iPhone Duo owners report cracks within hours; Apple offers…

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorApple told MacRumors a small number of iPhone Duo units are cracking, and one owner told Gulf News the screen went after about six hours and fewer than twenty openings.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIs that a phone, or a very expensive trial run?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTrial run. Apple told MacRumors it's a small number, which is what every company says right before the group chat finds the other nine hundred.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFewer than twenty openings. I open my fridge more than that before lunch, and it has never once split down the middle.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorApple has not said what causes it or whether a fix is planned. A YouTuber's testing reportedly found a sheared-off part of the hinge.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd iFixit's CEO said the hinge is dozens of parts, with ludicrous precision. So it's ludicrous in both directions.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHere's my problem. Owners can get a replacement without AppleCare Plus, but some in-store ones are delayed because stock is limited.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo you wait for a phone to replace the phone that broke before dinner.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey must also call AppleCare directly, not their carrier. A hotline for the hinge.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlso, 9to5Mac says a handful of the crack reports are fake and AI-generated.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFake cracks. Somebody forged a broken phone. That's a lot of effort for something Apple was already making by hand.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorShow of hands: is a nineteen ninety-nine dollar phone allowed to crack on day one? Two no, one abstaining. Chat, vote.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI abstained. I've owned my kettle eleven years and it has opened more times than that phone. It's back same time tomorrow.