A Week With the iPhone Duo. Death by Paper Cuts

One week with the iPhone Duo, Apple's first folding iPhone, and it's death by a thousand paper cuts. It feels a little too fragile, mostly because of the hinge, so I keep two hands on it. Apps like Instagram still haven't updated for the big screen, a photo of my driver's license came out blurry in low light, and Touch ID is never where I expect it. Then the folio case showed me a stand mode I didn't know existed: lock the screen and StandBy turns it into a desk display with an e-ink feel. And the hard shell case surprised me. The phone knows the case is attached and offers Shift Left Edge in Display & Brightness, so the keyboard and swipe edges aren't covered anymore. I wasn't expecting to like this case. I close with SayRay, the app I'm building and the whole reason I got the phone: big live text, drag the transcript into Claude, all running on device. Watch the full livestream: https://youtu.be/le4SUudngW4 Wispr Flow: https://rfer.me/wispr This is my referral link. Download SayRay on the App Store: https://rfer.me/sayray I spent 12 years as an engineer at Apple, and now I build apps live on stream with AI tools and share the whole process as I go. Join the free community where we're all building together: https://rfer.me/startmyai (The AI Builder Club, my small live cohort, opens a few times a year, and you'll hear about it first inside the community.) Timestamps powered by https://raytranscribes.com Chapters 0:00 It Feels a Little Too Fragile 1:02 What I Call iPad Mode 2:13 My Driver's License Came Out Blurry 3:13 Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts 4:08 A Folio Case Feature I Didn't Know Existed 5:43 The Hard Shell Case 6:56 It Knows This Case Is Installed 9:01 I Wasn't Expecting to Like This Case 10:42 The Whole Reason I Got the Phone