iPhone Duo buyers have complained about broken screens This material (information) is produced and distributed by Bell's foreign agent or relates to Bell's foreign agent's activities. 18+ The iPhone Duo, Apple's nearly $2,000 foldable smartphone, went on sale on October 23 but was immediately met with complaints from early adopters about problems with the internal display. For example, Reddit user midnight_shafel from Australia writes that the internal screen of his new iPhone Duo broke six hours after purchase: "I've probably opened it less than 20 times." The buyer noted that during the next opening he felt some resistance in the hinge area, then he heard a crack and the screen broke. His smartphone was immediately replaced at the Apple store. This is not an isolated case: photos are circulating on the forums showing that the screen is damaged along the fold line, which causes bright bands of pixels to appear. Some owners also described extraneous sounds when opening, and in China a hinge defect was found in a demo copy in the store. Why is this so? A stress test by tech blogger Zach Nelson (Jerry Rigg Everything Channel) showed that sand and dust can get into the hinge mechanism and prevent the smartphone from closing completely. A similar result was shown by the analysis of the South Korean blogger Curious Hagi. He exposed the device to dirt and deliberately bent it in the opposite direction, after which the mechanism began to jam, a click was heard and the screen was damaged. But, after disassembling the device, the blogger discovered that in the middle of the axis one link was thinner than the neighboring ones (meaning there could be a weak point in the design) and exploded in a small slot. iFixit also suggested that the part that supports the hinges doesn't go down enough when closed and puts pressure on the screen. Is this a widespread problem? It is still impossible to answer for sure.

iPhone Duo buyers have complained about broken screens This material (information) is produced and distributed by Bell's foreign agent or relates to Bell's foreign agent's activities. 18+ The iPhone Duo, Apple's nearly $2,000 foldable smartphone, went on sale on October 23 but was immediately met with complaints from early adopters about problems with the internal display. For example, Reddit user midnight_shafel from Australia writes that the internal screen of his new iPhone Duo broke six hours after purchase: "I've probably opened it less than 20 times." The buyer noted that during the next opening he felt some resistance in the hinge area, then he heard a crack and the screen broke. His smartphone was immediately replaced at the Apple store. This is not an isolated case: photos are circulating on the forums showing that the screen is damaged along the fold line, which causes bright bands of pixels to appear. Some owners also described extraneous sounds when opening, and in China a hinge defect was found in a demo copy in the store. Why is this so? A stress test by tech blogger Zach Nelson (Jerry Rigg Everything Channel) showed that sand and dust can get into the hinge mechanism and prevent the smartphone from closing completely. A similar result was shown by the analysis of the South Korean blogger Curious Hagi. He exposed the device to dirt and deliberately bent it in the opposite direction, after which the mechanism began to jam, a click was heard and the screen was damaged. But, after disassembling the device, the blogger discovered that in the middle of the axis one link was thinner than the neighboring ones (meaning there could be a weak point in the design) and exploded in a small slot. iFixit also suggested that the part that supports the hinges doesn't go down enough when closed and puts pressure on the screen. Is this a widespread problem? It is still impossible to answer for sure.