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Apple’s matte screen buys time, not a crease-free foldable.

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Every foldable buyer shares one quiet fear: it looks great on day one, but what about year three? Two durability tests of the iPhone Duo , conducted one after the other but on different YouTube channels, offer a peek.

YouTuber Tim Pan’s 11,500 folds left the crease far more visible than on day one. Meanwhile, Joanna Stern’s robot ran 32,640 folds overnight, and the hinge held up fine (with minor character changes).

What did 11,500 folds do to the crease?

Pan wasn’t gentle with the Duo. He checked the screen after 500 folds, ran 10,000 more on a machine, and finally ran 1,000 more in freezing conditions (-4°F).

The crease, which appears as a faint line in the center of the inner screen out of the box, was more noticeable after 500 folds.…