For those who previously paid premium prices to secure one of the first batches of the iPhone Duo, the actual user experience after receiving the device has been truly frustrating, completely failing to justify the high costs incurred to snatch up the initial release.
Apple only released the exclusive adaptation kit for this foldable model to developers across the industry in early October this year. This directly led to major domestic apps with the highest daily usage rates, such as WeChat and Honor of Kings, still not having completed their specific optimizations for the iPhone Duo.
Tencent has previously responded to these issues, stating that adaptation work is being pushed forward with full force, and a new version with completed adaptations will soon be rolled out to all users.
In addition, numerous early adopters both domestically and internationally have recently reported publicly that their iPhone Duo's inner screens cracked after just a few normal folds, without any external damage such as drops or impacts. This indicates stability in quality control far below the average level of standard slabship flagships.
In response to the concentrated surge in after-sales fault reports, Apple has urgently released an official repair manual for this new device, providing standardized operational guidelines for after-sales repair staff at stores worldwide.
Industry observers analyze that the lagging adaptation progress and core hardware quality control failures appearing within less than a week of the iPhone Duo's launch are essentially the aftermath of Apple rushing to meet the first-mover milestone in the foldable screen race. The rapid cooling of market hype, which had been driven up to multiple times its original price by scalpers, is therefore understandable.
