Here’s why the iPhone Duo’s hinge could be cracking the screen

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/iPhone-Duo_208.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Within hours of the iPhone Duo launch last Friday, people <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018760/iphone-duo-crackgate-inside-screen-hinge-crack">reported that</a> the inner screen on some brand new foldable phones was already broken. The issue was similar across many photos shared on social media: some kind of issue or crack would appear in the middle of the screen above the hinge, with lines appearing on the right side of the display. On Monday, Apple <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018760/iphone-duo-crackgate-inside-screen-hinge-crack">acknowledged an "issue"</a> and said it's replacing damaged units, without going into much detail about how many broken phones have been reported so far.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So what's actually going on?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shahram Mokhtari, the lead teardown technician at iFixit, has actually taken apart the iPhone Duo and …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020145/iphone-duo-crackgate-broken-screen-hinge">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>