Apple unveils foldable iPhone Duo with 2nm A20 Pro built for on-device AI
VraserX · x · 2026-09-10
Apple held one of its most interesting keynotes in years. The headline hardware is the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable: Apple Pencil support, a huge inner display, and the biggest change to the basic iPhone form factor since the iPhone X. But the author argues the AI story matters more: the new 2nm A20 Pro chip is clearly designed for increasingly powerful local AI, pointing to a bigger on-device Siri push.
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