Apple · The Verge
Inside Apple’s first folding iPhone, contact with the delicate inner screen could cause a stress ‘hotspot.’
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Within hours of the iPhone Duo launch last Friday, people reported that the inner screen on some brand new foldable phones was already broken.
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- Inside Apple’s first folding iPhone, contact with the delicate inner screen could cause a stress ‘hotspot
- Within hours of the iPhone Duo launch last Friday, people reported that the inner screen on some brand new foldable phones was already broken
- On Monday, Apple acknowledged an “issue” and said it’s replacing damaged units, without going into much detail about how many broken phones have been reported so far
Summary
Inside Apple’s first folding iPhone, contact with the delicate inner screen could cause a stress ‘hotspot.’. Shahram Mokhtari, the lead teardown technician at iFixit, has taken apart the iPhone Duo and has a pretty good idea about the potential cause, telling The Verge that it’s due to an issue along the hinge, where a series of gears, springs, and joints work together to let the device close flat, while also trying to avoid creating a deeper crease by giving that screen space to bend more gently inside while it’s closed. At the troublesome spot, it appears that the flexible inner screen is pushing up against a part of the hinge.