{"id":9225,"date":"2026-10-23T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:12:18","slug":"iphone-duo-screen-size-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9225","title":{"rendered":"No, the iPhone Duo isn\u2019t a small phone"},"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\">When we published our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1015028\/iphone-duo-review\">review of the iPhone Duo<\/a>, I got a lot of hopeful questions from my fellow Mini fans who took note of the cover screen\u2019s Mini-ish 5.4-inch size. \u201cIs this\u2026 a small phone that turns into a tablet?\u201d they asked. And I\u2019m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but no. The Duo is not the small phone we\u2019ve been looking for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But the Duo is thick and heavy. You will feel its weight every time you read an email, scroll Instagram, or put it in your pocket. It is a dense phone, and after a week with the Duo, my 13 Mini feels almost comically light. Like, can this be a real phone? Surely not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Duo\u2019s front panel is also quite a bit wider than the 13 Mini \u2014 84.1mm compared to 64.2mm \u2014 which makes it much harder to reach your thumb all the way across like you can with the Mini. The Duo tries to compensate for this by putting controls on the right side, which helps a bit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/review\/apple-iphone-duo\/#:~:text=Apple%20plans%20to%20add%20Reachability%20later%20this%20year%20for%20the%20Duo\">As reported by <em>Wired<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> Apple is also planning to add its reachability feature to the Duo later this year to help out in those moments. But inevitably there\u2019s something I need to tap that\u2019s out of one-handed reach on the Duo, and the illusion of using a small phone is gone. On the other hand, you get a much larger onscreen keyboard with the Duo; the Mini\u2019s feels cramped by comparison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It comes down to this: Liking a small phone isn\u2019t the same thing as liking a small <em>screen<\/em>. Sure, all things being equal, a big screen is nicer for a lot of stuff. But I\u2019ll put up with a tiny screen to enjoy the benefits of a phone so small I can forget it\u2019s in my pocket. It\u2019s a tradeoff. The iPhone Duo offers a different set of tradeoffs. Put up with the small screen on the outside, and you\u2019ll be rewarded with a really big screen whenever you need it. And that small screen is attached to a big, heavy phone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">This sounds like I hated using the Duo, but I didn\u2019t. I just had to calibrate my expectations. I think you\u2019ll be disappointed by the Duo if you expect a small phone that expands into an iPad Mini. But if you go in expecting a small-screen experience you can tolerate in order to get a much bigger screen whenever you want, you\u2019ll have the right idea about the Duo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>Photography by Allison Johnson \/ The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1017090\/iphone-duo-screen-size-mini\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we published our review of the iPhone Duo, I got a lot of hopeful questions from my fellow Mini fans who took note of the cover screen\u2019s Mini-ish 5.4-inch size. \u201cIs this\u2026 a small phone that turns into a tablet?\u201d they asked. And I\u2019m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but no. 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