Apple's $1,999 Foldable iPhone Duo Shows Strangers a Gatsby Cover on Its Outer Screen
aakashgupta · x · 2026-10-25
- The new $1,999 foldable iPhone (Duo) has a meme-worthy "Performative Mode": fold it partway like a paperback, and Apple Books shows two pages on the 7.6-inch inner screen while the 5.4-inch outer screen displays a Great Gatsby cover to everyone across from you.
- The author notes this is the first iPhone in 19 years with a screen aimed at other people—reviving the paper book's social signaling role and undoing the discreet-reading trick that helped Fifty Shades of Grey become a hit 14 years ago.
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