Are you getting an iPhone Duo?
ASKED BY · Jason Bashe · ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO · 14 SEP 2026 · ▶ 00:51:29
Jason decided against the iPhone Duo because it lacks the iPhone 16 Pro's fixed aperture/shutter speed and on-sensor ML encoding needed for high-quality 3D model capture (USDZ creation). He prioritizes camera capabilities over the dual-screen form factor and is trading in for an iPhone 16 Pro instead to save $1,000, noting that the Duo's omissions are dealbreakers even at equal price.
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51:29It was just kind of like, I don't think I need that. Yeah, more or less. So what really got me was I've been using my phone a lot for 3D modeling, for creating USDZ. And finally, if we have a fixed aperture and a fixed shutter speed, we have a shot at being able to capture really good 3D models and creating USDZ. we don't like and if you look at that on the duo you don't you're not going to get it so again like
52:00there are a lot of reasons and keep it keep in mind i i own a vision pro that you know has a has a terabyte storage i'm not afraid of spending the money um that's not at all it it's that i'm a photographer first and a developer second and and then a guy who likes cool things third and to that end when the pre-order came up, I just decided, you know what, I'm going to trade this one
52:27in. I'm going to get an 18 Pro as I always have and save a thousand bucks because again, I will not compromise the camera. It is my primary camera. And why do you think that it doesn't have the same camera as the 18 Pro? Right. Honestly, I don't think that – so it could be a supply constraint. It could be that they're just not good enough at doing it. It could be that there's some sort of –
52:53Not room for it for the two batteries that have to power the dual display, you know, not room for it. Yeah, it could be a power constraint. It could be as simple as they didn't want the, you know, the camera hump on the back to be deep enough in order to do it. But the other main thing that the Duo doesn't have is that really cool encoding at the sensor MLAI proofing that they showed off where if you take the picture, it's encoded directly from the sensor.
53:24And then it creates its own what was actually shot. That is not in the Duo. And like those two things together, it wasn't even about the $1,000. Like if they were the same price, I still wouldn't do it. Because again, I want to be able to create 3D models and with a fixed aperture and a fixed shutter speed, that's like, that is the reason to upgrade for me.
53:48Interesting. Yeah. Yeah. I wasn't even thinking about the camera. It was just, it was just about, I don't kind of need a small iPad, I don't think. Yeah. And, and I have a million iPads. So it's like, what's the point? Yeah, but I do think I'm totally open to the fact that I may have a use case that comes along and then I'm like, and now I've bought it, you know, for that work use case or something and now I have it and it might win me over.
54:18A couple of those things like having the face, like being able to do dual screen FaceTime. Again, it's way cool. Dual camera. Again, like I just, it's way cool. And so, you know, they said later this year, so Verizon is my carrier, and they said that they're, you know, they're going to have this switch thing where you can, you know, whichever one you pick up.
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