{"id":6877,"date":"2026-09-11T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:57:13","slug":"apple-addresses-iphone-duo-copycats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6877","title":{"rendered":"Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn\u2019t mean it wasn\u2019t copied. As my colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/991141\/apple-first-foldable-iphone-launch-influence-john-ternus\">Dom Preston already explained<\/a>, it\u2019s almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same global suppliers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Apple\u2019s new CEO John Ternus and head of marketing Greg \u2018Joz\u2019 Joswiak addressed the topic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/phones\/iphones\/interview-apple-ceo-john-ternus-on-his-defining-moment-for-the-iphone-duo\">during an interview<\/a> with <em>TechRadar<\/em>\u2019s Lance Ulanoff and Mark Spoonauer of <em>Tom\u2019s Guide<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cPeople knew through leaks that we were working on a foldable,\u201d said Joz. \u201cUnfortunately, they got the aspect ratio, and a lot of coincidental instances of people finding that an interesting aspect ratio.\u201d By \u201cpeople,\u201d Joz means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/972387\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-review\">Samsung<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/914807\/huawei-pura-x-max-launch-price-specs-availability\">Huawei<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/991008\/xiaomi-18-fold-hands-on-impressions-specs-wide\">Xiaomi<\/a> who all announced wide foldables ahead of Apple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">What did remain a secret is the folding nano-texture display unique to the iPhone Duo. \u201cWhat I\u2019m super proud of \u2014 we kept it secret,\u201d said Joz. \u201cWe put the extra security on it. We didn\u2019t talk about it to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The whole interview is worth a watch. Ternus\u2019 boyish enthusiasm is a refreshing change from the more measured Tim Cook, signaling his roots as a hands-on engineer. You can see it when describing his first interaction with a prototype of the display. \u201cOh this is it, this is what I want,\u201d he said, eagerly grinning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The new head of Apple is clearly a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/17\/21026112\/apple-tim-cook-iphone-watch-tv-decade-blockbusters-walt-mossberg\">product guy<\/a>, just like its mercurial founder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/993795\/apple-addresses-iphone-duo-copycats\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn\u2019t mean it wasn\u2019t copied. As my colleague Dom Preston already explained, it\u2019s almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same global suppliers. Apple\u2019s new CEO John Ternus and head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[345,1338,121,46,34],"class_list":["post-6877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-apple","tag-apple-event-2026","tag-iphone","tag-news","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cPeople knew through leaks that we were working on a foldable,\u201d said Joz. \u201cUnfortunately, they got the aspect ratio.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6877\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats - 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