Apple unveils foldable phone as Ternus takes stage: 5 takeaways

Apple has unveiled its first-ever foldable smartphone, called the iPhone Duo. The device is sized and shaped like a passport with rounded edges and opens into a horizontal, wide screen that can also be viewed vertically. When folded, it has a smaller single screen on the front. According to The Korea Times and SABC News, when open, it is Apple's thinnest phone.

The iPhone Duo was introduced by John Ternus, Apple's new CEO, at the company's "Surprise and Shine" event. This event marked the most noticeable overhaul of Apple's flagship product since the removal of the physical home button from the iPhone X in 2017. The iPhone brought in $209.6 billion, or just over half of Apple's sales, in its most recent fiscal year, as reported by multiple outlets.

Ternus positioned the iPhone Duo as a business productivity device, with a larger screen that supports multiple app windows at once. According to SABC News, he also criticized existing foldables as awkward and poorly suited for common tasks, saying the Duo was designed to deliver an iPad-like experience in a pocket-sized device. Ternus touted the iPhone as a personal AI hub that focused on privacy, saying that others wanted to collect and store personal data, as reported by The Korea Times and Dawn.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Hill, The Korea Times, SABC News, Dawn — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.