iPhone Duo pre-order sold out. Did you get one?
ASKED BY · Rajan S. · LOS ANGELES · 16 OCT 2026 · ▶ 00:16:40
Appreciates the iPhone Duo design and folding animation but has concerns about camera compromises; will wait for camera quality to match standard iPhone before switching.
Expresses skepticism about the device, citing hinge complaints, dim screen, and questioning whether it solves a real problem.
Explains that thin design constraints limit camera quality; is interested in potential use cases and has encouraged his wife to preorder one to explore possibilities.
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16:20maybe the OC is a little bit more attractive to me. So both of these are a couple years old, except for the new one that Courtney just showed. And I'll be really interested to see what is, now that there have been a couple years for competitors to catch up, what is going to be Blackmagic's answer to their, you know, four-channel or six-channel switcher
16:40that's kind of in there at the lower end of the price range of being around $300. Next question. All right, this one's from Rajan S. in Los Angeles. iPhone Duo pre-order sold out. Did you get one? Alexander? No, I think it's a really cool product. I'm actually really excited. I'd love to have one at some point and I definitely see myself switching away from an iPhone to
17:07an iPhone Duo at some point. I love the idea of having the extra screen real estate. I think the implementation of that folding screen, that really cool animation when you have the screen close and you slowly open it up. I mean, it's just, it is so, it is so well done. But right now for me, it has too many compromises really with the camera.
17:29And that's my main issue with it. I think for a lot of people though, I think the camera, unless you're a super hardcore camera nerd, I think for the average person, it's going to be good enough. From the samples that I saw, the photos still look pretty good. So I think for a lot of people, they're going to want this thing. even with the fact that it's more money.
17:52So I'm going to wait. I'll see what the next iteration, next year's iPhone do or maybe the year after. Once they get a camera, the day they get a camera that is absolutely on par with the iPhone is the day I will switch. Fenwick? I don't think so. I've seen a lot of pictures of people already complaining about the hinge. you know and the fact that it's not very bright it's not very bright and i just i just think it's
18:23it solves a problem that doesn't exist and that's why it is now moved to the center of fenwick's apple wall of shame of products that never should have been made right there in the middle Courtney? Yeah, Fenwick, but if you buy the new Tesla Roadster with the kickflip function, it's going to come in the glove compartment. It's going to give you a duo.
18:49And the reason they don't put the better cameras in there, Alexander, is because of the thickness. And since it's a folding phone, they want to keep the thickness down to as thin as possible, and I don't think they have room for the cameras on both sides. And keep it thin and light. I am a sucker for the camera. I use the 8X telephoto with the digital zoom piece every single day.
19:14Not for taking pictures even so much as it's like I need to see that thing that's far away. And it's incredible to have that just in your pocket at all times. That said, I'm very intrigued by what people are going to make with this. I don't think we even know the use cases yet. So while I did not get one, I did encourage my wife to preorder it so that we can have one in the house to play with.
19:40We will see. Next question. Roland Booth in Jamaica asks, what desktop or web tools do you recommend for monitoring internet quality, latency jitter, packet loss, throughput over time? Chris Sabato. i if you want something that you can just buy or try it off the off the shelf product i would look at ping plotter um it's pretty pretty popular it's been around for a while um if you want something
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