Apple unveils iPhone Duo – Apple
September 9, 2026
PRESS RELEASE
Apple unveils iPhone Duo
iPhone Duo incorporates a breakthrough foldable design that’s lovely, versatile, and sturdy, opening up potentialities that really feel completely new but remarkably acquainted
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at present launched iPhone Duo, the primary foldable iPhone. Opened, it’s the thinnest iPhone ever, with a 7.6-inch interior show that gives a big canvas for viewing content material, gaming, and multitasking, and a particular nano-texture end that minimizes glare for an unparalleled viewing expertise. Closed, the 5.4-inch outer show delivers 90 p.c of the display screen space of iPhone 18 Pro in a compact, pocketable design.1 Both shows share the identical facet ratio, so content material scales proportionally, making certain visible continuity. iPhone Duo is constructed to final with an modern {hardware} design and a precision hinge that gives a easy, satisfying really feel with each use. Powered by the brand new A20 Pro, iPhone Duo options a complicated thermal administration system with a customized-designed vapor chamber and a twin-battery structure, delivering professional efficiency and spectacular all-day battery life. The superior digicam system takes beautiful photographs and movies, with the folding design unlocking enjoyable new methods to make use of the digicam that aren’t doable on some other iPhone. iOS 27 is reimagined, remaining acquainted and intuitive whereas adapting to the versatile methods customers can work together with iPhone Duo. And with Apple Intelligence2 and Siri AI,3 iPhone Duo brings highly effective AI capabilities along with a person’s private context.
iPhone Duo is accessible in two refined colours: star white and night time sky. Pre-orders start Friday, October 16, with availability starting Friday, October 23.
“iPhone Duo is the most transformational change to iPhone since the original. With an entirely new design and intuitive experiences, it shows what’s possible when hardware and software are engineered together and redefines what it means to use a foldable phone,” stated John Ternus, Apple’s CEO. “With the largest display ever on iPhone that still fits easily in your pocket, combined with the power of A20 Pro, iPhone Duo helps you stay more immersed and productive wherever you go, whether you’re enjoying content, multitasking across apps, or gaming.”
Two Displays, One Breakthrough Design
iPhone Duo delivers Apple’s largest iPhone show in a completely new design. Closed, iPhone Duo is snug to make use of one-handed and matches simply in a pocket, with a 5.4-inch outer Super Retina XDR show that gives 90 p.c of the display screen space of iPhone 18 Pro. Opened, the 7.6-inch interior Super Retina XDR show is 50 p.c bigger than iPhone 18 Pro Max, providing an immersive canvas for all the pieces customers do. A premium nano-texture end reduces glare and reflections, making a matte floor that minimizes crease visibility and feels nice to the touch. Beneath the interior show, a brand new FaceTime digicam stays hidden when not in use to maintain the display screen uninterrupted. Both shows share the identical facet ratio, designed for the way individuals use their iPhone, so the expertise feels steady whether or not iPhone Duo is open or closed. The shows additionally function ProMovement, Always On, and 3000 nits of peak outside brightness. Later this 12 months, iPhone Duo will assist Apple Pencil with USB-C, permitting customers to take notes, sketch, or mark up paperwork on both show.
Touch ID is built-in into the facet button for straightforward, safe, and constant authentication whether or not iPhone Duo is open or closed, and customers can unlock iPhone Duo utilizing their Apple Watch. The design additionally options Camera Control to rapidly launch the digicam, together with the model-new Siri Camera mode, which lets Siri see what the person sees to reply questions and take motion.
Designed for Durability
iPhone Duo is constructed to final and feels exceptionally stable with each use. It’s crafted from grade 5 titanium for unimaginable power, with an enclosure that has a sublime mirror-polished end and a 3D-printed hinge cowl with a contrasting micro-blasted end. Ceramic Shield protects the again of iPhone Duo, and Ceramic Shield 2 on the entrance has 3x higher scratch resistance than the earlier technology. iPhone Duo can also be splash-, water-, and dirt-resistant with an IP68 score.4 The hinge is engineered from greater than 100 elements to exactly management opening and shutting and assist the middle of the show, delivering a easy, satisfying really feel. Internally, assist ribs reinforce the construction for added stiffness, whereas antenna splits with ceramic fiber inserts improve the body’s rigidity.
The interior show is designed to resist the damage of on a regular basis use. A scratch-resistant coating and a nano-textured cowl layer — constructed from a customized polymer with as much as 40 p.c larger stiffness than different supplies used within the trade — defend the floor. High-strength glass sits above and under the folding show panel, with customized adhesives that enable the layers to glide previous each other just like the pages of a guide, relieving bend stress, and a titanium plate on the backside additional enhances sturdiness.
An Advanced Camera System with New Experiences
iPhone Duo delivers a complicated digicam system that brings all-new experiences made doable by its breakthrough design. With the brand new 48MP Fusion Main digicam, customers can shoot sharp photographs at as much as 48MP decision with zero shutter lag, seize within the 24MP default for unimaginable picture high quality at a file dimension good for sharing, and get nearer to the topic with an built-in optical-high quality 2x Telephoto. The 48MP Fusion Main digicam additionally advantages from a brand new computational picture pipeline for sharp particulars, and excels in low mild because of a big sensor, quick aperture, and sensor-shift optical picture stabilization.
The 48MP Fusion Ultra Wide digicam — the identical as on iPhone 18 Pro fashions — captures wider fields of view and permits macro pictures, whereas the Center Stage entrance digicam can robotically take photographs and movies in any orientation, so customers don’t should rotate iPhone for panorama selfies. Upgraded Photographic Styles with new texture and grain controls let customers additional dial of their desired look and have extra inventive management over their photographs.5 Under the interior show, a brand new FaceTime digicam helps customers join with family and friends whether or not iPhone Duo is held open or propped on a floor for palms-free calls.
The foldable design with twin shows unlocks digicam experiences that aren’t doable on some other iPhone.
- With Smart Take, customers now not miss out on being within the picture as a result of they’re behind the shutter or racing to beat a timer. On-device AI fashions operating on A20 Pro analyze the scene in actual time and robotically seize photographs when topics are posing.
- Users can take a selfie with the upper-decision rear cameras and preview their shot on the outer show.
- Duo Preview exhibits the reside preview on the outer show, serving to topics pose, verify their framing, and information the shot.
- Kid Cue performs animations from Peanuts on the outer show to seize the eye of youngsters in order that they have a look at the digicam.
- Duo FaceTime lets people who find themselves with the person be a part of a video name on the outer show, so everybody can share the second with out crowding round one display screen.
iPhone Duo helps 4K120 fps recording in Dolby Vision on the 48MP Fusion Main digicam, unlocking beautiful sluggish-movement results by adjusting the playback velocity. Users can now apply Cinematic results after seize at as much as 60 fps, and Audio Mix introduces new algorithms that ship larger-high quality voices and might now isolate music. Time-lapse helps 4K in Dolby Vision HDR, and customers can prop iPhone Duo up with no need a tripod to simply seize longer-length movies.
A Reimagined Yet Familiar iOS Experience
iOS 27 is tailor-made for iPhone Duo, delivering a well-recognized and intuitive expertise that introduces new methods to work together with iPhone. Lock Screen controls, the Dock on the Home Screen, and app navigation and controls now seem on the facet to maximise vertical house for content material. When iPhone Duo is open, the show exhibits two Home Screen pages with Today View — a vertically scrolling record of customizable widgets — on the left. The standing bar features a round, versatile system that nestles into the nook of the display screen, displaying related data like Wi-Fi, mobile power, battery, and extra. The Dynamic Island can also be redesigned to suit vertically on the facet of the outer and interior shows, and expands to point out Live Activities and alerts. iOS seamlessly adapts to the brand new methods to make use of iPhone Duo — content material reacts because it folds, reorients when turned to the facet, and switches to the suitable show when flipped over.
Apple apps are optimized for iPhone Duo, and builders can simply adapt their apps utilizing the brand new and up to date APIs within the newest SDKs, and upcoming assist for iPhone Duo in Device Hub in Xcode. Third-party apps, together with Netflix, Zoom, and Slack, are already making the most of the folding design to ship immersive experiences that benefit from the bigger show and new methods to make use of iPhone Duo.
The expansive show supercharges productiveness, letting customers do extra directly with new multitasking capabilities. Split View permits customers to open two apps facet by facet on iPhone for the primary time. Users also can rapidly swap between apps; open two home windows of the identical app, like Safari; simply have a dialog with Siri AI whereas taking a look at content material on the opposite facet of the display screen; and save pairs of apps to return again to later.
StandBy will get a serious improve on iPhone Duo. Set iPhone Duo down and it enters StandBy on both the outer or interior show — even when it’s not charging — turning the gadget into a photograph body, hub for widgets, clock, and extra. New Calendar and Weather faces be a part of present Clock and Modular faces, whereas the Photos face is up to date to show Shared Albums. Every face now presents deeper customization, with new colours, fonts, and issues to select from.
The Next Generation of Apple Intelligence and an All‑New Siri
iPhone Duo provides customers entry to Siri AI, a completely new model of Siri that’s rolling out in beta with iOS 27. Powered by Apple Intelligence, Siri is profoundly extra private, succesful, and conversational, and turns into much more helpful on the massive interior show. Powerful AI capabilities paired with private context make iPhone Duo an clever private hub with privateness and safety at its core.
Siri AI can draw on private context understanding to assist customers discover what they want within the second throughout messages, emails, photographs, and extra; use onscreen consciousness to take motion associated to the content material on a person’s display screen; and reply questions on nearly any subject. Users can write with Siri by merely describing what they want. The all-new Siri app additionally makes it simple to revisit previous conversations or kick off new ones, with conversational historical past synced privately throughout merchandise with iCloud.
Additionally, Apple Intelligence makes apps smarter and extra helpful. Users can enhance the composition of a photograph after it’s been taken with Spatial Reframing, Extend, and upgraded Clean Up. Image Playground additionally now presents photorealistic imagery, and with upcoming assist for the SynthID normal, customers can establish photos generated or edited with AI.6 In Safari, Notify Me helps customers monitor internet pages for adjustments, like product restocks or worth drops, to remain on prime of updates. To defend customers’ privateness, Apple Intelligence makes use of on-gadget processing and Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privateness and safety of iPhone into the cloud.
Pro Performance with A20 Pro and Advanced Thermal Management
Powered by A20 Pro — the identical chip in iPhone 18 Pro fashions — and paired with a complicated thermal administration system, iPhone Duo delivers as much as 35 p.c higher sustained efficiency than iPhone 17 Pro. A brand new chip bundle impressed by M-sequence Apple silicon connects A20 Pro on to a customized vapor chamber, dissipating warmth and powering multitasking, gaming, and complicated AI workloads. A brand new show engine drives the interior and outer shows concurrently and permits a fluid expertise as customers transition between them. The 6-core CPU is as much as 20 p.c quicker than A19 Pro, delivering the quickest CPU in a smartphone; the 7-core GPU is as much as 40 p.c quicker and extra energy environment friendly; and the brand new Dual 16-core Neural Engine presents 2x the compute energy to run on-gadget AI fashions. A20 Pro additionally delivers 50 p.c extra unified reminiscence bandwidth and is constructed on the most recent 2-nanometer course of know-how.
Impressive All-Day Battery Life
iPhone Duo is designed with one excessive-power battery on both sides to maximise capability whereas effectively utilizing inside house. A mix of Apple silicon and power rebalancing algorithms permits the batteries to function seamlessly as one, so customers stand up to 31 hours of video playback when utilizing the interior show, as much as 44 hours of video playback when utilizing the outer show, and as much as 24 hours of utilization per cost when each shows are used equally.7 Users also can take pleasure in quick charging — iPhone Duo can cost as much as 50 p.c in round 20 minutes or wirelessly cost as much as 50 p.c in round half-hour with a MagSafe or Qi2 charger.8
Powerful Wireless Capabilities
iPhone Duo options an eSIM-solely design worldwide that saves inside house to maximise battery capability.9 eSIM presents larger flexibility, higher safety, and seamless connectivity in comparison with conventional bodily SIM playing cards, and as an trade normal, it’s supported by over 500 carriers around the globe, together with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and extra. iOS 27 additionally introduces iPhone Handoff, which permits customers with supported carriers to simply change forwards and backwards between two iPhone fashions with the identical telephone quantity.10
N1, an Apple-designed wi-fi networking chip, permits Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread, whereas C2, Apple’s subsequent-technology mobile modem system, brings AI-powered enhancements to mobile high quality and reliability, and now helps mmWave within the U.S.
Beautiful New Accessories
To complement iPhone Duo, Apple is introducing lovely new equipment. The iPhone Duo Folio — obtainable in navy blue and taupe — options an built-in kickstand that helps a variety of angles for studying, viewing content material, or FaceTime, and folds away neatly when not in use. The iPhone Duo Case — obtainable in sand and navy blue — is skinny and lightweight, with a protecting two-half design that wraps round either side of the gadget. Both instances are suitable with MagSafe, Qi2 25W, and Qi-certified chargers. With constructed-in magnets that align completely with iPhone Duo, they provide a magical connect expertise and quick wi-fi charging.
iPhone Duo and the Environment
iPhone Duo was constructed with the setting in thoughts and drives progress towards Apple’s bold plan to be carbon impartial throughout its complete footprint by 2030. It is made with 35 p.c recycled content material general,11 together with 100% recycled cobalt within the battery and 100% recycled titanium within the 3D-printed hinge cowl. iPhone Duo is manufactured with 60 p.c renewable power, like wind and photo voltaic, throughout the provision chain, and meets Apple’s excessive requirements for power effectivity and protected chemistry. Like all Apple merchandise, its paper packaging is 100% fiber-based mostly12 and could be simply recycled at house.
Pricing and Availability
- iPhone Duo is accessible in star white and night time sky, and begins at $1,999 (U.S.), or $83.29 (U.S.) per thirty days for twenty-four months, in 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage capacities.13
- Apple Upgrade, a leasing program supplied by Klarna and obtainable within the U.S., provides eligible prospects month-to-month fee choices for iPhone Duo, with 12- and 24-month leasing phrases beginning as little as $57.99 (U.S.) per thirty days for twenty-four months. For extra data, go to apple.com/shop/apple-upgrade.14
- Customers in additional than 70 nations and areas, together with Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Türkiye, the UAE, the UK, the U.S., and Vietnam, will have the ability to pre-order iPhone Duo starting at 5 a.m. PT on Friday, October 16, with availability starting Friday, October 23. iPhone Duo shall be obtainable in 28 different nations and areas starting Friday, October 30.
- The iPhone Duo Case shall be obtainable for $79 (U.S.) in navy blue and sand, and the iPhone Duo Folio with Kickstand shall be obtainable for $129 (U.S.) in navy blue and taupe. iPhone Duo Case and iPhone Duo Folio with Kickstand shall be obtainable to order starting Friday, October 16.
- iPhone Duo shall be obtainable with iOS 27.1. Some options will not be obtainable in all languages or areas, and availability could range on account of native legal guidelines and rules. For extra details about availability, go to apple.com.
- Apple Intelligence shall be obtainable with iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, for customers with an Apple Intelligence-enabled gadget set to a supported language. Apple Intelligence is accessible with assist for these languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (conventional), Japanese, and Korean. Some options will not be obtainable in all areas or languages. For function and language availability and system necessities, see apple.com/apple-intelligence.
- Siri AI is rolling out with iOS 27 as a beta on Monday, September 14, for customers with a supported gadget set to English, with assist for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish coming in October. Some options will not be obtainable in all areas or languages.
- When outdoors of mobile and Wi-Fi protection, Apple’s groundbreaking satellite tv for pc options assist iPhone Duo customers keep linked and get help when it issues most. Apple is extending free entry to satellite tv for pc options for an extra 12 months for present iPhone 14, iPhone 15, and iPhone 16 customers who’ve activated their gadget in a rustic that helps Apple’s satellite tv for pc options previous to midnight PT on September 9. For satellite tv for pc function availability, go to support.apple.com/en-us/105097.
- AppleCare delivers distinctive service and assist, with versatile choices for Apple customers. Customers can select AppleCare+ to cowl their new iPhone, or, in obtainable markets, AppleCare One to guard a number of merchandise in a single easy plan. Both plans embody protection for accidents like drops and spills, theft and loss safety on eligible merchandise, battery substitute service, and precedence assist from Apple Experts. In the U.S., prospects also can select AppleCare One Family, which extends that very same protection to each eligible gadget throughout an Apple Family Sharing group for one fastened month-to-month worth. For extra data, go to apple.com/applecare.
- iCloud+ plans begin at simply $0.99 (U.S.) per thirty days, offering further storage to maintain photographs, movies, information, and extra protected within the cloud and accessible throughout gadgets. iCloud+ additionally provides entry to premium options akin to occasion creation within the Apple Invites app, in addition to Private Relay, Hide My Email, customized electronic mail domains, and HomePackage Secure Video. With Family Sharing, customers can share their subscription with 5 different members of the family at no additional value. For extra data and have availability, go to apple.com/icloud and apple.com/ios/feature-availability.
- New and certified returning subscribers who buy iPhone Duo can unlock three months of Apple One without cost. Apple One bundles as much as six Apple providers — together with Apple TV, Apple Music, as much as 2TB of iCloud+ storage, and extra — into one handy plan throughout a number of Apple gadgets. This provide is accessible in choose nations and areas with an eligible new iPhone, iPad, or Mac starting September 17. Service availability varies by area. Learn extra about Apple One at apple.com/apple-one.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private know-how with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple gadgets and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple’s greater than 150,000 staff are devoted to creating the very best merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- The show has rounded corners that comply with a fantastic curved design, and these corners are inside an ordinary rectangle. When measured as an ordinary rectangular form, the interior show display screen is 7.58 inches diagonally, and the outer show display screen is 5.36 inches diagonally. The precise viewable space is smaller.
- Apple Intelligence is accessible with Siri settings and gadget language set to Chinese (simplified), Chinese (conventional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some options will not be obtainable in all areas or languages. Some gadgets will not be obtainable in all areas. Siri AI is rolling out in beta with iOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled gadget set to a supported language. Available in English to start out. Siri AI won’t be initially obtainable within the EU on iOS. Certain Apple Intelligence options that depend on server-facet fashions are topic to day by day utilization limits, together with however not restricted to Siri AI, clever picture modifying instruments, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud fashions in Shortcuts. Daily limits could range by function, request complexity, system demand, system insurance policies, and different components. Expanded entry to such options shall be obtainable for a price sooner or later. Use of those options is topic to Apple Intelligence phrases and circumstances. Learn extra at apple.com/apple-intelligence. Siri AI will not be obtainable for customers beneath 13.
- Siri AI won’t be obtainable initially within the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Features that depend on Siri AI will even not be obtainable within the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Apple is working arduous to discover a path ahead that preserves its customers’ privateness and safety.
- iPhone Duo is splash-, water-, and dirt-resistant. It was examined beneath managed laboratory circumstances and has a score of IP68 beneath IEC normal 60529 (most depth of 6 meters for as much as half-hour). Splash, water, and dirt resistance are usually not everlasting circumstances. Resistance would possibly lower on account of regular put on. Do not try to cost a moist iPhone; discuss with the person information for cleansing and drying directions. Liquid injury will not be lined beneath guarantee.
- The new texture and grain controls shall be obtainable in iOS 27 on iPhone fashions that assist the most recent technology of Photographic Styles. See supported models.
- SynthID shall be obtainable in a software program replace later this 12 months and shall be included for many edited photos, relying on the edits utilized.
- Testing performed by Apple in August 2026 utilizing preproduction iPhone Duo items and software program, subscribed to LTE and 5G provider networks, utilizing a consultant utilization profile. Typical use is predicated on the median utilization values throughout iPhone customers and displays a mixture of passive and lively use of a wide range of functions, together with however not restricted to messaging, photographs, music, social media, video streaming, video games, internet looking, and navigation. iPhone Duo typical use based mostly on equal utilization between interior and outer shows. Battery life varies by use, configuration, mobile community, sign power, and different components; precise outcomes could range based mostly on utilization.
- Testing performed by Apple in July 2026 utilizing preproduction iPhone Duo items and software program, and both USB‑C Charge Cable or Apple MagSafe Chargers (1‑meter Model A3502 and a pair of‑meter Model A3503), each with Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max (Model A3351). Wired quick cost supported with 60W-succesful (or larger) USB-C cable and USB PD energy adapters. Fast-charge testing performed with drained iPhone Duo items in open configuration. Times measured from the looks of the Apple emblem because the unit began up. Charge time varies with adapter, settings, utilization, and environmental components; precise outcomes will range. The 60W-succesful or larger adapter (obtainable individually) should be paired with a USB-C charging cable, and the 35W or larger adapter should be paired with a MagSafe Charger (each obtainable individually).
- Use of an eSIM requires a provider that helps eSIM and a wi-fi service plan. See provider for particulars. To be taught extra, go to apple.com/esim.
- iPhone Handoff shall be obtainable at launch with T-Mobile within the U.S. and with Telekom Germany in Germany.
- Product recycled or renewable content material is the mass of licensed recycled materials relative to the general mass of the gadget, not together with packaging or in-field equipment.
- Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from calculations of plastic content material and packaging weight.
- Financing is accessible to certified prospects, topic to credit score approval and credit score restrict, and requires customers to pick Apple Card Monthly Installments (ACMI) as their fee kind at checkout at Apple. They’ll want to pick AT&T, T‑Mobile, or Verizon as their provider after they take a look at. An iPhone bought with ACMI is all the time unlocked, to allow them to change carriers at any time, topic to their provider’s phrases. Taxes and transport on gadgets bought utilizing ACMI are topic to their card’s variable APR, not the ACMI 0 p.c APR. ACMI will not be obtainable for purchases made on-line at particular storefronts. The final month’s fee for every product would be the product’s buy worth, much less all different funds on the month-to-month fee quantity. ACMI financing is topic to vary at any time for any purpose, together with however not restricted to installment time period lengths and eligible merchandise. See the Apple Card Customer Agreement for extra details about ACMI.
- Apple Upgrade lease: This provide is for a client lease, not a purchase order or mortgage. Lease supplied by Klarna Inc. for a 12- or 24-month time period. Your first month-to-month fee is due roughly 30 days after gadget is shipped or obtainable for pickup. Lease approval is topic to eligibility and is predicated on creditworthiness. Monthly funds are based mostly on the chosen gadget and lease time period. Advertised fee quantity could not embody a commerce-in gadget’s estimated worth. Typical month-to-month funds (excluding taxes and any commerce-in credit score) vary from $82.99 to $132.81 (U.S.) for a 12-month lease and $57.99 to $92.81 (U.S.) for a 24-month lease. Requires collection of an eligible provider. Closing your lease and returning your gadget terminates your lease. You could incur a considerable cost if you happen to terminate your lease earlier than the tip of the lease time period. Additional phrases and circumstances apply. See apple.com/shop/apple-upgrade for extra data.
Press Contacts
Alex Kirschner
Apple
Renee Felton
Apple
Apple Media Helpline