For years, a new iPhone meant a device that was thinner, faster, and had a camera that came with incredible upgrades. At some point (and Apple devotees can debate which year's model this was!), a new iPhone became an incremental upgrade. Slightly better, slightly faster. Maybe there was a new button to learn, a new charging cable, or a new notch on the screen, but the iPhone itself remained the same rectangular glass and metal handheld it always was. It's hard to say when the urge to acquire the iPhone Duo first kicked in. I'll admit that it wasn't during the official announcement, which left me feeling puzzled about the device's potential. Do I actually want a phone that folds, I wondered' Was propping up the phone as a little tent to watch Netflix worth all that extra money' (The Duo starts at $2,000). As it turned out, the desire for the Duo grew on me as I saw developers embracing the new foldable design to create Duo-optimized apps. Apple's software development community, after...
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