iPhone Duo is the most repairable foldable yet, but that's a very low bar

A teardown of the new iPhone Duo shows multiple components that are easier to repair than on any previous foldable, but also many problem points.


When iFixit tore down the iPhone 18 Pro, it gave it a "repairability" score of 7/10. By comparison, the iPhone Duo manages just 5/10, despite saying that there is much to admire in how Apple has designed it.

The features that make the iPhone Duo better than all previous foldables include how the top layer of the screen can be relatively easily replaced. That compares to how with the original Samsung foldables, customers were destroying the screen by peeling off what appeared to be a packaging cover.


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