Hands-on iPhone Duo: crease still visible, but barely, MacRumors reports
After Surprise and Shine, MacRumors’ Juli Clover hands-on found the Duo crease minimized vs Samsung but still visible in some lighting, with Apple’s nano-texture inner display, under-display camera quirks, fixed Split View halves, and StandBy without charging.
After Apple’s Surprise and Shine unveil, MacRumors managing editor Juli Clover reported first hands-on impressions of the iPhone Duo — focused on the crease, software multitasking, and camera trade-offs rather than another announce omnibus.
Crease: still there, barely
Clover wrote that the fold is still visible in certain lighting, but Apple’s inner-display finish does a better job hiding it than Samsung’s current foldables in her view. She describes a nano-texture polymer surface with a micro lens texture written pixel by pixel (maskless laser lithography, as reported) that aims for a perceptually flat, matte feel.
Apple’s own Newsroom and product pages document a that reduces glare and “minimizes crease visibility,” plus that let display layers glide past one another to relieve bend stress. Apple also notes a nano-textured cover layer made from a custom polymer. Longevity of crease visibility after months of folding remains an open question — Clover flagged that explicitly.
