A week in, the iPhone Duo is still a clever phone. Apple clearly spent a lot of time thinking it through, and I appreciate how beefy and sturdy it feels in my hands. When I wrote my first impressions , that feeling won me over.

But the longer I use it, the harder the rough edges are to ignore. Some of them are Apple’s fault. Others are just the price of being first.

The Early Adopter Tax

Let’s start with the elephant in the room, the weight. I did say at first that it wasn’t an issue. However, after a week, it’s has become a lot harder to ignore, especially when I’m lying in bed scrolling with the phone held over my face. At 254 grams, the iPhone Duo is the heaviest iPhone Apple has made, and your arms notice.

Everyone who has dropped a phone on their own face knows how much it sucks. Now picture a 254-gram foldable made out of titanium falling on your face. Yea, that’s no longer a bruise, that’s an embarrassing story you tell the dentist.…