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Apple's Foldable iPhone Duo Draws Early Complaints of the Screen Cracking

Apple has acknowledged an inner-display defect affecting a small number of its new $1,999 iPhone Duo foldables after customers reported hearing a crunch while unfolding the device before cracks, lines and other display failures appeared along the crease. Apple is replacing affected phones and investigating the problem. iFixit believes a failing hinge component may be pressing into and cracking the display rather than the panel itself being defective. Bloomberg reports: Reports of the problem first surfaced on Reddit and other social media sites. Bloomberg News has since independently verified the issue with more than half a dozen customers, who provided photos showing damage to their devices or evidence of their support conversations with Apple. Apple acknowledged the issue in a statement, saying it was "aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units." "If users experience issues with their iPhone Duo display, they should contact AppleCare for a replacement," the Cupertino, California-based company said. Most Duos aren't affected by the problem, and the units that are impacted exhibit the defect quickly, Apple said.

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Apple iPhone Duo review: Two screens, two experiences, two thousand dollars

I understand the appeal of foldable phonesβ€”they let manufacturers keep expanding screen sizes while still producing devices that can reasonably fit in a pocket. In practice, though, every foldable Android phone I've seen in public has had a ridiculously visible seam between the two halves of the screen, often with what looks like delamination from the underlying surface, giving the display an ugly, bubbly appearance.

Back when Android phones began shipping with bigger and bigger screens and the iPhone was stuck at a miserly four inches, I was jealous. But I've never looked at anyone using a chunky, fragile-looking foldable phone in public and pined for Apple's take on the idea.

Nevertheless, that take has arrived, in the form of the iPhone Duo. This $1,999-and-up foldable is the biggest change to the iPhone in years, with both hardware and software updates that dramatically change how you interact with the device.

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Hackers Use Instagram Ads to Deploy Coruna and DarkSword Spyware on iPhones

Cybercriminal groups are using malicious Instagram advertisements, abandoned analytics tags, and compromised websites to deliver Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits to vulnerable iPhones. The investigation exposes a scalable spyware distribution model in which attackers exploit advertising infrastructure to reach victims during ordinary browsing. Researchers describe these as β€œhalf-click” attacks: users must encounter an infected webpage […]

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