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Uh oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users arenâÂÂt happy about it
The launch of the iPhone Duo, AppleâÂÂs hotly anticipated foldable phone, is off to a rough start. The phone was announced at this yearâÂÂs Surprise and Shine event, with Apple promising that it had finally gotten a notoriously tricky form factor right.
Now, however, Bloomberg reports that early Duo users have been complaining that about screens cracking âÂÂafter just hours or days of use.â Some users have reported hearing a loud crunching noise, followed by appearance a crack. Others have reported display malfunctions.
404 Media has also reported that early adopters are dealing with âÂÂbig fat creases down the middle of the [$2,000] folding screen.âÂÂ
TechCrunch reached out to Apple for comment and will update this story if it responds. The company old Bloomberg that it was âÂÂaware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units.âÂÂ
Creating a functional foldable phone has been long been an ambition in Silicon Valley but many of the models released so far have suffered from similar maladies. Apple promised that it had cracked the code, but these early complaints suggest it may not have solved the problem after all.
