A $2,000 foldable: punishing closed, iPad-like openApple iPhone Duo review: Two screens, two experiences, two thousand dollars

Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, starts at $1,999; unfolded it is a 7.6-inch mini tablet, but folded it compromises with a shorter wider screen, no Face ID and awkward button placement.

Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, starts at $1,999. Ars Technica's verdict is blunt: folded up as a phone, there is not a single way it beats a regular iPhone.

The most concrete complaint is the missing Face ID, with Touch ID moved to the power button on the upper right when folded, so left-handers can barely reach the side-mounted dock. Unfolded it is genuinely nice: the screen grows from 5.4 inches to 7.6 inches, and split-screen feels like two iPhones side by side.

My take: paying two thousand dollars for a phone I prefer not to hold closed does not add up.