Apple launches its first foldable phone, iPhone Duo, and Samsung says, "We'll wait until you finish reheating our leftovers."

Apple's first foldable screen phone iPhone Duo. (AFP)

Apple's 2026 autumn conference officially debuted on the 10th, Taiwan time. The most important highlight of this conference was the launch of the first foldable screen mobile phone "iPhone Duo". Unexpectedly, the new product has just been released. Samsung, an old rival that has been deeply involved in the folding machine market for 7 years, quickly posted 8 posts in a row, criticizing Apple for being a hot cake and lacking in new ideas. It even said, "We'll wait until you finish reheating our leftovers." This sparked heated discussions in the community.

Apple launched its foldable flagship iPhone Duo at the press conference, priced at US$1,999, officially entering the folding market. However, Samsung, the pioneer of folding phones, relentlessly attacked the X platform. Not only does it mock Apple's new machine as a sequel to the video game "The Sims", but it also uses "So far, so same" (so far, it's still the same) to imply that the appearance and functions are devoid of anything new.

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Samsung even pointed out that the Android camp has already mastered these technologies, and Apple is now just repackaging the leftover results of others, "wait until you finish warming up our leftovers." At the same time, it also used its own complete product line with both left and right opening and closing and up and down folding to mock Apple for having only one folding model. It even publicly compared thickness and weight to show off its muscles, and even said, "Let us wait? Okay. We will fold it in three ways here.", alluding to Samsung's leadership in multi-directional or multi-type folding screen technology.

Interestingly, the name of the new phone "Duo" accidentally collided with the green owl mascot of the language learning software Duolingo (Duolingo), which triggered a social brawl. The editor of Duolingo first wrote a post jokingly saying that he hoped his brand would not be infringed, and then posted a post exclaiming, "What is it called iPhone???" Samsung then labeled Duolingo and shouted, "They also copied us, it's time to unite" in an attempt to win over. Unexpectedly, Duolingo did not appreciate it and retorted, "When an ugly stranger calls you a twin, a nobody", which caused Samsung to retort, "Watch your words." The nonsensical interaction made all the netizens laugh.

Despite the smoke and fire in the community, the Korea Herald pointed out that the key folding screen used in the iPhone Duo is still supplied by Samsung Display, showing a market norm of "being sour on the table but counting money off the table." Related topics quickly became a hot topic on social media in many countries. As Apple officially enters the folding market, the competition between the two major technology leaders has created unprecedented topics on the eve of its listing.