A fingerprint sensor that tests your patience<\/p>\n
The biggest complaint is the unlock experience. Apple left Face ID out of the Duo and put a Touch ID fingerprint reader in the side button instead. In practice, the sensor has not always responded on the first try.<\/p>\n
According to one iPhone Duo review, by PCMag, unlocking the phone sometimes took several attempts. The reviewer also noted that the button\u2019s position on the right edge makes it harder to reach for left-handed people. <\/p>\n
Those problems didn\u2019t change his overall view much. He gave the foldable 4.5 stars and wrote that it offers \u201cthe best hardware, performance, and battery life of any foldable phone on the market.\u201d For a phone in this price range, however, an unlock method that sometimes needs a second or third try is the kind of everyday irritation buyers will notice.<\/p>\n
A telephoto lens and a bigger screen may also come later<\/p>\n
Reviewers have also pointed to the lack of a telephoto camera, a feature standard on Apple\u2019s Pro iPhones. According to Gurman, Apple is considering adding one, but has no clear timeline. \u201cThat\u2019s on their list. I don\u2019t know when that\u2019s coming, but that\u2019s going to be hard to do,\u201d he said. As with Face ID, the challenge is space: a zoom lens needs depth that a very thin phone has trouble providing.<\/p>\n
Future models might also get a larger main display. The current Duo unfolds into a 7.6-inch screen, and Gurman says later models could grow it to between 8.5 and 9 inches. That would move the Duo closer to the size of a small tablet.<\/p>\n
The comparison with the iPhone 18 Pro, which launched alongside the Duo, makes these gaps clearer. The Duo has two cameras, a 48MP Fusion main camera and a 48MP Fusion ultra wide, instead of the 18 Pro\u2019s three-camera system. The 18 Pro adds a 48MP telephoto lens with 4x optical zoom, and that lens can crop its sensor to produce 12MP \u201coptical quality\u201d shots at 8x. The Duo tops out at what Apple calls \u201coptical-quality\u201d 2x zoom, taken from the main camera. It also lacks the variable aperture on the 18 Pro\u2019s main camera, one of that phone\u2019s headline features. The 18 Pro also has second-generation sensor-shift stabilization, while the Duo uses the older version, and the Duo\u2019s 12MP front camera is a step down from the 18MP Center Stage camera on the 18 Pro. <\/p>\n
Lakshana is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist with over a decade of experience. She covers a wide range of stories\u2014from community and health to mental health and inspiring people features. <\/p>\n
A passionate K-pop enthusiast, she also enjoys exploring the cultural impact of music and fandoms through her writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fingerprint sensor that tests your patience The biggest complaint is the unlock experience. Apple left Face ID…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-657403","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\/657403","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=657403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}