The launch of the iPhone Duo, Apple’s highly anticipated foldable phone, is off to a rocky start. The phone was announced at this year’s Surprise and Shine event, with Apple promising that it had finally nailed a notoriously awkward form factor.
But now, Bloomberg Reports that early Duo users are complaining of screen cracks “after just hours or days of use.” Some users have reported hearing a loud cracking noise, followed by the appearance of a crackling sound. Others have reported display malfunctions.
404 Media also has reported that early users were faced with “large creases in the middle of the screen ($2,000).”
TechCrunch has contacted Apple for comment and will update this story if it responds. The company told Bloomberg that it was “aware of an issue affecting the internal display of a small number of iPhone Duo units.”
Creating a functional foldable phone has long been an ambition in Silicon Valley, but many of the models launched so far have been. suffered from similar illnesses. Apple has promised to have cracked the code, but these early complaints suggest it may not have fixed the problem after all.
