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Apple Offers Replacements as Its First Foldable Finds an Unplanned Screen Feature

October 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT · New York time

Apple will replace iPhone Duo devices affected by a screen problem, after photographs shared online showed faults on displays of its first foldable phone. The replacement response puts the product's most conspicuous feature, a screen designed to fold, at the center of a costly test of customer confidence. A foldable device asks a display to do more than sit flat in a pocket. When problems appear, the company's remedy matters to customers who bought a new form of phone as well as to buyers considering whether to adopt it. Apple's replacement offer addresses affected devices; the report does not establish that every Duo has the fault. The issue also illustrates the commercial difficulty of introducing hardware that makes a familiar product behave in a new way. A feature can be impressive in a demonstration, but owners encounter it repeatedly in ordinary use. Support and replacements become part of the product experience when the hardware does not perform as expected. Apple has long sold the idea that a device should make complicated engineering feel simple. Here the simple part is the instruction for an affected customer: get a replacement. The more complicated part is persuading a market that a screen built around flexibility can still offer the reassuring stability people expect from a very expensive phone.

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