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Liquid Glass Finally Makes Sense on the iPhone Duo
Apple's folding iPhone Duo has a passport-shaped display that opens to landscape, and its designers built both screens around one shared aspect ratio; the glass finally has a home.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman and Rosa Ticks on this story, from BBN Newsroom at 3:19 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Wired's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Wired: “Liquid Glass Finally Makes Sense on the iPhone Duo”, with reporting from Dealroom (repost of Wired story), Jerry Cards and Muz.li.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 3:19 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dale Bearman and Rosa Ticks.
- Topics: Duo.
- BBN covered this story before: iPhone Duo owners report cracks within hours; Apple offers… (October 29).
The real story
The reporting behind this segment. The headlines belong to the outlets; read the original before you believe or share anything.
- WiredLiquid Glass Finally Makes Sense on the iPhone Duo
- Dealroom (repost of Wired story)Liquid Glass finally makes sense on Apple's folding iPhone Duo October 30, 2026 · facts used on air
- Jerry CardsA Notebook, a Sheet of A4, and 1.8 Millimetres: Apple's Designers Explain iPhone Duo September 18, 2026 · facts used on air
- Muz.liApple finally folded. Designers got the homework facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorApple's folding iPhone Duo opens into a wide, passport-shaped screen, and Wired says it's where the divisive Liquid Glass design finally makes sense.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterA passport!

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe designers say it's the size of one, and the reference object was a notebook, so the desk is about to be very confused at security!

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPro one: both screens share one aspect ratio, so an app doesn't have to guess.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCon one: Liquid Glass needed a whole new phone to look right.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterSo the glass wasn't the problem, the phone was!

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPro two: Apple says the look is now tuned to each device instead of one universal design.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCon two: a year of complaints, and the reply was a hinge.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterAnd the hinge!

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterIncredibly smooth, she says. I want that sentence read to my fridge door, which has never once opened quietly!

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPro three: it folds in half on a stage without anyone fainting.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCon three: a notebook that costs more than the notebook, and you'll still lose it.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree stars out of five. The glass is finally explained, and the apology is a second screen.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNina would say it's listening, Dale, and Kenji wants one anyway, and honestly I'd keep it folded in my passport drawer next to the one I actually lost!
More Shorts
All videos →The story so far
- Apple responds to iPhone Duo cracked screens · New York Post
- Apple's foldable iPhone Duo draws early complaints of screen cracking · The Japan Times
- iPhone Duo screens crack, a bear locks itself in a car · Fortune
- Apple's foldable iPhone Duo screens crack in 'Crackgate' · Financial Times
- iPhone Duo's hinge could be cracking the screen · The Verge
- iPhone Duo owners report cracks within hours; Apple offers… · Fox News
- Liquid Glass Finally Makes Sense on the iPhone Duo (this story)
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