KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23 -- As you're reading this, a crowd of Malaysians are triumphantly taking home iPhone Duos much like hunters after a successful foray into the woods.

If you're perplexed at the reception of this new device from Apple, you are part of a very large non-exclusive club.

So that you don't have to spend thousands of ringgit without knowing more than "this is Apple's latest shiny object" I'll give you a quick lowdown.

What do you mean another iPhone?

Yes, it is a bit confusing that Apple instead of announcing its iPhone line-up in one shot and having them available on the same date, they've flipped the script.

This year only the iPhone 18 Pro line and the iPhone Duo, a foldable, were announced in September while being l...