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Is the iPhone Duo screen failing? What to know · Tech Trends Daily

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  Some iPhone Duo owners found the inner screen
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  broken within hours of unboxing and a few within
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  minutes. This is Tech Trends Daily, one useful
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  story, three minutes. Apple says only a small
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  number of units are affected and tells owners
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  to contact AppleCare for a replacement. Its statement
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  stops short of promising a new device. The damage
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  looks almost identical every time. Bright lines
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  below the middle of the inner screen, running
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  to the bottom and right edges. The only fix is
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  a new panel, and ZDNET says most affected owners
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  are being told a replacement won't arrive until
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  January. So if you're about to pay $19 .99 or
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  more for Apple's first foldable, what should
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  you know? First, nobody knows the cause yet.
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  Apple hasn't explained it, but iFixit took a
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  duo part and ran CT scans. The failure starts
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  just below where the ribbon cable passes through
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  the hinge, which reportedly has more than 100
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  components. Their best guess is a support bar
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  that sticks and stresses the screen, but that's
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  a guess, not a confirmed finding. Owners describe
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  resistance when opening or closing the phone,
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  and some heard clicking. Second, don't panic,
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  but don't ignore it. ZDNET's Adrian Kingsley
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  -Hughes found fewer than a dozen first -hand
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  reports, even though hundreds of thousands of
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  phones, maybe millions, are out there. He suspects
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  a batch of defective hinges, which is his reading,
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  not Apple's, CNET's folding machine had passed
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  80 ,000 folds without a crack, and the fault
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  shows up fast on affected phones. So surviving
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  the first days is a good sign. Third, protect
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  your exit. Buy directly from Apple if you can,
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  because that comes with a 14 -day return window.
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  With a carrier or retailer, read the return policy
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  and look for restocking fees. Keep your current
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  phone until the Duo passes its first week or
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  two. If yours is already damaged, take photos,
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  write down the timeline, and don't accept blame
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  for damage you didn't cause. If you can wait
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  for a replacement, ZDNET says you should. If
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  you can't be without a phone until January, a
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  refund may be easier. And ask whether Google's
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  Pixel 11 Pro Fold at $1899 suits you better,
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  since Engadget calls its cameras the best on
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  any foldable. Here's the line to repeat to a
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  friend. Before you buy a foldable, read the return
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  terms and keep your old phone until the new one
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  survives its first couple of weeks. The full
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  article, with the comparison table, is linked
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  in the description. Follow the creator on Instagram
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  at Spartaco underscore 94 underscore. His name
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  is Chiro Irmichi.