Share to ClassroomApple Launches First Folding iPhone Duo
Apple has launched the iPhone Duo, its first folding phone. The company showed it on Wednesday at its offices in Cupertino, California. The phone shuts like a passport. When it is open, it has Apple's biggest screen — about 80% bigger than the screen on the iPhone 18 Pro. Prices start at $1,999 in the United States and £1,999 in the United Kingdom. The most expensive model costs about $3,200. People can order it from 16 October.
John Ternus became Apple's chief executive on 1 September, and this was his first big event. Apple has reportedly been testing folding screens since 2021. Ternus said other folding phones feel like "two phones stuck together". Apple has also said that a shortage of memory chips forced it to raise MacBook and iPad prices.
Experts do not agree about the new phone. One expert said Apple chose the date carefully. Another warned that the Duo could become an expensive object that few people buy. The iPhone earns more than half of Apple's money each year. Folding phones are only about 2% of world phone sales today. The news was widely expected. Apple's share price fell about 2% after the event.
