Samsung foldable searches shot up 460% during Apple’s iPhone Duo launch week. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 just keeps riding iPhone Duo momentum to new sales heights.
Apple’s first foldable phone opted for a feature it replaced on most iPhone models nearly 10 years ago. IPhone Duo’s next-gen prototypes are trying to cram in Face ID.
Big Tech Apple iPhone Duo’s next-gen prototypes are trying to cram in Face ID For understandable reasons, the first generation returned to Touch ID. And while it is clearly a first-generation product, overall impressions of Apple’s first foldable have been broadly very positive.
One potential annoyance for anyone coming from another modern iPhone, however, is the lack of Face ID, with Apple instead opting to go back to Touch ID for the first time since 2022’s iPhone SE. Most iPhone users will have been using Face ID since the iPhone X.
In our own review we said the Touch ID solution here works accurately, but can take a bit longer to unlock the phone than you might expect, and according to reliable Apple insider Mark Gurman, the company is already looking at how it can bring its newer technology to the iPhone Duo’s inevitable follow-up. Speaking on his new Power On podcast, Gurman said Apple is "actively working" on under-display Face ID, and that there are already iPhone Duo 2 prototypes that have the technology built into the phone’s outer display.
He also pointed to the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, with their shrunken down Dynamic Island hardware, as evidence that Apple is finding ways to move more components underneath its phones’ displays. The first-gen iPhone Duo also features Apple’s first under-display camera.
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