Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats

‘Unfortunately they got the aspect ratio.’

‘Unfortunately they got the aspect ratio.’

by Thomas RickerSep 11, 2026, 10:02 AM UTCThomas Ricker is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years.

Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t copied. As my colleague Dom Preston already explained, it’s almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same