Apple iPhone Duo Review and Reachability Plans

Reviews of Apple's iPhone Duo, the company's first foldable phone, appeared on 21 October ¹. Many critics singled out the matte nano-texture coating on its 7.6-inch inner screen as its best feature ¹. Allison Johnson of The Verge said every one of the roughly dozen book-style foldables she had used over five years had a glossy inner screen, and she hoped other makers would copy Apple's approach ¹.

The same day, WIRED's review reported that Apple plans to add a Reachability feature to the Duo later in 2026 ². The feature matters because of the phone's wider, shorter passport shape, which pairs the 7.6-inch inner display with a 5.4-inch outer screen ². On 26 October, iFixit published a teardown of the phone and gave it a 5/10 repairability score, the highest the site has awarded a foldable so far ³. The findings matter because some owners have reported damaged screens and cracking hinges ³. iFixit has theories about the causes but no confirmed explanation ³.