOS 27
• iPhone Air
• iPhone 18 Pro Variable Camera Aperture Rumor
• Galaxy Fold Review
• Galaxy Unpacked 2019

Update (2026-09-11): Tim Hardwick:

In a joint interview with Tom's Guide and TechRadar, new Apple CEO John Ternus and marketing chief Greg Joswiak explained why the company waited until now to release a foldable, its design philosophy, and how it kept the iPhone Duo under wraps.

Kelly Guimont:

So here are my biggest unanswered questions from yesterday:

They said the iPhone Duo will fit in a pocket and is great for one handed operation.

Whose hands?

WHOSE POCKETS!?

Juli Clover:

The iPhone Duo does not include an Action Button, according to the device’s technical specifications page.

Tim Hardwick:

“The iPhone Duo’s under-display camera wasn’t placed in the top-right corner of the inner screen because of engineering difficulties,” said the leaker in a Weibo post this morning.

Dan Moren:

In the end, every Apple product—and probably every product—is a story of trade-offs. So, the thinking went, what will we give up to get the benefit of a small iPhone that unfolds into a larger iPhone?

The answer: some things, but less than I’d feared.

Dan Moren:

The company’s view is clear: the iPhone Duo, even when open in all of its glory, may evoke an iPad, but it is very much not an iPad.

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It’s not an iPad that you fold up to put in your pocket. Or an iPad with a little iPhone glued to the front. It’s not running iPadOS. You won’t be installing or running iPad apps.

Tim Hardwick:

Apple’s iPhone Duo is the first iPhone that can run two apps side by side, but anyone expecting the sort of freedom that Split View offers on iPad might want to temper their expectations.

Matt Birchler:

I’ve been using Samsung’s latest folding phone that has a very similar form factor to what Apple just announced, and it’s gotten me accustomed to what the folding phone experience is. I personally very much like it, and it’s the most joy an Android phone has brought me in close to a decade. That said, I just watched Apple’s iPhone Duo unveiling, and it immediately made my Samsung phone feel behind the curve.

Rui Carmo:

Most of the UX we saw so far was both predictable and familiar to anyone who’s played with a Samsung Z Fold (Apple did not invent screen splits, app swaps or drag and drop), and so was the camera placement.

Ruffin Bailey:

Imagine an iPad mini in your pocket. This is my dream!

Well, you had me in the first half; not going to lie. It’s a dream, but not at $2200.

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Now admittedly part of me doesn’t trust the IP68 rating Apple claims for the Duo.

Juli Clover:

Apple says that you need the Apple Pencil with USB-C for the iPhone Duo, so if you have the Apple Pencil Pro, you may be out of luck.

John Gruber:

Charging is the least of the problems. Because the Duo doesn’t have the magnetic attachment for Pencil Pro, there’s no way to even pair a Pencil Pro.

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Imagine you own an iPad Pro and a Pencil Pro, and you love using the Pencil. You’ve always wanted to be able to use a Pencil with your iPhone. Now you can, if you buy a Duo. But you also have to buy a different Pencil — and then pack two different Pencils whenever you leave the house with both your iPad and iPhone. That’s ridiculous.

Steve Troughton-Smith:

Also let’s not forget that the USB-C Apple Pencil doesn’t have pressure sensitivity, so the artists are already posting their disappointed reactions. I feel like this backs up that @markgurman report that they were planning on creating a bespoke Apple Pencil for the iPhone Duo that later got cancelled, and the USB-C version is the fallback.

Previously:

• Developing for iPhone Duo

Update (2026-09-14): Kirk McElhearn:

Folding smartphones are extremely popular in China: there are about as many foldables sold in China as in the rest of the world. Samsung, Google, Huawei, Motorola, Xiaomi, and other brands sell devices like this. Apple will likely sell a lot of devices in China, but given the reactions I’ve seen, they are poised to have a successful product elsewhere, in spite of the high cost.

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For me, a folding phone would mean that for non-work tasks, I would have a larger display, not quite as big as my 11″ iPad Pro. I doubt I would do much work on it, but if I need to check my online accounting app or make a quick edit to an article on my blog, that larger display would be much more practical than my iPhone.

In addition, my eyesight isn’t great. Since the iPhone 8 was released with a larger screen size, I have always bought larger iPhone models. Even with that size, I need to zoom the text on my iPhone a notch above the standard size. A larger display for when I’m reading articles would be a help, not to mention a small, portable device that makes it easier to read PDFs.

Adam Engst:

I may not be the target audience, but I’m sure there are people who aren’t price-sensitive, spend a lot of time watching videos or playing games, and only ever carry their phones in a pocket or bag. But I don’t regularly encounter such people—I hear complaints about phones being too big, but never that they’re not big enough.

David Sparks:

I’ve made my choice. I’m buying the iPhone Duo instead of the iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Steve Troughton-Smith:

I do wonder whether iPhone Duo’s splitscreen multitasking mode will come back to iPad. People have been complaining all year that it went away, but it feels like Duo’s implementation is a simplified, easier-to-understand model. It might make sense to bring back in the future, especially for smaller iPads.

Depois de anos de especulações, a Apple enfim revelou o iPhone Duo, a sua estreia oficial no segmento dos smartphones com tela dobrável.

O formato já é conhecido por quem acompanhou os rumores e viu as mudanças recentes entre os dobráveis de outras empresas, como a HUAWEI e a Samsung: o aparelho conta com uma tela externa (Ceramic Shield 2) de 5,4 polegadas e uma tela interna de 7,6″, seguindo um formato parecido com o de um passaporte. Ambas também têm exatamente a mesma proporção, e o acabamento fosco (nano-texture) está presente na tela interna.

Quando aberto, o iPhone Duo torna-se o iPhone mais fino já vendido pela Apple, com 5,2mm. O mecanismo de dobradiça também foi outro ponto particularmente trabalhado pela companhia (e o possível motivo de tanta demora para esse lançamento), sendo composto por mais de 100 componentes — a tampa da dobradiça, por sua vez, é impressa em 3D.

Outro elemento que vale ser mencionado é a volta do Touch ID nos iPhones, já que a finura do aparelho não comporta os sensores do Face ID. A biometria digital está localizada na lateral direita do aparelho.

Também estão agora nessa lateral os principais controles em nível de software do iOS 27, incluindo a barra de status (que ganhou um novo design mais compacto), as barras de ferramentas dos apps e até mesmo o Dock, que agora fica na vertical. Todos os principais apps do sistema foram adaptados para o novo formato de modo a aproveitar o maior espaço disponível, além de permitirem que você use o smartphone com ele parcialmente fechado.

O modo Em Espera (Stand By) é compatível com ambos os displays, transformando o iPhone Duo em um verdadeiro porta-retrato interativo ou em um relógio digital, só para citar alguns exemplos. A Apple também introduziu novos mostradores para esse recurso focados nos apps Calendário (Calendar) e Tempo (Weather).

Assim como no iPad, é possível colocar dois apps no modo Split View ao usar a tela interna e, em breve (provavelmente depois de um update), usar uma Apple Pencil (USB-C) para fazer ilustrações e anotações em apps suportados.

O iPhone Duo vem equipado com o A20 Pro, chip com uma litografia de 2 nanômetros, possuindo 6 núcleos destinados a CPU ¹Central processing unit, ou unidade central de processamento. (2 de desempenho e 4 de eficiência) e uma GPU ²Graphics processing unit, ou unidade de processamento gráfico. de 7 núcleos, além de um Display Engine novo para “empurrar” as duas telas. Com tudo isso, a Apple promete uma performance sustentada até 35% maior em comparação com o iPhone 17 Pro.

O novíssimo modem C2 também está presente no primeiro dobrável da Apple, oferecendo conexões até 50% mais rápidas e conectividade 5G mmWave (apenas nos Estados Unidos). Ele também está mais eficiente do ponto de vista energético, consumindo 15% menos energia em comparação com o modem C1X. Responsável por possibilidade conexões Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 e Thread, o chip N1 também deu as caras nesse smartphone.

O dobrável conta com duas câmeras frontais, uma para cada tela do aparelho; mais tradicional, a câmera frontal da tela externa (Center Stage) fica no canto superior direito do dispositivo, servindo também como uma Ilha Dinâmica (Dynamic Island), enquanto a câmera frontal da tela interna (FaceTime camera) está um pouco mais ao centro e, vejam só, fica posicionada sob o display, aparecendo apenas quando acionada — seja para capturar fotos/vídeos ou para exibir Atividades ao Vivo (Live Activities).

Já no conjunto de câmeras traseiras, localizado no módulo de câmera horizontal em formato de pílula, temos a câmera Fusion principal de 48 megapixels — a qual conta com shutter lag zero e também pode simular uma lente telefoto de 2x — e uma lente Fusion ultra-angular de também 48MP — mesmíssima lente dos iPhones 18 Pro. E, por conta da tela externa, usuários podem tirar selfies facilmente com essas lentes, que também são capazes de capturar fotos automaticamente graças ao recurso Smart Take, que detecta poses.

Além de novas formas de navegar pelo sistema, as duas telas também desbloqueiam maneiras inéditas de capturar imagens. De acordo com a Apple, a FaceTime camera permite realizar chamadas de vídeo com o iPhone Duo completamente aberto ou com ele parcialmente fechado — enquanto fica apoiado numa mesa, por exemplo. O iPhone Duo também pode exibir a imagem de uma pessoa durante uma chamada de vídeo na tela externa, permitindo que outras pessoas participem da conversa sem precisar compartilhar uma câmera com o dono do aparelho.

Mesmo com uma espessura reduzida, teremos uma das maiores baterias já utilizadas pela Apple em um iPhone, capaz de reproduzir até 31 horas ininterruptas de vídeo com a tela interna e até 44 horas com o display de fora. Em uso alternado, o iPhone Duo pode durar até 24 horas com uma única carga, de modo que apenas 15 minutos na tomada (via cabo) são suficientes para garantir 50% de carga. Carregadores MagSafe e Qi2 também são suportados.

Em termos de durabilidade, o iPhone Duo vem com a certificação IP68 contra água e poeira, além de contar, como dito, com a tecnologia Ceramic Shield 2 na tela externa. A primeira geração do Ceramic Shield também está presente nesse aparelho na forma do vidro traseiro.

Preço e disponibilidade

O iPhone Duo contará com opções de 256GB, 512GB, 1TB e 2TB de armazenamento, com o valor inicial de US$2.000 nos Estados Unidos e podendo chegar a US$3.200. Ele pode ser adquirido nas cores branco-estrela (star white) e céu noturno (night sky).

No Brasil e em Portugal, o dobrável sairá pelos preços iniciais de R$22.000 e 2.400€, respectivamente.

Nos EUA, no Brasil e em Portugal, a pré-venda começará no dia 16 de outubro (uma sexta-feira). O lançamento geral ocorrerá no dia 23/10 (outra sexta) em todas essas localidades.

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Notas de rodapé

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  Central processing unit, ou unidade central de processamento.
• 2
  Graphics processing unit, ou unidade de processamento gráfico.

De acordo com Mark Gurman, a Apple já planeja pelo menos três gerações para os seus iPhones dobráveis, estreando a sua resposta ao segmento com o anúncio do “iPhone Ultra”, previsto para ocorrer no mês que vem.

Um diferencial para as próximas gerações dos celulares dobráveis da Apple já colocado em pauta pelo jornalista da Bloomberg na edição mais recente da sua newsletter “Power On” é o aumento no tamanho das telas — tanto a interna quanto a externa, que deverão contar inicialmente com dimensões de 7,8 e 5,5 polegadas, respectivamente, segundo os rumores —, embora não tenha ficado claro se as mudanças ocorrerão na segunda ou na terceira versão do “Ultra”.

Cotado para ser lançado ainda este ano, o aparelho que marcará a estreia da Apple no mercado dos smartphones dobráveis e deverá contar com o chip “A20 Pro”, o modem “C2”, a volta do Touch ID (que deverá ser posicionado na lateral do aparelho, no botão liga/desliga) e um preço inicial cujas especulações flutuam entre US$2.000 e US$2.500.

Em junho passado, o leaker Digital Chat Station já havia afirmado que a Apple aprovou o desenvolvimento do “iPhone Ultra 2”, cuja tecnologia de tela poderá ser a mesma da primeira geração como uma medida para cortes de custos enquanto a crise de memória seguir vigente.

Na avaliação de Gurman, o dobrável marcará a primeira mudança de design revolucionária dos iPhones, que passou por pequenas mudanças visuais ao longo dos anos, mas manteve essencialmente o mesmo formato desde 2007.

The iPhone Ultra price could establish an entirely new tier within Apple’s smartphone range. Current estimates place the company’s first foldable iPhone above $2,000, with some industry forecasts suggesting an average selling price near $2,500 and higher-storage configurations approaching $3,000.

Apple has not confirmed the device, its name, or its retail price. The iPhone Ultra branding also remains unofficial, although it has appeared repeatedly in reports concerning Apple’s planned expansion beyond the Pro and Pro Max levels.

The foldable is expected to join the iPhone 18 Pro family during Apple’s fall hardware cycle. Rather than replacing the iPhone Pro Max, it would sit above it as a separate model built around a book-style design and a display that expands to approximately the size of a small tablet.

A price beyond $2,000 would make it the most expensive iPhone Apple has released. The current iPhone 17 Pro Max starts at $1,199 in the United States, leaving a difference of at least $800 between Apple’s established flagship and the lowest estimates for the foldable.

Recent projections have pushed that gap even wider. Reports citing analyst Ming-Chi Kuo have discussed a possible range between $2,300 and $2,500, while an IDC estimate cited in supply-chain coverage placed the average selling price at approximately $2,500. Storage upgrades could take selected configurations closer to $3,000.

iPhone Ultra Price Creates a New Flagship Tier

Apple has spent years arranging the iPhone range around a price ladder. Standard models serve the center of the market, while Air and Pro devices address different preferences involving weight, cameras, materials, performance, and display size.

A foldable iPhone would require another level. Its internal display, hinge, structural materials, battery arrangement, and manufacturing tolerances introduce costs that do not exist in a conventional iPhone.

The rumored hardware points to a device intended to combine phone and tablet functions. Reports describe an outer screen measuring about 5.5 inches and an internal display of approximately 7.8 inches. When closed, the product would operate as a compact iPhone. Opening it would provide enough space for larger applications, side-by-side content, expanded video, and an iPad-style software interface.

Apple is reportedly developing interface changes that would let applications take greater advantage of the internal display instead of simply enlarging an iPhone layout. That software work may become one of the main distinctions between the device and existing foldables, particularly if Apple can connect it closely with iPad multitasking conventions.

The hinge is expected to use liquid metal, an amorphous alloy chosen for strength and resistance to deformation. Apple has also reportedly focused on reducing the visible display crease, one of the most recognizable compromises found on current folding phones.

Those elements help explain a premium price without guaranteeing that customers will accept it. A $2,000-plus phone would compete for spending that could otherwise purchase an iPhone and an iPad, a high-end Mac, or several years of conventional smartphone upgrades.

The device would therefore need to offer more than the novelty of a folding screen. Durability, battery life, camera performance, application behavior, repair costs, and long-term display reliability will influence whether buyers view the iPhone Ultra as a versatile computer or an unusually expensive phone.

Costly Engineering Behind the Fold

Rumors suggest Apple may use Touch ID in the side button instead of Face ID. The change would not necessarily represent a retreat from facial authentication across the rest of the iPhone range. A foldable chassis has limited internal space, and eliminating the TrueDepth camera hardware could help Apple manage thickness around the outer and inner displays.

The reported design includes two rear cameras and front-facing cameras accessible in both folded and unfolded positions. That arrangement may leave the iPhone 18 Pro Max with the more extensive photography system, despite the foldable carrying a much higher price.

Such a decision would position the iPhone Ultra around form factor and productivity rather than making it the automatic leader in every specification. Apple has used similar distinctions elsewhere, allowing one product to command a premium for its design while another retains advantages in cameras, battery endurance, or sustained performance.

Display production is another source of expense. Folding OLED panels require flexible materials, protective layers, specialized hinges, and tighter assembly controls. Apple’s reported pursuit of a nearly crease-free screen may increase component costs and reduce early manufacturing yields.

The company is also entering the category after competitors have spent several generations addressing hinge failures, screen damage, dust protection, and application scaling. Arriving later gives Apple access to a more mature supply chain, but its design standards may create additional production challenges.

Industry estimates suggest Apple’s arrival could help raise the average selling price of book-style foldables throughout 2026. Competitors already sell premium folding phones, yet a model priced near $2,500 would push the category further away from mainstream flagship pricing.

Apple Upgrade Softens the Monthly Number

Apple Upgrade could make the iPhone Ultra price appear less intimidating at checkout. The Klarna-backed program lets eligible US customers lease selected Apple devices through fixed monthly payments rather than covering the entire retail price upfront.

Current iPhones can be leased for 12 or 24 months. At the end of the term, customers may return the device, move into another eligible Apple product, or pay the remaining amount required to keep it.

That structure can produce lower monthly payments than traditional financing because the customer is not necessarily paying the entire purchase price during the lease. Part of the product’s value remains in the device at the end of the agreement.

A future iPhone Ultra could fit naturally into this model. Its high retail price and expected resale value would give Apple and Klarna room to separate the cost of using the phone for two years from the cost of owning it permanently.

No monthly figure has been announced for the foldable. Apple cannot price an Apple Upgrade lease until it establishes the phone’s retail cost, residual value, eligible term, and trade-in conditions. A simple calculation that divides $2,000 or $2,500 by 24 months would therefore be misleading.

The monthly charge may be considerably lower than a standard purchase installment, but the customer does not automatically own the iPhone after making the scheduled lease payments. Keeping it requires an additional payment based on the remaining value specified by the agreement.

AppleCare+ is also separate from the current Apple Upgrade lease price. That differs from the former iPhone Upgrade Program, which bundled AppleCare+ coverage into its monthly payments. Protection could be particularly relevant for an expensive first-generation foldable containing a flexible display and complex hinge.

Trade-in credit may reduce the monthly charge, while storage selection would push it higher. Sales tax, cellular service, accessories, and optional protection would remain additional costs. Apple Upgrade changes when and how customers pay, but it does not turn a $2,000-plus product into a lower-priced iPhone.

Limited Supply Could Intensify Early Demand

Apple is reportedly preparing millions of foldable units, but production may be heavily weighted toward the final months of 2026 and 2027. Supply-chain estimates have ranged from 7 million to 10 million devices, with different reports using different production periods and assumptions.

The foldable may be announced alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max but reach customers later. That would resemble the 2017 launch of the iPhone X, which was introduced with the iPhone 8 family in September and released in November.

A delayed retail date would give Apple more time to accumulate inventory while preserving the device’s place in its fall presentation. It could also place the iPhone Ultra into the holiday quarter with considerable demand concentrated around a relatively small supply.

High pricing does not necessarily prevent shortages during the first weeks of an Apple product launch. Early adopters, developers, collectors, and customers waiting specifically for an Apple foldable represent a smaller audience than the conventional iPhone market, but they may still outnumber the units available at release.

Apple Upgrade could add another source of demand by replacing the full retail figure with a monthly lease price inside the Apple Store. That presentation may make the phone accessible to customers who would reject a $2,500 purchase while accepting a recurring payment and returning the device later.

Kuo expects only 500,000 to 1 million foldable iPhones to ship during the third quarter, a supply level that could push some deliveries four to six weeks beyond the opening preorder window.

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Para evitar que as suas informações acabem sendo visualizadas por outras pessoas, a Apple permite escolher o que pode ou não ser mostrado no seu iPhone enquanto ele estiver bloqueado.

Dentre as opções, é possível ocultar os dados de saúde de exercícios físicos iniciados usando o seu iPhone ou Apple Watch. Assim, somente após você ter feito a autenticação via Face ID, Touch ID ou código, eles serão mostrados.

Veja como limitar isso! 🏃‍♂️

1. No seu iPhone, abra os Ajustes (Settings) e toque em “Face ID e Código” ou “Touch ID e Código”, dependendo do seu aparelho.
2. Autentique-se digitando a senha usada para desbloquear o iPhone.

3. Na seção “Permitir Acesso Quando Bloqueado”, desmarque a opção “Dados de Saúde do Exercício”.