3 iPhone Duo alternatives you should buy instead
Some of those flaws are amounting to a lot more than mere teething troubles, too. Reports are coming in of faulty iPhone Duo displays that crack under negligible pressure or bow, leaving the hinge visible. Meanwhile, JerryRigEverything recently established how easy it was to turn Apple’s luxury gadget into a £/$2k paperweight.
Thankfully, there are a couple of viable alternatives out there. None are indestructible – all foldables are inherently vulnerable in a way that ‘normal’ phones aren’t – but there might just be a better option for you.
Here are our top three alternatives to the iPhone Duo. All of them require you to opt for Android, but you probably knew that already.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: The like-for-like alternative
Luke Baker
If you’re after a like-for-like alternative to the iPhone Duo, look no further than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Samsung’s phone launched just ahead of the iPhone Duo, but its design is obviously a direct response. Apple’s plans were an open secret ahead of launch, especially for a company as involved in the component supply chain as Samsung.
Despite what must have been a relatively speedy turnaround to beat the iPhone Duo to market, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is not the same kind of first-gen product. Samsung has been beavering away at this foldables thing from the very beginning, which means that the Fold 8’s DNA dates right back to 2019.