A teardown of the new iPhone Duo shows multiple components that are easier to repair than on any previous foldable, but also many problem points.

When iFixit tore down the iPhone 18 Pro , it gave it a "repairability" score of 7/10 . By comparison, the iPhone Duo manages just 5/10, despite saying that there is much to admire in how Apple has designed it.

The features that make the iPhone Duo better than all previous foldables include how the top layer of the screen can be relatively easily replaced. That compares to how with the original Samsung foldables, customers were destroying the screen by peeling off what appeared to be a packaging cover.

Plus iFixit praises Apple for how it is charging only $19 to replace that top layer of the screen. Also, Apple has made it so that the iPhone Duo's two batteries can both be quickly removed and this is called the best battery-removal experience in a foldable to date.

Plus the iPhone Duo's inner display trim lifted off easily and intact.…