{"id":619723,"date":"2026-09-18T06:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/619723\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:36:15","slug":"ugreens-iphone-18-pro-case-packs-an-extra-screen-for-that-iphone-duo-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/619723\/","title":{"rendered":"UGREEN\u2019s iPhone 18 Pro Case Packs An Extra Screen For That \u2018iPhone Duo Effect\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Don\u2019t worry, you don\u2019t need to spend $1999 to gift yourself an iPhone with an extra screen. UGREEN debuted what they call the \u201cMagic E-ink Screen Case\u201d for the iPhone 18 Pro series \u2013 a protective case that gives your 18 Pro an extra display\u2026 kind of like the Duo, but without the bleeding price tag. The case, shown in a complementary burgundy colorway, packs a 6-color E-ink display on the back, making it perfect for photos, wallpapers, notes, QR codes, or any sort of personalization you\u2019d want. No, sadly it won\u2019t pull off that cool frosted glass animation that made the Duo<\/a> so drool-worthy!<\/p>\n

Fresh off a successful run at IFA (with the company debuting their world\u2019s first liquid-cooled MagSafe power bank<\/a>), UGREEN decided resting was for the week. Just days after Apple\u2019s iPhone announcement, the company took to Weibo, sharing a look at three products to complement Apple\u2019s latest Pro-series device. The first, a 45W charging brick, second, a screen protector, and thirdly, a protective case that makes the back of your phone about as interesting as the front.<\/p>\n

Designer: UGREEN<\/p>\n

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The case\u2019s primary role is to serve as protection for your $1199 phone. It covers the sides with a thick bumper, packed with air-cushion corners for extra drop protection. The camera plateau gets a raised lip to shield your lenses (especially that variable aperture shooter), but the screen on the back steals the cake. UGREEN hasn\u2019t specified its dimensions, but we do know that it\u2019s a 6-color E-ink display that can be controlled via an app on the phone, letting you send images, wallpapers, and notes to the display with a simple button push. Once there, the e-ink screen renders the image out, keeping it there forever without any power consumption.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know whether this still lets you use wireless charging on your iPhone, my guess is that you\u2019ll have to make that compromise, along with never being able to ever put any MagSafe accessory on the back. The benefit, however, is having a hyper-personalized smartphone case so you don\u2019t ever confuse your device with someone else\u2019s ever again. For the right audience, that\u2019s a very doable trade-off.<\/p>\n

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While details remain scarce, there are two worth noting. Notebookcheck mentions that the e-ink screen won\u2019t function as a viewfinder for the rear camera \u2013 a feature that would almost instantly turn this case into a very acceptable iPhone Duo replacement for a large group of people. It\u2019s just photos for now, which makes sense because adding extra features would mean adding a bigger battery and more powerful processor. At that rate you might as well just pack an OLED in there along with a thick battery panel.<\/p>\n

The second caveat is that UGREEN\u2019s marketing the Magic E-ink Screen Case exclusively in China, with no word on a global launch. That\u2019s probably why we didn\u2019t see this at IFA 2026<\/a> either. I\u2019m sure it would\u2019ve been all the rage on the show floor!<\/p>\n

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\t\t\tSarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom’s Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t worry, you don\u2019t need to spend $1999 to gift yourself an iPhone with an extra screen. UGREEN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-619723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}