During Apple's Surprise and Shine event, the Cupertino company announced a host of new and upgraded products ranging from iPhones to AirPods. Some of the upcoming releases are available to preorder now, with availability starting as early as September 18. Other items, like the new iPhone Duo, are scheduled to go up for preorder later. Let’s take a look at everything Apple announced, when you can preorder it, and when you’ll be able to get your hands on it.
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Most of the the new items are in the catalog above. Alternate options are listed below, along with what makes the new models special.
iPhone Duo
Preorders October 16
iPhone Duo
The headlining new hardware Apple introduced is the iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable phone. When closed, it has an asymmetric shape, with two rounded corners and two sharper corners. It’s designed that way so, when you open it, it unfolds roughly into the shape of an iPad. In this form, it’s also the thinnest iPhone ever, thinner even than the iPhone Air.
The outer display – i.e. the cover, if we're thinking of it as a book – is 5.4 inches. It unfolds to a 7.6-inch display, which Apple says is 50% larger than iPhone 18 Pro Max, and 80% larger than iPhone 18 Pro. It comes in two colors: Star White and Night Sky.
Due to the folding design, the Duo has an unusual passport-like aspect ratio. To make the best use of the space, Apple has redesigned its apps to put the essential controls in a vertical line along the right side of the display. That’s where you’ll find the dock on the home screen as well.
Apple has tried to make use of each form you can fold the phone into. For instance, you can watch videos on the top half of it when it’s open at a right angle (like a laptop), so you don’t need a stand. If you set it open-side down, tent-style, it displays the time or weather on the outer screen. And when taking photos in the Camera app, it can display all kinds of useful info, like showing the subject of the photo how they look as you snap pictures.
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