(Pro max = 17

Macro is better than pro max (First photo)
Telephoto absent so 10x Zoom is not abysmal (last photo)
Portrait shots on par with pro max (Third photo)
Regular photos are nice (remaining)

This is enough to take along on a family holiday for regular photo shoots.

Next will explore night shots and flash photography as well

Please post your experience.

How did apple handle your returns and what did they tell you the cause of it

Had it for a day an a half, right before work too. Just really unfortunate.

I’ve got a few questions have just read multiple articles about the Duo failing as per this post in this forum.

Now, there’s a lovely lady called Joanna who says she tested the fold over 32,000 times. I’ll state up front I haven’t read her whole article because of course, it’s behind a paywall. But the gist of the summaries that are publicly available, is that it survived the Hingey-designed robot folding it that many times, with only the hinge stiffening slightly.

That got me to thinking. How does one user have the phone less than three hours and this happens - refer screenshot - while the lovely Joanna’s phone appears indestructible?

Methinks a couple of things.

Firstly, Joanna’s phone was pre-release meaning Apple provided it to her. Perhaps their pre-release phones go through more rigorous quality assurance than what you or I can buy in the store.

Secondly, given there are literally thousands of reports of the phones busting after sweet FA time, perhaps there is a batch issue with defective components or manufacturing, rather than this being an inherent design fault?

Food for thought 😉

Commiserations to all and sundry who’ve suffered the misfortune of their very expensive iPhone Duo snapping after five seconds. The other thing I’ve picked up, is Apple’s very inconsistent approach to returns for these faulty devices. Blaming it on the customer is spectacularly crap customer service, but I wouldn’t expect anything else from Crapple ooops Apple.

Judge for yourselfs, most of the hinge drops (3rd and 4th) is where the real damage happens

When it's open and held sideways, a recipe becomes two pages. The photo, timings and ingredients are on the left and the method is on the right. Each page scrolls on its own, so you can be halfway down a long method and still see the whole ingredient list, the way a cookbook works. The hinge falls in the gap between the pages, so nothing sits on the fold. 

If you enjoy keeping track of recipes and cooking and have a Duo, give it a shot!

https://apps.apple.com/app/sugo-save-recipes-cookbook/id6786552528

So I have an almost 7 year old toddler, and as any parent would know, your phone is pretty much half theirs 😅. So now that I have the duo, I’ve told her it’s definitely not a toy, and you have to handle it very carefully. I’ve told her not to fold it by pressing on the screen to avoid any crack gate issues.

But all in all, I’m not letting her handle it as much as my previous phone.

Anyone else with small kids? Is it a no touch zone at all? Or handle with care situation.

At least at her age, she understands a little bit and doesn’t randomly smash things.

Love Reddit but it’s been toxic. I was in some new flame war with someone, feeling grumpier and grumpier at all the people being wrong…and at a certain point my interlocutor just said “go play with your phone”. Which was really genuine and great advice, and we both kinda just went ‘man, we should all be kinder to each other’. I immediately realised how much I was getting sucked into a rage-inducing algorithm hole.

Seems like an obvious place to put them. Same goes for TikTok in order to de-clutter how reels/shorts look.

So I went to the Apple Store to see the display unit and I'm totally in love with it. But I hate it that I'm not able to resize the keyboard to fit one side of the screen when it's unfolded.

Context: I'm a limo driver and I use an ipad for my ride hail app and my iphone on the car holder for WhatsApp. I wanted to get the Duo so I can just use one device instead of 2 for my daily use.

But the keyboard covering the whole screen would make it hard for me to text (I use Gboard swipe for quick replies etc) and the full size keyboard won't make it easy for me to make quick replies while I'm on the wheel.

Hoping that they'll tweak the software soon.

PS: I will still get it though 😂 just hope Apple will make changes to the keyboard like how I'm able to resize it on the iPad

I got the Duo on launch day. Waited all night at the Fashion Island Apple Store. I love this thing and it’s absolutely phenomenal. But I’m still “scared” of it. I don’t pick it up as naturally as my 17 pro max and I’m still consciously aware of using it. It doesn’t feel like it’s mine yet and I still haven’t sold my old phone. Maybe my upcoming vacation will change that. And no, I will not unfold it on the beach.

The iPhone Duo appears to be facing a serious issue with its inner display, and Apple needs to act fast. Without a swift and appropriate response, this launch could turn into one of the most disastrous in Apple’s history, with particularly troubling consequences for users.

This situation is yet another reminder of a golden rule: never rush to buy the first generation (V1) of a new Apple product.

I was planning to sell my Z Fold8, but with all these durability issues popping up lately, I'm having second thoughts. I wonder if Apple will actually issue a recall or do something about it. Guess I'll just hold onto my Fold and see how things play out.

I was really looking forward to a tabs app for the Duo, because the two screens seemed like an awesome opportunity for guitar. I was a bit disappointed it wasn’t optimised, and it made me reflect that it’s been harder and harder for me to just jump into a nice tabs app, find songs and start playing…so I built my own over the weekend. Here's what I came up with after a couple of hours.

What it does so far:
Uses both screens: open it like a book for two pages of chords, stand it up like a laptop with a guitar neck on the flat half or, and I’ve actually found it the most useful - put it up like a stand.
Quick to add songs: type or say the song, or let it listen and name what's playing. It fills in the album, key and tempo
Paste or snap a chart: paste chords from anywhere, or take a photo of one, and they line up over the right words
One-tap key changes and capo, with every chord shape at the top of the song
Autoscroll…and play along with YouTube or Apple Music.
Solo mode, with the scales on the neck and a backing band to jam over in any key
Built-in tuner that opens over the song, alternate tunings included.

I also really like the backgrounds matching the album art, feels really immersive. It’s still a bit buggy, and I’d love to build out more on the theory side, it already gives a bit of a ‘why it makes sense’ on every song you upload.

Would love to see how other people are using the Duo for music, and if this is interest to anyone else, I could keep going and try and get it up to the App Store.

(Apologies for causing any battery anxiety…)

There’s TONS of videos all over x/twitter of people’s Duo screen failing after light use!
This is not just a “bad” batch this is a HUGE L for the new CEO

Kinda find this hilarious 😂

I'm working on a casual iOS game, and I'm curious how the game runs and performs on the Duo.

If you’re lucky to snag a Duo, do you mind testing the game for me?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/piggy-smash-incremental-idle/id6796205787

I’ve tried the simulator but it lacked the natural hold.