Apple VP of hardware talks iPhone Duo durability, crease, hinge, and more
Tom Marieb said Apple tuned the foldable’s hinge and matte display to reduce the crease and support a launch-ready developer ecosystem.
- Apple announced the Duo launches next month, with pre-orders beginning on October 16 and shipping on October 23, bringing an all-new software experience alongside several hardware innovations.
- Designers based the Duo on the A-series paper system to maintain consistent proportions when opened and closed. Anderson noted that familiar notebooks inspired the device, asking, 'How do you get to something that gives you space but also feels compact?'
- Vice President Tom Marieb detailed the hinge's custom torque profile, designed to feel solid like a high-end automobile door. He also praised Ceramic Shield 2 as an incredible technology that makes third-party screen protectors unnecessary.
- Developers can now utilize Xcode 27.1 beta to update Apps for the Duo's unique display. The device will initially run iOS 27.1 before syncing with the iPhone lineup in a later version.
- Lemay suggested developers will devise uses that Apple has not anticipated, with some discoveries potentially influencing the wider foldable industry and changing the Duo's future direction.
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Apple VP of hardware talks iPhone Duo durability, crease, hinge, and more
Apple’s new Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Tom Marieb, sat down with TechRadar for an interview all about iPhone Duo. Here’s what he said about iPhone Duo’s durability, the hinge, display crease, and more. more…
iPhone Duo is Steve Jobs's intersection of technology and liberal arts, says Ternus
John Ternus and iPhone Duo designers reveal how ordinary paper notebooks were a key inspiration for the new foldable iPhone Duo.Apple says that paper notebooks were part of the inspiration for the iPhone Duo.Even as Apple is celebrating the arrival of the iPhone 18 Pro in stores, even its own executives are looking ahead to when the iPhone Duo comes out. CEO John Ternus, hardware executive Molly Anderson and software executive Steve Lemay have b…
Apple Designers Explain the Thinking Behind iPhone Duo
Apple's design team reveals how notebooks helped inspire the iPhone Duo, along with interface principles and expectations for future features, in a new interview with GQ. The interview features Apple CEO John Ternus, Vice President of Industrial Design Molly Anderson, and Vice President of Human Interface Design Steve Lemay. In addition to the device's previously announced features, Anderson and Lemay discuss how Apple approached its physical de…
I went hands-on with the iPhone Duo, and I'm genuinely excited
With the iPhone Duo, Apple once again proved that it knows how to stand out in a crowded category. I used the iPhone Duo for the better part of an hour, and I think that this foldable is unlike any other.
Xcode 27.1 Beta Adds an iPhone Duo Simulator for Developers
Apple released Xcode 27.1 beta 1 today, and it is the first version of the tool that lets developers actually build and test apps for the iPhone Duo. The foldable does not reach customers until next month, but developers can... Read more at Developers Can Now Test Apps on a Virtual iPhone Duo Before It Ships
The iPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable smartphone and there are elements to take into account, including folding and hinged... Read more... Facebook · X · iAddict Article iPhone Duo: Apple is very confident in folding and the hinge appeared first on iPhoneAddict.fr.
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