{"id":313837,"date":"2026-10-25T07:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313837\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:50:18","slug":"foldable-iphone-duo-sparks-early-lines-at-center-city-apple-store-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313837\/","title":{"rendered":"Foldable iPhone Duo sparks early lines at Center City Apple store \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The line outside the Apple store in Center City was quickly growing early Friday as tech enthusiasts gathered for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/national-international\/new-apple-iphone-18-ceo\/4460266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> release of the highly anticipated foldable iPhone.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People began lining up at 16th and Walnut streets hours before the Apple store was set to open at 8 a.m., eager to get their hands on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone-duo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">latest iPhone Duo<\/a> \u2014 a foldable device with a display that is 80% larger than that of the iPhone 18 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 1, the company&#8217;s new CEO, John Ternus, introduced the iPhone Duo, which he described as having the the &#8220;largest display ever on an iPhone, yet fits into your pocket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2293861980.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"An Apple iPhone Duo foldable smartphone during a product unveiling event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tDavid Paul Morris\/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDavid Paul Morris\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>An Apple iPhone Duo foldable smartphone during a product unveiling event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The Duo also lets users split the screen to use two different apps on the device, or two windows the same website for things like comparison shopping.<\/p>\n<p>The Duo starts at $1,999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The line outside the Apple store in Center City was quickly growing early Friday as tech enthusiasts gathered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80842,69,71,70,503],"class_list":["post-313837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-apple-inc","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}