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Apple iPhone Duo: Is John Ternus' $2,000 Bet Worth It? (Ep. 27)
Summary
Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, starts at $1,999 and was the centrepiece of John Ternus' debut keynote as CEO. Alex and Amir argue about whether it's worth it.
Amir, a former telecom CEO, makes the case that Apple has run this play for twenty years: Nokia shipped the first touchscreen, Samsung shipped NFC years before Apple Pay, and Apple arrives late with the use case worked out. Alex isn't buying it. He prefers Android, doesn't want the ecosystem lock, and thinks $2,000 buys a status signal before it buys a business tool.
That leads to the question they didn't plan to answer…
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