iPhone Duo Hits 'Crackgate' as Hinge Fails

Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, has shipped into a wave of durability complaints, with users reporting screens cracking along the same spot by the hinge—sometimes within hours of setup. YouTubers and iFixit teardowns converge on the hinge assembly as the likely culprit: iFixit found dust reaching the mechanism and awarded a provisional 5/10 repairability score, calling it the best foldable yet but 'still going to be a bear to repair.' Only a handful of publications are digging into the engineering instead of the outrage, and the pattern illustrates how hype-driven launches can outrun the hardware that is supposed to justify their price.

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