Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="John Ternus, Apple CEO, holds an iPhone Duo at the launch event. | Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2293827608.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> John Ternus, Apple CEO, holds an iPhone Duo at the launch event. | Bloomberg via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn't mean it wasn't copied. As my colleague <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991141/apple-first-foldable-iphone-launch-influence-john-ternus">Dom Preston already explained</a>, it's almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same global suppliers. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple's new CEO John Ternus and head of marketing Greg 'Joz' Joswiak addressed the topic <a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/interview-apple-ceo-john-ternus-on-his-defining-moment-for-the-iphone-duo">during an interview</a> with <em>TechRadar</em>'s Lance Ulanoff and Mark Spoonauer of <em>Tom's Guide</em>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"People knew through leaks that we were working on a foldable," said Joz. "Unfortunately, they got the aspect ratio, and a lot of coincidental instances of people fin …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/993795/apple-addresses-iphone-duo-copycats">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>