Jose Velez

My honest thoughts after a little over a week with the iPhone Duo, as a foldable user for 5 years: First thing that annoyed me… I walked out of the Apple Store, needed to call my wife, and kept looking for the dock at the bottom 😅 For me, the biggest reason I wanted this phone is that it's a foldable inside the Apple ecosystem. My wife doesn't have to change anything, same apps for the whole family. What Apple got right: • The transition is seamless. I start something closed, open it and keep going right where I was, so I use the big screen more than on any fold I've owned • The nano texture was the best choice. First foldable screen that doesn't feel plasticky when I type • Stereo speakers in any orientation. Super good for a foldable • The camera. If you're not shooting RAW or Log and you just want memories of your family, you're good. Day to day it's better than the Fold 8 for me, especially with motion indoors • My kids ask me to flip it so they can see themselves on the outer screen while I take their picture 😂 • Battery has been good, better than other phones I've had • The crease is there, but I only see it when I look for it What Apple got wrong: • I'm still not fully sold on the dock on the right. I get why Apple did it, to keep that vertical aspect ratio… but it makes some apps look unoptimized even when they are • Touch ID felt slow until I turned off rest finger to open. Now it's unlocked before it reaches my face • With my Apple Watch on, the Duo unlocks the moment I open it… but closed, I still have to touch Touch ID to see my notifications. Let me tap the screen, use the camera to see I'm looking, and unlock with the Watch… that would make it feel just like Face ID • It ran a little hot, but it's getting better after the initial setup Heads up: until your apps get optimized, the back button jumps around… top left in some, on the right in others 😅 Worth $2,000? For me, yes. I don't have to carry an iPad around anymore, it's always with me and always charged. In my opinion, the Duo is closer to a Pixel Fold than a Galaxy Fold. So depending on who you are, you might be better off with the Fold 8. Who should buy it? If you like cutting edge tech and you don't mind running beta software or dealing with a bug here and there, go for it. It's not perfect, it's first gen and it has some rough edges, but I think software will fix most of them. It's a solid device and one of the best foldables I've used. I gave my 18 Pro Max to my wife and traded in my 17 Pro Max, so the Duo is my main iPhone now. Fully committed 😅😅

What just happened?? I just lost my Duo / Liquid Glass update on X

I’m sorry but I have failed to understand this issue… maybe I’m not a gamer, but I’m super excited about this one and I couldn’t care less for the FPS

Two apps updated for the iPhone Duo today… Reddit this morning and now X 🙌🙌 Reddit looks right, but X actually feels made for it. Full width feed, floating nav that moves to the side in landscape and the bottom in portrait. This is how I want every app to do it.

Reddit finally got updated for the iPhone Duo… it actually looks right on the inner screen now 🙌🙌 That's one more app off my list.

Opus 5.5 has been so good and efficient for me that I don’t know if I should even try this one 😅

Don’t message me it was @Vyyyper fault 😂😂

There's something I've been saying since I decided to keep this phone. I'm gonna treat this phone, this iPhone Duo, like any other iPhone. No special treatment just because it folds. Yesterday was the first real test. Blizzard Beach. I know, it's a water park, not an actual beach. But there's sand, water, chlorine, chips, food, soft drinks, beers… all of it. I spent the day with my family and used it like a regular phone. Took photos. Ate chips. Drank stuff. And when I was done I just set it on the chair, same as I would with any other phone I've had since the original iPhone. No plastic bag. No hiding it. I didn't drop it in the sand, not by accident and not on purpose just to test it. I just lived with it. And it was great. No scratches. No cracking on the hinge. No complaints. Battery was super good too. For how I use it, kids playing in the sand, something funny happening, a quick stand here and smile, this camera is more than enough. Video is more than enough. In the summer I go to the beach a little more, and based on yesterday I don't think I'll have to worry about this kind of damage. If something happens in the next few days of course I'll report back, but I don't think it will. There were a lot of factors yesterday that could've affected how this phone works, but it was able to keep up. I'll keep bringing this iPhone Duo to every family adventure for the next year to see if it actually keeps up with everything, or if it gives up mid-year 😅😅

I've seen rumors that Apple might drop the Action button next year… I've been using my iPhone Duo for two weeks and I haven't even missed it. I used to try all these crazy workflows with it on my 17 Pro Max, but I never really got used to using it to its fullest. I guess it depends on the person, but in my case I'd rather take Camera Control over the Action button 😅😅

Happy first day of ownership to every launch day Duo person who didn't send it back yesterday 🤣

I have one hour to decide if I'm keeping this boy or not… turns out I really love the iPhone Duo, so yep, I'm not returning it. keeping it as my main Apple phone for the whole year 😅😅

Now imagine playing this one N64 years ago with no internet. Man those were great times!!

Played Ocarina of Time on my 3DS back in the day… now it's the remake on the Switch 2 with the @NyxiGaming Ultra 3, and handheld feels so much better 😅😅

Two screen protector companies, two very different experiences… @spigen's protector had a possible edge lifting issue, and I got a full refund before I even noticed anything, no return needed. Flolab's protector was messing with my always on display. they had me record a video, I sent it, and the best they could do was half a refund 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ guess who I'm buying from next time

I kept saying that when Apple launched their foldable iPhone, it would be good for every foldable user, not just iPhone people… just saw a Reddit post from a Fold 8 owner. the Tesla app updated and now it adapts when they open the phone. more foldable users means more apps get fixed, on iOS and Android 🤝🤝

I guess in 4 days I will be the strangest human being in the planet…

There's no better way to watch Kimi Antonelli become champion than this… race, live timing and the track map all at once on my iPhone Duo 😅😅

Dbrand cancelling the Duo skin is just sad… I really wanted to use my Duo with a leather skin.

Mystery solved… my iPhone Duo always on display kept turning off and it was the screen protector 😅😅 The Spigen one started bubbling in the corner, it got recalled and Amazon refunded me. Then I got a Flolab one. I love it on my other devices, but on the Duo it was making the always on display turn off… and it also had a small lift on the right corner. Between bad cases and bad screen protectors… I guess I'll have to rock the iPhone Duo as John Ternus intended… no case and no screen protector