IPhone Duo South Africa launch: Apple's R48,000 foldable reviewed
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The Story
Sales of Apple’s first folding phone, thei Phone Duo, began on Friday, with market watchers betting on whether the device can reinvent the small foldables market in the same way the i Phone did for smartphones.
The Duo’s reception could prove an early test for new CEO John Ternus, the former hardware chief whounveiledthe phone barely a week after taking charge in September. It could also have large implications for a niche category in which rivals such as Samsung Electronics and Huawei Technologies have sold premium offerings for several years.
The Spread
The coverage 23 sources
- Center-LeftFast CompanyThe iPhone Duo goes on sale today. Here’s how you could still get one in a store, despite ‘extraordinary’ demand (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftThe New York TimesReview of iPhone Duo: A New Chapter That Redefines a Smartphone’s Purpose (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftThe Telegraph IndiaApple warns of limited iPhone Duo stock at stores ahead of Friday launch - Telegraph India (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftThe VergeApple will label apps that are ‘Made for iPhone Duo’ (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftWiredI Worked for a Whole Day Using Only the iPhone Duo. Here’s How It Went (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterArs TechnicaSamsung all but confirms iPhone Duo is goosing Galaxy Z8 sales (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterDe StandaardDe iPhone Duo getest: indrukwekkende hardware, maar ook compromissen (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterMorning BrewReviews are in: iPhone Duo mostly good, kinda odd (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterThe Spokesman-ReviewApple bets iPhone Duo can remake foldable market as sales begin - The Spokesman-Review (opens the publisher’s site)
- CenterThe StateApple bets iPhone Duo can remake foldable market as sales begin (opens the publisher’s site)