A YouTuber dissected an iPhone Duo and thinks he found the cause of crackgate
A YouTuber named CuriousHagi performed a teardown of the Apple iPhone Duo to investigate reports of screen cracking. The analysis suggests a design flaw in the hinge mechanism where a thin link is prone to snapping.
Why it matters
This provides technical insight into potential hardware defects in high-end foldable devices, which impacts consumer trust and product liability.
Social media and the iPhone Duo subreddit are filled with reports of Apple’s foldable failing quickly and in spectacular fashion. Some users report having the phone for only a few hours before the hinge seems to catch on something, then audibly crack and break the screen. Tellingly, the cracks all seem to happen in the same place.
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