iPhone Duo Faces $201 Cheaper iPhone 18 Pro-iPad Mini Rival Ahead of $1,999 Launch
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Updated · Macworld · Sep 29
iPhone Duo Faces $201 Cheaper iPhone 18 Pro-iPad Mini Rival Ahead of $1,999 Launch
3 articles · Updated · Macworld · Sep 29
Summary
$1,999 iPhone Duo is set for a late-October debut, but a $1,798 bundle of an iPhone 18 Pro and iPad mini undercuts it by $201 while offering broader capability.
7.6-inch Duo runs iOS rather than iPadOS, limiting it to basic two-app Split View and excluding iPad mini features such as fuller multitasking, desktop-class apps and Apple Pencil Pro support.
31 hours of Duo video playback also trails the separate devices' combined 46 hours, while the pair delivers 384GB of base storage versus 256GB on the foldable.
iPhone 18 Pro adds camera hardware the Duo lacks, including a telephoto lens with 8x optical and 40x digital zoom, plus a variable-aperture main camera and pro video controls.
254-gram weight, thicker folded design and other trade-offs — from no Action button to no LiDAR — leave Apple's first foldable competing not just with Samsung and Google, but with Apple's own lineup.