iPhone Duo offers foldable design but compromises on camera

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 17:20 · Archive

Apple's $1,999 iPhone Duo lacks the telephoto lens and variable aperture of the iPhone 18 Pro, limiting zoom capabilities.

Apple's iPhone Duo, priced at $1,999, costs $800 more than the iPhone 18 Pro at the same storage capacity. Despite the premium price, the device makes significant compromises on camera capabilities due to the constraints of its foldable design.

Both the Duo and iPhone 18 Pro have 48-megapixel rear cameras with a main sensor and ultrawide lens. However, the iPhone 18 Pro includes a dedicated 4x telephoto camera that can crop to achieve 8x optical-quality zoom. The Duo lacks this telephoto lens entirely, maxing out at 2x optical-quality zoom through sensor cropping. This limitation makes the Duo less suitable for photographing distant subjects such as performers or athletes.

MacRumors reports that the Duo involves almost 40 compromises compared with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, spanning camera capabilities, everyday usability and ownership costs. The foldable's main attraction is its design: a 5.4-inch outer display opens into a 7.6-inch inner display, allowing apps to run side by side. Both devices share the A20 Pro chip and ProMotion displays with 120Hz refresh rates.

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• iPhone Duo Compromises: Everything You Have to Give UpApple's $1,999 iPhone Duo asks buyers to pay more for a folding screen while accepting almost 40 compromises compared with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, spanning camera capabilities, everyday usability, and ownership costs. At equivalent storage capacities, the iPhone Duo costs $800 more than the iPhone 18 Pro and $700 more than the Pro Max. Its main attraction is a radically different design: a 5.4-inch outer display opens into a 7.6-inch inner display, providing more space for reading and viewing content, with the ability to use apps side by side. All three devices share a…MacRumors · 14 Oct, 17:08
• How the iPhone Duo's camera is different from the iPhone 18 Pro'sGoing beyond the number of cameras and megapixels.Engadget · 13 Oct, 19:00

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