The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Screenshot: Apple" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/apple-event-september-2026-424-10-55-40.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple has announced its long-anticipated foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, which arrives more than seven years after the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/19/18498904/samsung-galaxy-fold-review-screen-broken-issue-durability-foldable-phone-video-performance-price">first Samsung Galaxy Fold</a> hit the market.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Much like Samsung's recent Galaxy Z Fold 8, Apple says the Duo is a similar size to a passport when closed, with a 5.4-inch display, but opens to a 7.6-inch panel, the largest on any iPhone yet.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rumors have swirled about a folding iPhone <a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/23/17155586/apple-foldable-iphone-oled-lg-screen-2020">since at least 2017</a>, when it was optimistically reported that production might begin in 2020. Since then, rivals including Samsung, Google, Huawei, Oppo, Honor, and more have released <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/635839/best-foldable-phone">myriad foldable Android phones</a>, including larger book-style mod …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991203/iphone-duo-foldable-news-specs-price-release-date">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>