Apple has announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, starting at $1,999 in the U.S. and about 360,000 yen in Japan, on sale October 23. Foldables have been on the market since 2019 but remain about 2 percent of global smartphone shipments. This video walks through what a book-style foldable actually does day to day, the burden of weight, price, and long-term wear, Japan’s carrier return programs, and why app support matters. It then introduces reactions from Japanese-speaking users on X, including a mobile journalist, a well-known streamer, a game news outlet, and Shun Takeishi sharing developer guidance. The question: with Apple in, will a foldable become an everyday choice rather than a luxury for a few?
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This program is produced with synthesized narration (Google Cloud Text-to-Speech).
