Cracking under pressure: Inside Apple’s iPhone Duo screen damage controversy

The iPhone Duo has hit the market like a storm, quite literally. What was meant to be Apple’s boldest leap into dual-display mobile hardware has quickly become one of its most scrutinised product launches in recent times, reviving memories of Apple’s infamous ‘Bend gate’ (iPhone 6 structural deformity) and ‘Battery gate’ (performance throttling on older phones with iOS 10.2.1 update without notifying).

Just weeks after the unveiling of the iPhone Duo, social media platforms, tech forums, and customer support boards have been flooded with reports from early buyers claiming that the device’s inner screens are cracking, spiderwebbing, or failing along the central hinge mechanism without any obvious external impact.