The first broken iPhone Duos are here

Tech News Apple The first broken iPhone Duos are here Now that the first folding iPhone has launched, we’ll find out quickly what can go wrong.

Now that the first folding iPhone has launched, we’ll find out quickly what can go wrong.

Jay Peters Oct 23, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC Link Share Gift Image: u/Bitter_Offer7123 Part Of All the news about the iPhone Duo see all updates Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. 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.

Here’s how one user in Australia described what happened to their phone:

Had my iPhone Duo for about six hours and had probably opened it fewer than 20 times.

I was showing it to a friend, and as I opened it, I felt something around the internal hinge, underneath the screen.

As I continued opening it, I heard an audible crack, and the screen broke right along the hinge.

There were no marks or damage on the inner screen’s surface or the external hinge to suggest anything had been caught or damaged.

The user said that the Apple Store replaced their phone with “a brand-new one on the spot.”

A post showing an image of another broken screen includes a video in a comment demonstrating yet another.

And a separate Reddit thread collected other pictures of affected Duos.

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