The first broken iPhone Duos are here

<figure> <img alt="An iPhone Duo is shown opened, with bright lines along the hinge and the right side of the display." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/20ruxzn728xh1.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The iPhone Duo officially goes on sale today, but a few units already have broken screens. According to posts on Reddit about the affected units, the issue appears to be happening at a similar spot on all of them: Some kind of problem shows up on the inner screen along the hinge and a strange bright line (or lines) across the right side of the display.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here's how one user in Australia <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/iPhoneDuo/comments/1xday9i/iphone_duo_screen_cracked_within_6_hours_of/">described what happened</a> to their phone:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Had my iPhone Duo for about six hours and had probably opened it fewer than 20 times.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was showing it to a friend, and as I opened it, I felt something around the internal hinge, underneath the screen.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As I cont …</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017623/iphone-duo-broken-cracked-screen">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>