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If you thought remortgaging your house for a slab of glass was peak tech enthusiasm, Apple has decided to raise the stakes—and the hinge—with a device that costs as much as a decent used sedan.
Welcome to episode 1006 of the Macworld Podcast, where hosts Michael Simon, Jason Cross, and Roman Loyola sit down to dissect the undisputed heavyweight champion of Cupertino’s current lineup: the brand-new iPhone Duo.
Two Grand, Two Screens, One Folding Future
Let’s address the elephant in the room, or rather, the folding glass in your pocket. At a cool $1,999, the iPhone Duo isn’t just a smartphone; it’s a financial commitment. As someone who cheerfully owns several iPhones despite a lingering soft spot for the clever engineering coming out of BBK Electronics (yes, OnePlus and Oppo, I see what you’re doing over there), I have to admit Apple usually knows how to make hardware that sings. But a folding phone? That’s territory usually reserved for tech pioneers willing to use wired earbuds in public just to feel something.
During the latest episode, the Macworld team dove headfirst into what it’s actually like to live with the Duo. Apple’s unofficial motto for the launch seems to be: “We promise your favorite apps will look great (eventually).” Ah, optimism. Nothing says “cutting edge” quite like playing app-roulette to see whether your favorite utility scales gracefully across a crease or decides to self-destruct into a pixelated soup.
The Search for Stock and the Touch Bar Ghost
If you are actually brave—or financially reckless—enough to try and snag an iPhone Duo, the podcast points out that you’ll need more than just good vibes. You’ll need dedicated stock-checking sites, because finding one in the wild is currently harder than convincing a die-hard Python developer that R has its merits (look, stats are great, but sometimes you just want to build a script without crying).
In a classic twist of Apple nostalgia and whiplash, the crew also touched on the MacBook Pro’s polarizing Touch Bar—because nothing says “forward-looking” like affectionately reminiscing about a hardware feature that stubbornly divided a fanbase.
Comment Corner: The iPad Dream
Wrapping up the episode, the mailbag brought a spicy question from listener Joseph G., who asked the ultimate speculative tech question: Will Apple eventually develop a single-user, folding-screen iPad running software that combines all iOS and macOS features?
It’s a fun thought experiment. But until we live in a Jetsons-style utopia where our operating systems finally talk to each other without throwing a tantrum, we’ll just have to make do with unfolding our two-thousand-dollar phones and hoping our favorite apps didn’t forget how to rotate.
To catch the full breakdown, you can stream Episode 1006 of the Macworld Podcast on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Just make sure your wallet is sitting safely in another room before you press play.
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