{"id":846551,"date":"2026-09-13T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846551\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:48:11","slug":"apples-iphone-duo-event-should-put-the-bears-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846551\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s iPhone Duo event should put the bears to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have heard this statement about Apple (AAPL<\/a>) for three-plus years. Maybe you’ve heard it too. <\/p>\n

Apple isn’t innovative anymore. <\/p>\n

I have heard all the bear arguments on Apple: That Apple doesn’t have an answer to ChatGPT or Claude’s answer engine. That Apple’s Siri is a massive failure in AI. That the iPhone is simply a boring utility. That there’s no autonomous electric Apple car driving. That OpenAI (OPAI.PVT<\/a>) is testing new hardware designed by former Apple superhero Jony Ive. <\/p>\n

But it’s all rubbish that needs to be buried in the trash, at least for right now. <\/p>\n

What Apple uncorked this week<\/a> is a massive suite of innovation. So much so that you can’t help but view the stock as a great buy at these valuation levels. <\/p>\n

New Apple CEO John Ternus debuted the tech giant’s first foldable iPhone<\/a> this week, as we all know. <\/p>\n

Dubbed the iPhone Duo, the device features a passport-like design<\/a> that opens and closes like a book. It sports a 5.4-inch front display that expands to a massive 7.6-inch display when opened, ideal for watching movies, playing games, working, and multitasking. <\/p>\n

The iPhone Duo will start at $1,999, in line with speculation ahead of Apple’s annual event. The higher-spec Duo will cost north of $3,100. <\/p>\n

Objectively, look at this phone and tell me it’s not innovative. Tell me Android devices don’t look like pure trash next to the Duo. <\/p>\n

\"An<\/a> An attendee holds up an iPhone Duo during an announcement of new products on Sept. 9, 2026, at the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu) \u00b7 AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu <\/p>\n

“Overall, key product feature announcements (debut of a foldable form factor model, Touch ID to open on the iPhone Duo, new A20-series chips, and rear-camera systems) were largely as expected, and should drive continued strength in device demand,” Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng said. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, did you see that the new AirPods sport 50% more noise cancellation? Or the regular iPhone 18 Pro with supercharged battery life? How about the new Apple Watch<\/a> that can summarize ambient conversations? (Creepy, yes, but innovative.) <\/p>\n

I am not some wild-eyed tech blogger foaming at the mouth for every Apple product-reveal day. Just a consumer with an investing background who recognizes common sense when he sees it. <\/p>\n

“Will iOS users view it differently, or will there be some unique take that Apple comes up with that changes that penetration dynamic a little bit?” AT&T CEO John Stankey told me<\/a> at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Tech conference this week. “I suppose it’s possible, but my guess right now is we’re going to kind of see it contained to a portion of the user base that wants that larger device and is maybe willing to invest more money to pick it up and get it.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I have heard this statement about Apple (AAPL) for three-plus years. Maybe you’ve heard it too. Apple isn’t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[517,358157,4536,74],"class_list":["post-846551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-apple-campus","tag-iphone","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}