India, Sept. 10 -- The first foldable iPhone is finally here. Much awaited, long overdue. And almost immediately as I held up the iPhone Duo in my hands post the keynote, it became clear why Apple waited this long to enter the foldable phone battles. The geopolitical and supply chain challenges may have perhaps added a bit more to the bill of materials and therefore some pricing pressure that Apple would have hoped wasn't the case. Two things immediately stand out. The iPhone Duo is incredibly thin, and I immediately link this to last year's iPhone Air, which gave us a glimpse at what Apple could do. Secondly, there is no visible crease on the foldable display. Not even the slightest.

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