iPhone Duo Review: Why I’m Keeping It Over My Pro Max — Transcript

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1. 0:00So, it's been a little over a week, week
2. 0:01and a half for me with the iPhone Duo.
3. 0:03And before I get into how it's actually
4. 0:06been living with it, I want to address
5. 0:08kind of the elephant in the room. If
6. 0:10you've been anywhere near Reddit or even
7. 0:12the Macr's forums since launch, you've
8. 0:15probably seen the photos of inner
9. 0:16displays cracking along the hinge. Apple
10. 0:19has responded saying it's aware of an
11. 0:21issue affecting a small number of units
12. 0:24and telling anyone affected to contact
13. 0:26Apple Care for a replacement. Apple has
14. 0:29also said that affected units tend to
15. 0:31show the problem shortly after purchase.
16. 0:33So, this isn't something that you need
17. 0:35to worry about creeping up on you in a
18. 0:37few months from now, at least according
19. 0:38to Apple. I also think it's important to
20. 0:40keep this in perspective. A few dozen
21. 0:43posts online can feel like an epidemic,
22. 0:45but relative to how many of these phones
23. 0:47are out there, it seems like it's
24. 0:50probably a smaller sample size than a
25. 0:52lot of people think. Some of the photos
26. 0:54floating around may not even be real.
27. 0:56I'm not shilling for Apple. This is a,
28. 0:58you know, something that happens with
29. 0:59the first generation product and if
30. 1:01you're affected, it sucks. I totally get
31. 1:03it and it is unacceptable, but it
32. 1:05happens. So, go get it replaced and
33. 1:08hopefully the next one works out. Now,
34. 1:10for me, I absolutely have been loving
35. 1:12mine. I'd say the outer screen is
36. 1:14something that I use for 70% of the
37. 1:16time, doing normal phone stuff, just
38. 1:19checking notifications, responding to
39. 1:21emails, texts, all of that. And then
40. 1:23when I need to do something more, I need
41. 1:25more productivity, I unfold it. What
42. 1:27surprised me the most is how much I
43. 1:29actually enjoy using it unfolded.
44. 1:31Especially in portrait mode, vertical
45. 1:33video looks excellent this way. It makes
46. 1:35the Instagram app a lot less awkward. It
47. 1:38just fills the screen in a way that
48. 1:39makes more sense. And multitasking with
49. 1:41the video playing on the top portion and
50. 1:43an app on the bottom has quickly become
51. 1:45one of my favorite things about this
52. 1:46phone. It's the kind of thing that makes
53. 1:48like using my iPhone 18 Pro Max when I
54. 1:51had picture and picture floating around.
55. 1:52I had to move it around out of the way
56. 1:53when I was trying to use another app
57. 1:55like this just solves that problem and
58. 1:56it makes it so much more enjoyable. Hey
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105. 3:37this video. The fingerprint sensor is
106. 3:39actually growing on me. I wasn't sure
107. 3:41how I'd feel coming from Face ID, but
108. 3:43honestly, I think it's in a really great
109. 3:45spot. It's so much easier to find
110. 3:46without looking, and it's been very
111. 3:48accurate. And I haven't liked uh
112. 3:50foldables with this type of fingerprint
113. 3:51sensor on the side button before. And I
114. 3:53think it's because the power buttons and
115. 3:55the volume button gets kind of confusing
116. 3:57on some of those other ones. here since
117. 3:59this is the only button on this side.
118. 4:01Uh, and I also really don't like that
119. 4:03the volume buttons are on top. It is
120. 4:05fairly awkward, but I guess the
121. 4:07trade-off is fine because you have the
122. 4:10ability to easily locate that
123. 4:12fingerprint sensor. So, it's kind of a
124. 4:14nice little trade-off, I guess. Another
125. 4:16thing is unlocking it with your Apple
126. 4:18Watch has been so good that it genuinely
127. 4:20feels like Face ID. The only problem is
128. 4:23that at times it's almost too good. So,
129. 4:25if you ever tap the screen as you're
130. 4:27entering it into your pocket or like
131. 4:28accidentally swipe up as you're putting
132. 4:29it in your pocket, you'll hear the
133. 4:31vibrate or feel the vibration on your
134. 4:33wrist and that indicates that it's been
135. 4:34unlocked. And sometimes that happens
136. 4:37quite a bit and so I accidentally do a
137. 4:40couple of phone calls or taps on the
138. 4:41screen that you probably don't want to
139. 4:43do. The other thing is if you're
140. 4:44wondering how far away you need to be
141. 4:46from your watch and your phone, I've
142. 4:48noticed that if someone took my phone
143. 4:49and was standing next to me, it would
144. 4:50still unlock, but if they moved like 2
145. 4:52feet away, it would stop. So, if you're
146. 4:54across the house, the room, or whatever,
147. 4:56you don't need to worry about someone
148. 4:57being able to unlock with your Apple
149. 4:59Watch. I am also well aware that this is
150. 5:01not something that replaces Face ID and
151. 5:04that you need to go out and buy an Apple
152. 5:05Watch just for this reason. This is kind
153. 5:07of one of those it's a very nice to have
154. 5:10feature because you already are in the
155. 5:11ecosystem and so entrenched with Apple
156. 5:13that you have an Apple Watch. I am not
157. 5:15saying that the solution for Face ID is
158. 5:17to go and buy a watch, but since I
159. 5:20already have one, it does actually make
160. 5:22a huge difference. Honestly, I think the
161. 5:24biggest pain point are the cameras. And
162. 5:26it's like 90% fine for daily use. Every
163. 5:29once in a while though, I am reminded
164. 5:31about how much it stinks to not have a
165. 5:32telephoto lens. But I still don't think
166. 5:35that makes me want to switch back uh
167. 5:37especially to my 18 Pro Max because I'm
168. 5:39going to be honest with you, after a
169. 5:41week and a half of using this and then
170. 5:42picking up an 18 Pro Max, it feels
171. 5:44comically large, comically tall. Um I'm
172. 5:48just so used to this form factor now
173. 5:50that it's hard to go back. But yeah, as
174. 5:51far as the photos go, um I think that
175. 5:54the main sensor is really good. Uh it
176. 5:57takes photos and videos quite well.
177. 5:59Here's a couple of samples that you've
178. 6:00been looking at. Let me know in the
179. 6:02comments down below if there are any
180. 6:04things uh issues, discrepancies that you
181. 6:07think is not worth it. But yeah, I mean
182. 6:08these two sensors are both 48 megapixel
183. 6:11uh ultra wide and wide angle. And I
184. 6:14think honestly they look just like any
185. 6:16other iPhone the past however many years
186. 6:18that we've had these 48 megapixel
187. 6:20sensors on them. I don't notice a
188. 6:21difference. Even though there is a
189. 6:22difference uh definitely between the 18
190. 6:24Pro Max's version with the variable
191. 6:26aperture and all of that, there are
192. 6:28hardware differences and I'm sure in low
193. 6:30light that those perform better, but
194. 6:32like honestly I don't take a lot of
195. 6:34photos on a daily basis. I do unfold my
196. 6:37phone and do a lot of multitasking and
197. 6:39media consumption and honestly I've been
198. 6:41doing a lot of work on this phone and
199. 6:43because I can split screen apps and all
200. 6:45that that like I just I would trade
201. 6:47those all in for a pretty standard
202. 6:50average slightly above average set of
203. 6:52cameras. It does suck that I don't have
204. 6:54the telephoto lens at times when I would
205. 6:56like to zoom in. Obviously you have seen
206. 6:58probably some zoomedin pictures all the
207. 7:00way from 4x to 10x. It's digital zoom.
208. 7:03It's not great, but it'll get you by if
209. 7:06uh you know, you don't need it to be a
210. 7:07perfect picture, but you need to capture
211. 7:09something. Now, battery life for me has
212. 7:10landed somewhere between a 18 Pro and an
213. 7:1318 Pro Max. It's not bad at all. It can
214. 7:16definitely get me through the day. Um I
215. 7:19haven't noticed anything like
216. 7:20substantial where it's like this is the
217. 7:22best battery life, especially since I am
218. 7:24using both screens interchangeably.
219. 7:26However, if you do just go through a
220. 7:28day, and there has been one of those
221. 7:29where I'm mostly using the outer screen,
222. 7:32you can get by at least one maybe two
223. 7:35days of just using this screen. Uh, but
224. 7:37the moment you start using and watching
225. 7:39a lot of content, unfolding it and all
226. 7:41that, it starts to drain your battery
227. 7:42more, which makes a lot of sense. Now, I
228. 7:44know this sounds like a pretty glowing
229. 7:46review, and that's because I'm maybe I'm
230. 7:47still, you know, in the honeymoon phase,
231. 7:50but uh, yeah, I really do love this
232. 7:52phone, but not everything is perfect
233. 7:54yet. Some apps are still needing to be
234. 7:56updated to really take advantage of this
235. 7:58form factor. Safari in particular was
236. 8:00horrendous at first, but then a
237. 8:03wonderful developer whose name slips me
238. 8:05at this time, but he developed an
239. 8:07extension called Wider and that pretty
240. 8:09much fixed the issue for me. It has made
241. 8:12this phone absolutely fantastic when it
242. 8:15comes to browsing web and Safari. And
243. 8:16honestly, all it does is just shift all
244. 8:18the content to expand and take up the
245. 8:21entire screen, which is absolutely
246. 8:23fantastic. Um, Apple at some point, I
247. 8:26feel like, is going to copy this. They
248. 8:27just have to. It just doesn't make any
249. 8:29sense when apps or Safari is just
250. 8:31cutting off and wasting this right edge
251. 8:34of the display. I don't understand the
252. 8:36thought process behind it. I guess they
253. 8:38just didn't want the buttons and
254. 8:39everything. But that's like why in my
255. 8:41opinion liquid glass in the transparency
256. 8:42aspect fits in or just like have it
257. 8:45disappear when you're not, you know, or
258. 8:48when you don't need it. And I just don't
259. 8:50understand why they didn't let it just
260. 8:52be a thing. The buttons really don't get
261. 8:55in the way that often. So, um, I
262. 8:58absolutely love the apps that are
263. 9:00optimized. There is different levels of
264. 9:02optimization like I talked about in my
265. 9:04initial hands-on when I got it last week
266. 9:06or a week and a half ago. Um, and some a
267. 9:09lot more apps are just becoming more and
268. 9:11more optimized. But, um, I need the ones
269. 9:15that I use on a regular basis to at
270. 9:16least get to that level one optimization
271. 9:19where at least the when you unfold it,
272. 9:21the screen, a majority of it is taken
273. 9:23up. Maybe this right edge is still kind
274. 9:25of reserved for those buttons. Uh but
275. 9:28there's nothing there yet, which is what
276. 9:29some of the apps do. This app called
277. 9:31Golf Now where you book tea times like
278. 9:33this needs to be updated. Uh but then
279. 9:36there are apps like sleeper which wasn't
280. 9:39updated. This is for fantasy football
281. 9:41and it did get updated and they did a
282. 9:43fantastic job and kind of disregarded
283. 9:45the rules or at least the unwritten
284. 9:47rules that it seems for updating these
285. 9:49apps where you put your toggles and your
286. 9:51menu bar stuff on this right side. They
287. 9:53just blew up their app and did a split
288. 9:55screen when you open it. So you get
289. 9:57fantasy and like betting scores and just
290. 9:59score sports scores overall on this
291. 10:01side, but really on this when you close
292. 10:03it, you're supposed to get the controls
293. 10:05over here. They left their app
294. 10:07completely the same where the controls
295. 10:08are still at the bottom and just filled
296. 10:10the entire screen. Kind of like that.
297. 10:13Not sure why not a lot of the developers
298. 10:15are doing that. That's not Apple's
299. 10:16design language, but it kind of makes
300. 10:18sense. It's like what the other
301. 10:19foldables do. Um, so you get more
302. 10:22information and you're not cutting it
303. 10:24off. I don't know, it just works really,
304. 10:25really well. And then there are other
305. 10:28apps out there, uh, you know, like I
306. 10:30said, Netflix is the gold standard where
307. 10:32they just went above and beyond. You
308. 10:34have flex mode, this mode here, where
309. 10:36you get controls at the bottom, and then
310. 10:38that whole digital reflection that I
311. 10:40talked about where the content that's
312. 10:41playing up here is being reflected on
313. 10:44this bottom portion. And that's actually
314. 10:45not happening. It is a thoughtful
315. 10:48digital reflection that Netflix added. I
316. 10:50just need all of the app developers out
317. 10:52there to uh start developing and
318. 10:55updating your applications so that we
319. 10:57can get a really good experience on the
320. 11:00Duo. Even though it has been fantastic
321. 11:02for me, again, a lot of these apps just
322. 11:04need updating. And uh I'm kidding. I'm
323. 11:06not, you know, advocating that all of
324. 11:08these developers go out there and do
325. 11:10this for me. I'm hoping that they're
326. 11:11already doing it for their app and their
327. 11:13business. But, uh, yeah, that's the only
328. 11:15thing that's really holding me back and
329. 11:16not having a telephoto lens is that just
330. 11:18some of the apps sometimes kind of stink
331. 11:20to use on the front screen and when you
332. 11:22open it up, it's just a lot of wasted
333. 11:24space. But overall, a majority of the
334. 11:26things that I use are perfectly
335. 11:28optimized or at least that level one,
336. 11:30one and a half optimization where it
337. 11:32works enough and it takes up most of the
338. 11:34screen. But yeah, absolutely love this
339. 11:36phone. um people that I don't know that
340. 11:40I am out and about. I'm tapping to pay.
341. 11:43Uh I was in an elevator in New York City
342. 11:45in my hotel room. I was not even paying
343. 11:47attention to the people in the um
344. 11:49elevator and I was using my phone and
345. 11:51immediately got the he has the new
346. 11:54iPhone duo and they had so many
347. 11:56questions. They wanted to see it. I
348. 11:57mean, shout out to them. They were super
349. 12:00cool. Uh I really enjoyed talking to
350. 12:02them about it. It's just really cool to
351. 12:04see people that aren't your typical tech
352. 12:06nerds and people that uh are just
353. 12:09average people out on the street that
354. 12:10know Apple as a brand, have an iPhone,
355. 12:13but know that this exists. And that's
356. 12:15the crazy thing. And they want it and
357. 12:17they I saw one the other day at dinner,
358. 12:19a a mom or actually it was a grandmother
359. 12:22uh taking care of her grandchild using
360. 12:24it in that, you know, having the case on
361. 12:27it, the kickstand, letting their kid
362. 12:29watch something at dinner uh so they can
363. 12:31enjoy their meal. And I was shocked. And
364. 12:33that was the first person that wasn't
365. 12:34like a friend of mine that I knew would
366. 12:36be like a day one buyer because they're
367. 12:38a huge uh technology lover or an actual
368. 12:41reviewer friend of mine that also got
369. 12:43one as a review unit. That was the first
370. 12:45out in the wild unit that wasn't my own
371. 12:47that I saw. And that was pretty cool.
372. 12:49Like just someone in their probably 60s
373. 12:52using it as a multi-functioning tool.
374. 12:54It's their phone. But also now I've got
375. 12:56a little tablet to help out when, you
376. 12:58know, my grandson or granddaughter is
377. 13:00crying and I just need to get them
378. 13:02something to occupy their attention for
379. 13:04a little bit. Like it's cool to see this
380. 13:06out there. So many people have come up
381. 13:07to me again who have seen it and have
382. 13:09asked, "Is that the new iPhone?" I have
383. 13:10used other foldables in the past in
384. 13:12public and I have never experienced that
385. 13:15before and I just think Apple really
386. 13:16brings attention to this space. So that
387. 13:17now we can have more and more foldables
388. 13:20compete in the market and I think this
389. 13:22is a really good thing. But I would love
390. 13:23to hear from you in the comments down
391. 13:24below. Obviously, this is a pretty
392. 13:26glowing review. I understand that there
393. 13:28are a lot of issues and it does suck
394. 13:31that that has happened and I know that
395. 13:32Apple has taken care of it and hopefully
396. 13:34it has been very seamless and painless
397. 13:36for those of you who have had those
398. 13:38issues and shame on Apple if it isn't.
399. 13:40But I think they are replacing these and
400. 13:43I like to think that it's something that
401. 13:44they are believing you and taking your
402. 13:46word for it because it is probably not
403. 13:48your fault. So, go ahead, get a
404. 13:50replacement, but let me know in the
405. 13:51comments down below if you have one.
406. 13:53What do you think? Uh, if you are
407. 13:54getting one and you're waiting for yours
408. 13:56to come in, did you cancel or are you
409. 13:58still going to stick with it? I think
410. 14:00you should at least experience it. If
411. 14:02you don't like it, you know, you can
412. 14:03switch back to something else. But yeah,
413. 14:05let me know your thoughts in the
414. 14:06comments down below. This has been
415. 14:08Nemers. Thanks so much for watching. I
416. 14:10look forward to seeing you around in the
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