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How Apple’s First iPhone Launch Compares With Ternus’ Foldable Duo

How Apple’s First iPhone Launch Compares With Ternus’ Foldable Duo
Throwback to how Steve Jobs introduced the 1st iPhone in 2007 as Ternus' iPhone Duo becomes Apple's biggest design leap · livemint.com

In 2007, Steve Jobs showed people Apple’s first iPhone.

He said it combined a music player, a phone, and an internet device in one product.

The phone used a large touchscreen instead of many physical buttons.

This helped make touchscreen smartphones popular.

In 2026, John Ternus introduced the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable iPhone.

The Duo opens like a book to show a larger screen.

It can work as a regular phone or as a bigger device for watching, gaming, and multitasking.

Apple describes the Duo as its biggest iPhone change since the original.

Key facts

Original iPhone announcement
January 9, 2007, at the Macworld conference
Original iPhone concept
One device combining an iPod, mobile phone, and internet communicator
iPhone Duo announcement
September 9, 2026
Duo inner display
7.6 inches
Duo outer screen
5.4 inches
Duo processor
A20 Pro chip
Duo design
A foldable form that opens like a book

Quotes

Steve Jobs

Apple CEO who introduced the original iPhone at Macworld in 2007

“These are not three separate devices. This is one device and we are calling it iPhone.”
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“What we’re going to do is get rid of all these buttons and just make a giant screen”
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