{"id":897167,"date":"2026-10-28T05:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T05:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897167\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T05:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T05:16:09","slug":"iphone-duo-memes-are-taking-over-as-users-report-cracked-screens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897167\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Duo Memes Are Taking Over As Users Report Cracked Screens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple’s long-awaited\u00a0iPhone Duo<\/a>\u00a0is here, and while a\u00a0folding phone<\/a>\u00a0is nothing new, it’s the company’s first, and it has a waitlist a mile long.<\/p>\n

However, Apple diehards with Duo already in hand are reporting issues with the\u00a0folding screen<\/a>, and some have posted about their buyer’s remorse online.<\/p>\n

The cracking screen<\/p>\n

Early owners have reported cracks along the Duo’s center fold, sometimes accompanied by a bright line of stuck pixels across one side of the inner display. Apple said the issue affects a “small number” of units and directed affected customers to AppleCare for replacements.<\/p>\n

The reports have also generated crack-themed jokes and wallpapers online \u2014 though some widely shared images of damaged Duo screens have been altered or AI-generated.<\/p>\n

One X account made a wallpaper for those who could not afford the Duo but would like to experience the crack.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Business Insider, Apple said that the response to iPhone Duo from early users has been “incredibly positive.”<\/p>\n

“If users experience issues with their iPhone Duo display, they should contact AppleCare for a replacement,” Apple said.<\/p>\n

The crypto memes<\/p>\n

The crypto world<\/a> made a connection to the iPhone Duo when the official Crypto.com account posted earlier in October about how the folding phone would be perfect for traders.<\/p>\n

The association soon became memes playing on the stereotype that crypto traders are delusional and unemployed.<\/p>\n

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The multi-screen design<\/p>\n

Many believe that the iPhone Duo’s multi-screen design will be hazardous to our already short attention span by allowing multiple activities at once.<\/p>\n

While the Duo’s 7.6-inch inner display supports two apps side by side, its 5.4-inch outer display can be used when the phone is closed.<\/p>\n

That setup has also prompted jokes about what is known as a “performative male,” referring to men publicly pretending to enjoy certain niche genres of books and music in order to attract women.<\/p>\n

Another post, more of a real video than a meme, demonstrated the iPhone Duo’s potential to exacerbate doomscrolling.<\/p>\n

For anyone worried that one screen wasn’t enough for your nightly scroll, Apple has a $1,999 solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple’s long-awaited\u00a0iPhone Duo\u00a0is here, and while a\u00a0folding phone\u00a0is nothing new, it’s the company’s first, and it has a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[517,328935,270,376129,376128,376127,376125,18591,165,8293,352812,2021,376126,28309,74,53860,59953],"class_list":["post-897167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-applecare","tag-business-insider","tag-crack-themed-joke","tag-duo-screen","tag-inner-display","tag-iphone-duo-memes","tag-issue","tag-mobile","tag-phone","tag-pic","tag-replacement","tag-screen-crack","tag-side","tag-technology","tag-trader","tag-wallpaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897167","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=897167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}