Apple introduces first foldable iPhone Duo – Ternus quotes Jobs

San Francisco. For the most important moment of his first keynote, the new boss John Ternus borrowed a sentence from Steve Jobs. “There is one more thing,” said the new Apple boss on Wednesday in Cupertino. “A new thing” – the formula that company founder Jobs once used to announce his biggest surprises.

Then Ternus showed off the device the industry has been waiting for for years: the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable phone. When folded it's the size of a passport, when it's opened it's the thinnest iPhone ever - with the largest screen the company has ever built into a phone.

Ternus combined the premiere with a tip against the competition. Previous foldables felt “like two phones awkwardly stuck together,” he said — with square screens where movies disappear between black bars.

Apple's version: The inner screen measures 7.6 inches and offers 50 percent more area than the new Pro Max, and there is a 5.4-inch display on the outside. The frame is made of titanium, and the front camera disappears behind the screen for the first time on an iPhone. And the Touch ID fingerprint sensor returns, in the side button - so that the device can be unlocked straight away whether opened or closed.