It’s been a long time since I’ve been genuinely excited about a new iPhone.

For years, a new iPhone meant a device that was thinner, faster, and had a camera that came with incredible upgrades. At some point (and Apple devotees can debate which year’s model this was!), a new iPhone became an incremental upgrade. Slightly better, slightly faster. Maybe there was a new button to learn, a new charging cable , or a new notch on the screen , but the iPhone itself remained the same rectangular glass and metal handheld it always was.

The iPhone Duo changes this, allowing Apple to enter the market for foldable phones with a phone that, while imperfect , is whimsical, fun, and, yes, actually exciting.

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It’s hard to say when the urge to acquire the iPhone Duo first kicked in. I’ll admit that it wasn’t during the official announcement , which left me feeling puzzled about the device’s potential. Do I actually want a phone that folds, I wondered?…