India, Sept. 15 -- Once upon a time, not a long time ago, there was a running joke about buying an iPhone in India: sell a kidney to get one. Fortunately, people didn't have to resort to the extreme to buy the models back then. But the iPhone Duo - yes, the first foldable from the smartphone pioneer's stables - has everyone wondering about the cost. The top model of the Apple iPhone Duo sits in a range equivalent to the price of some amazing, perhaps more life-changing, things people can buy or experience.

Apple launched iPhone Duo alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models on 10 September. Of course, the iPhone Duo hogged the limelight. And why should it not? We are in a new era of foldables. Samsung launched a new one this year, and so did Goo...