The company’s iPhone Duo foldable has two screen panels (plus one on the front of the device) that provide the largest, most immersive screen size ever — as well as being its thinnest iPhone ever, according to Apple. It also announced the single-screen iPhone 18 baseline model and Pro 18 and Pro Max 18 versions.
The Apple launch Wednesday comes seven years to the day after Samsung shipped its first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, in September 2019.
The iPhone Duo and 18 event is the first product launch presided over by newly installed CEO John Ternus, formerly Apple’s head of hardware engineering, who took over from Tim Cook at the helm of the tech giant as of Sept. 1.
Other foldable designs feel like “two phones that have been stuck together,” Ternus said about the new foldable phone. Controls are located on the side of the iPhone Duo, and you can launch two different apps on the left and right screens for side-by-side comparison.
Apple is releasing software development kits for developers to design (or redesign) their apps for the iPhone Duo.
Apple also touted AI features for the new iPhones, which are “your intelligent personal hub,” Ternus said in a video played at the top of the event. He underscored that its Apple Intelligence AI features — including an enhanced Siri AI app that has more “expressive” voices — run locally on the device whenever possible to protect users’ data privacy.
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