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Microsoft invented the iPhone Duo back in 2009 [Video]

Microsoft invented the iPhone Duo back in 2009 | Screen capture shows part of an image being dragged from the left to the right

Those with very long memories might have spotted a resemblance between the iPhone Duo and a prototype device seen way back in 2009, the Microsoft Courier.

My headline is, of course, tongue-in-cheek: Microsoft never got any further than the prototype, and abandoned the project less than a year later. All the same, it is remarkable now to look back at it and see just how similar it is in terms of the integrated user-interface …

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The iPhone Duo is Apple at its absolute best (and a little bit at its worst)

The iPhone Duo is Apple at its absolute best (and a little bit at its worst) | Image shows the device being unfolded with the blurring effect visible on the left side of the screen

Wow. After Samsung had a seven-year head start on Apple in the foldables market, the company really had to live up to its ethos of waiting until it could do a far better job than everyone else, and boy did it deliver with the iPhone Duo!

It was abundantly clear that Apple had thought through every detail of what a foldable iPhone needed to be, and has taken advantage of every benefit the form factor has to offer …

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No iPhone Ultra today? Three possible explanations …

No iPhone Ultra today? Image shows an Apple logo on a premium-looking product box

It was widely expected that the first foldable iPhone set to be launched later today would be named the iPhone Ultra. However, a report yesterday said that the device will instead be called the iPhone Duo.

If accurate, it’s an interesting development as it might potentially point to the company reserving the Ultra suffix for a completely different future model …

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Samsung ‘advice’ to Apple suggests it fears the build quality of the iPhone Duo

Samsung 'advice' to Apple suggests it fears the build quality of the iPhone Duo | Mockup of Apple's upcoming folding iPhone shown

Samsung says it welcomes Apple’s entry into the foldable smartphone market, although the company appears to feel threatened by the likely build quality of the iPhone Duo/Ultra.

A Samsung exec said he sees Apple’s launch as “acknowledging and recognizing” the Korean company’s “pioneering” lead …

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