The iPhone Duo looks incredible. Then you read the spec sheet

Hi, I'm Ayaz, and I'm a foldaholic

Hi, Ayaz. Welcome. I've used a foldable phone as my main phone for the past three years, all Samsung devices

But now, Apple has its own the iPhone Duo, and I'm getting that itch to get another foldable

But before I go and spend thousands of dollars, I need to do a reality check

The new iPhone Duo looks slick. It's extra Apple-y. You know, look at it. It's got this shiny frame. Look at that high-quality build

I haven't held the device yet, but my friend did. Eric Zeman over at PCMag

We all trust Eric because he's brutally honest. Good guy. He says that this thing feels like an Apple product

It uses the same materials as the iPhone Pro. Titanium, stainless steel, aluminum, all that amazing stuff

Apple knows how to make really great hardware. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is also very mature

I've used it, and it's a fantastic little device with excellent build quality

You know what's funny? People are going to call the Z Fold 8 an iPhone Duo clone or knockoff

This is a first-generation Apple device, which usually carries some problems. Eric said it was the best first-gen foldable he's used

Then again the first Galaxy Fold was interesting But then there the siren song that calls to me The iPhone Duo supports the Apple Pencil not just on the inner screen but also the outer screen I know that the Motorola Razr

Fold has a similar feature. I just couldn't move to that fold because of its processor. And if we're

talking about processors and performance, I mean, Apple's chips are on a whole nother level compared

to Snapdragon's. The Pencil is not included with the Duo. That's kind of a bummer. But Samsung and

Moto don't give you a stylus with their foldables either. So in that situation, well, it sucks all

the way around. So I'm really excited about using a pencil with my big screen phone again. The Fold

6 was great for that. But did you know that the iPhone Duo works with the USB-C Apple Pencil only

And that feature's coming later this year. Then I looked into this Apple Pencil. It does not support

pressure sensitivity. So it's pretty much just the stick. But you can apparently shade with it

That doesn't seem that great. But how often was I using the pressure sensitivity feature

I use the stylus all the time because my brain is scattered. I draw things out

And you know what sucks? The Apple Pencil I already own is not compatible with the new Duo

I get it. That pencil charges when magnetically attached to my iPad Pro

So it kind of makes sense like how would you charge the thing without an iPad Oh how about a separate magnetic charger But whatever Apple going to Apple I can hear you But I as you an Android guy and you use an iPad

Yeah, I do. I like what works, not what company makes the product

And the crease situation. Apple directly addressed this. It says all the words you want to hear

how amazing the Duo screen is. Like, what else is Apple going to say, though? We couldn't figure

it out. But the main inner screen is covered in a nano texture. That just means the screen is not

shiny. And that's going to hide the crease a lot better than a reflective screen. Oh, and Apple hit

a camera under the inner display. I loved that. I loved that on the Fold 6 as well. When I use a

Fold device, the crease is not that big a deal when watching stuff. It barely registers. But I

can't not see that punch hole camera on the Fold 7 and 8. If I watch a video, it's there

It's a black dot. I see it. It sees me. But I used the Fold because I would have three or more apps at one time

I could pop out apps over things, tile things, whatever I wanted. This really helped my manic brain

The iPhone Duo? Apple's using a new version of iOS on it, and the dock and top bar notification section are moved to the right

Good idea. But how many apps can you have up at one time? Apple showed a whopping two on screen

Two. I could have two apps up on a slab Android phone that was made in the last I don know 40 years Big whoop And wouldn a modified iPadOS make way more sense

I don't know. Maybe Apple doesn't want to confuse people. Apple's made the pricing a little easier to swallow

It's so easy to talk myself into this $3,200 for a 2TB model

That's nuts. That's a lot of money. But wait, I don't need to pay that

I could finance it for around $130 a month for two years

That's not so bad, right? Or I could lease it. 90 bucks per month

That's even better. That's like one really nice meal out where I live. Basically nothing, right

And at the end of the lease, I could get the upgrade to the next duo. So I'd have the new duo every couple of years

That's awesome. Forever. I'd be on the duo train forever. Forever paying

That's the part where I hear myself and I say, Oh no, the lease gives you the option to buy the device at the end of the term

I can get off that Duo train whenever I want, right? So here's what I'm going to do

I'm going to take a little time since this thing is not available until October

I'll see the reviews over at CNET and PCMag because they really dissect things in a way

that helps make a buying decision. Thanks for letting me share everybody

Thank you