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Apple's iPhone Duo hinge, designed with AI, breaks within days

Apple's AI-assisted foldable phone hinge fails rapidly despite claims of durability innovation.

newest coverage 12d agosummary written 13d ago7 pieces43 likes & upvotes6 comments Google NewsMastodonBluesky

What to know

  • Apple's iPhone Duo foldable uses an AI-designed hinge with 3D-printed photopolymer layers, announced as a durability innovation for a $2,000 device.
  • Early reports indicate the hinge fails within days, contradicting Apple's durability claims and raising questions about AI-assisted hardware design's real-world efficacy.
  • The failure highlights the durability challenges inherent to foldable phones despite advanced manufacturing techniques.
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The AI-designed hinge failure undermines Apple's innovation narrative and questions the value of AI in hardware design.

  • “iPhone Duo's hinge, that can destroy the $2000 phone within days, was designed with AI. This stuff's really batting 100”

    spikybaddie · Bluesky ↗

Johny Srouji Apple Chief Hardware OfficerApple Device manufacturer

Apple's iPhone Duo hinge, designed with AI, breaks within days
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    Social media criticism emerges over hinge durability failures

    Users on Bluesky and Mastodon criticize the iPhone Duo's hinge as failing within days despite the $2,000 price tag and Apple's AI-assisted manufacturing claims, with comments suggesting the AI-designed component contradicts expected durability.

    “iPhone Duo's hinge, that can destroy the $2000 phone within days, was designed with AI. This stuff's really batting 100…”
    — spikybaddie
    • spikybaddie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

      iPhone Duo's hinge, that can destroy the $2000 phone within days, was designed with AI This stuff's really batting 100

      spikybaddie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky13d ago30▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    • jbz@indieweb.social

      🙀 Apple's Folding Phone Is Already Breaking at an Incredible Rate, Just Hours Into Use https:// futurism.com/robots-and-machin es/apple-folding-iphone-duo-already-cracking # iphoneduo # iphone # apple

      jbz@indieweb.socialMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    • weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy

      This is why you should never be kind to a Tech Bro and mock them as much as you can. https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/the-hinge-for-apples-new-foldable-phone-was-built-with-ai/ #Apple

      weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky13d ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  2. background

    Apple announces iPhone Duo foldable phone with AI-designed hinge — At the Surprise and Shine event, Apple introduces its first foldable phone with a hinge manufactured using AI algorithms to match each unit with its best-fit housing and 3D-printed photopolymer layers to eliminate waviness.

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