iFixit teardown of iPhone Duo may explain broken screens and hinges

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe new iPhone Duo is rated to survive six meters underwater for thirty minutes, and some owners say it pops or crunches when they open it in a dry room.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, it handles a swimming pool but not a morning?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentiFixit tore one open and gave it a provisional five out of ten for repairability.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIts damage reports cluster just below the gap where a flex cable crosses the hinge, and an out-of-warranty inner screen repair from Apple costs nine hundred ninety-nine dollars.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNine ninety-nine, on a phone that starts at one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine. That's half the phone to fix the half that folds.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFive out of ten is a fair score. Apple published the repair manual on day one, which is either transparency or a forecast.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDry air is the real stress test. The safest place for a Duo is the bottom of a pool, closed.