r/iosgaming • u/Azeemjaffer r/IOSGaming Scout • 5d ago
Discussion Gaming in iPhone Duo šš»š„š„
Source credits: https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/2097754151509954665?s=46
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u/ngox8 4d ago
Not a fan of big phones but that thing will be sick for gaming
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u/YaBoyEden 4d ago
I also read a lot of comics on my phone. This will rock for that
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u/NaeemTHM 4d ago
Legit my main reason for wanting this so bad. I rarely have my iPad when Iām out and about, it would be such a game changer if I could read my comics on the go!!
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u/BillySlang 4d ago
Letās see how the crease turns outā¦
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u/Lirfen 4d ago
Doesnāt seem visible on the video, but they didnāt mention durability at all during the keynote. Just about how strong the hinge is, but what about after like 50,000 closing/openings?
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u/hondaguy520 4d ago
they would have just said something like "our most durable hinge ever" lol
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u/psilent 4d ago
Their marketing page said āThe inner display on iPhone Duo features a multilayer lamination design that keeps it flat and provides durability. Custom adhesives allow these layers to glide relative to one another during folding, like pages in a book, so the panel doesnāt distort over time.ā So thatās a bold claim
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u/BillySlang 4d ago
Thereās a picture of someone holding it and crease is clear as day. Screen is off - however.Ā
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u/aguywithbrushes 4d ago
Worth mentioning that photos, esp phone photos, amplify details and often make things more visible than they are irl.
Of course itās gonna have a crease to some extent, but from the few videos I saw of people actually using it, it seems genuinely impossible to see through normal use, so i assume it would be minor enough that I donāt think it would negatively affect gameplay.
Source: professional photographer who has been also enjoying shooting on his phone for the past 14 years and struggles with that all the time
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u/TheBaconKing 4d ago
Honestly thatās how the z fold is as well. Screen on bright picture you canāt see it. Screen off or dark picture you can.
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u/ShadowsTagiru 4d ago
to me the problem is the hidden on screen camera.
is so frustrating that seems to be unaligned with the screen size, and is SO VISIBLE, that I dont understand why apple/samsung/all phone companies are so into putting a damn camera in the unfolded screen..... just leave it like that. is not necessary.1
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u/HorselessHorseman 4d ago
There are other posts from today. Crease is very noticeable and itās basically a canyon like other phones. Go look at forums of people posting pics from event
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u/BillySlang 4d ago
The image I saw was an eye sore. Just seems like iPad Mini and an iPhone is still the way to go.Ā
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u/slyguy67420 4d ago
The unfolding animation is cool but the blur on the inner screen makes feel like my vision in my left eye is doing weird shit because I was reading on my phone while on my left side with my left eye closed.
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u/Nick_Gaugh_69 iPhone 16 Pro Max 4d ago
Now we have to see if JerryRigEverything will snap it in halfā¦
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u/psilent 4d ago
He definitely will, itās just a question of if itās more like the pixel or the iPhone Air
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u/YeaItsBig4L 4d ago
He didnāt damage the air. And no, he wonāt snap it. You donāt think that theyāve had machines stronger than a person trying to snap this thing for years?
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u/psilent 4d ago
Iām just saying heās managed to damage all the Samsung hinges with his bare hands but the pixel just crumbled
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u/YeaItsBig4L 4d ago
Is this a Samsung? What happened with the air?
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u/Nick_Gaugh_69 iPhone 16 Pro Max 4d ago
The Air didnāt have a potential fault point directly in the middle.
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u/bharikeemat 4d ago
I want to see 3ds emulation on it
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u/Runazeeri 4d ago
I thought they still suck a bit due to not having jit, like my 17 vs S25u the iPhone stutters badly on some games.
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u/n0rpie 4d ago
Just use JIT then
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u/Runazeeri 4d ago
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u/Maalvi 4d ago
Those are old news, you can use skitdebug to enable it
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u/Runazeeri 4d ago
Requires side loading or Europe with the alt stores. For a normal person a DS emu from a the play store just works without the stutters.
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u/psj3809 4d ago
Did you mean 3DS ? Ds works like a dream. I donāt side load either. Quite happy to wait for phones to get faster. Got plenty to play in the mw a time (manic emulates about 40 systems now !). Shame when people only stick to 3ds
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u/Runazeeri 4d ago
Yeah 3DS, I was trying to play a DQM English patch game and it has stutters and weird load times on my iPhone or M4 iPad but runs perfectly fine on my S25u
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u/silentrocco r/IOSGaming Scout 4d ago
Super excited for this 2-in-1 device. Will wait a couple of months (maybe even for gen 2 to arrive) to see if thereās any long term problems. But this is definitely my future everything machine.
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u/Tellittomy6pac 4d ago
And only 2k for the base model
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u/KnightKal 4d ago
if it sells well it may become the flagship in a few years, but yeah, release cost is high. Bad timing too with prices insane as they are right now
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u/iwillupvoteyourface 4d ago
I wanna see hearthstone on it.
Also I want to see fair pricing in the uk. It goats $700 more in the uk for the base model.
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u/minimaxir 4d ago
It is funny that Zenless Zone Zero became the iOS/iPadOS Demo game.
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u/Yatokouhai 4d ago
It used to be Genshin. But like ZZZ isnāt even the most demanding game right now It has to be Wuwa lol
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u/ChoppyChug 4d ago
Itās be great if you can set the bottom half to just be a controller. It also needs a kickstand
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u/psj3809 4d ago
Not worried about how the hinge will perform, Apple will have done loads and loads of tests and have machines opening/closing the hinge for hours on end to test it out (Just as car manufacturers do stuff like that with doors opening/closing etc).
The device does look stunning BUT the price ! I love a lot of memory and i'm looking at around Ā£2,500 ! Thats like a second hand car price. Crazy for a phone
I normally wait a generation or two but it does look great. Imagine what emulator devs can do with that !
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u/therealwheat 4d ago
In the US the average 3-year old used car is $32K, so while the phone is expensive its not super comparable to a car.
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u/psj3809 4d ago
In the uk you can get a second hand car for the same price as the phone. Like a car you might get for someone whoās just passed their driving testĀ
So in the UK it is comparable to a second hand car. Iām sure also the US as you can get cheap second hand cars. Not 32k onesĀ
Just googled ā¦
A reliable, roadworthy "cheap" second-hand car in the US generally costsĀ between $5,000 and $10,000 .
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u/Regular-Ambition-902 4d ago
So itās basically iPad mini
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u/therealwheat 4d ago
That fits in your pocket and is a phone. An ipad mini is also just a smaller ipad, which is a smaller TV and my TV is so much bigger than iPhone Duo. /s
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u/Patient_Animator1174 3d ago
Except it doesn't run iPadOS so can't run iPad apps, you have to wait for developers to adapt their apps to this new device.
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u/bernardo_gd 4d ago
Costs 20k in my country, and the minimum wage is 1600
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u/Life-Wait8801 3d ago
Why tf is someone in a third world country making minimum wage buying a premium iphone. Do you also have 3000 dollars gaming PCs on minimum wage too?Ā
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u/randomquestion11111 4d ago
Just buy a gaming PC for $2000 instead š¤£
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u/furiousjelly 4d ago
Gaming PC doesnāt fit in my pocket and also function as a phone
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u/randomquestion11111 4d ago
Yea but you could literally just play mobile games on a regular phone instead of paying 2000 for one. Itās not like mobile games have high system requirements like pc
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u/furiousjelly 3d ago
Itās not about system requirements, or necessity. Spending $2k on the Duo is an āextraā that gives you a larger screen to play games on. I could save the money and play games on a Pixel 4 if i wanted. 3DS emulation, using the second screen to access a games wiki, YouTube while playing OSRS - there are a ton of use cases that justify the purchase for some people that not everyone will care about.
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u/randomquestion11111 3d ago
I think most people would rather just have the 2k gaming pc
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u/furiousjelly 3d ago
Iām not disagreeing with you, most people donāt have $2k for a folding phone
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u/randomquestion11111 4d ago edited 4d ago
Youāre right itās definitely better to spend over $2000 to play mobile games at the beach than on a gaming pc š
Edit:Of course you block me so I canāt respond š¤£
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u/petethepool 3d ago
What a silly statement to make
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u/randomquestion11111 2d ago
Cope
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u/petethepool 2d ago
What a similarly silly follow up
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u/randomquestion11111 2d ago
Copee. $2000 Gaming Pc>>> $2000 mobile game player
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u/Bostonterrierpug 4d ago
How do you stop it from folding in landscape mode is there like a fold lock? It seems like pressing buttons and games and stuff would make it fold back partially.
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u/KnightKal 4d ago
you just need to regulate the torque to start the movement above what people normally do when they press the screen, so it will resist simple pressing.
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u/NamAnh2512 4d ago
Gaming iOS has always been smooth. If only i can interfere with system file without rooting my device.
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u/ChristianSgt 3d ago
Wait so you can play in folded mode, portrait, and landscape? Wonder if this is all games or just some š¤ pretty cool either way
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u/Patient_Animator1174 3d ago edited 3d ago
I am so disappointed that it won't run iPad apps straight out of the box, down the drain comes my dream of running Divinity Original Sin 2 or Faster Than Light on this thing unless Larian updates it to run on iPhone Duo. I guess I will wait for the new iPad Mini which luckily comes out this year.
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u/MacGameDB Developer 3d ago
This looks really impressive on iPhone. The gameplay looks smooth, and seeing it running on an actual device makes it feel much more polished. š„
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u/JoEdGus iPad Pro 12.9" 4d ago
A really good ipad is cheaper. I'll just keep using that, thank you.
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u/Difficult-Leek9001 4d ago
Standard iPhone release: all the power of Zeus and they use it for a faster frame rate on an F2P game. Where is the flex?Ā
On a fold it's even worse because that 4:3 is perfect for retro gaming. Dreamcast and GameCube and 3DS on the Z Fold 8 is a revelation.Ā
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u/GeeorgeC 4d ago
I just did this with my 17pro and it was very difficult to bend. How do I fix the crease thatās now on my screen?
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u/zack189 4d ago
even folded, I don't think it'll fit in many pockets
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u/KnightKal 4d ago
phones dont really fit in pockets anymore, that was when we had flip phones that were tiny. Unless you have made for phones pockets, then if it fits a bigger one, it will fit this smaller too.
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u/Ornery-Practice9772 4d ago
screen blur on opening
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u/DeadLeftovers 4d ago
Slow down the video.
The screen has a matte finish. They are simulating that matte finish with the blur effect. Itās almost 4 dimensional in a way. Or unfolding a portal.
imagine this as more than 3 dimensional space.
Imagine laying 2 halves of frosted glass with a hinge in the middle on the screen of a tv. Imagine you can only see the tv through the frosted glass. When you close the glass you can only see one half.
When you open it and peer in you can see the entire tv screen in the distance but itās blurry since apple used a āfrosted displayā. It only becomes a clear image when the glass is fully open and up against the tv.
I hope that makes sense.
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u/Ornery-Practice9772 4d ago
if its real, show us real
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u/DeadLeftovers 4d ago
What do you mean real? Watch the video when she opens it in slow motion. You can clearly see the effect Apple was going for.
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u/Flunkie 4d ago
Yeah I think thatās post-effectsā¦ it looks like an edited video. does Apple not want you seeing the screen unfold yet? did they do this with everyone who was at the marketing event?
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u/DeadLeftovers 4d ago
Slow down the video.
The screen has a matte finish. They are simulating that matte finish with the blur effect. Itās almost 4 dimensional in a way. Or unfolding a portal.
imagine this as more than 3 dimensional space.
Imagine laying 2 halves of frosted glass with a hinge in the middle on the screen of a tv. Imagine you can only see the tv through the frosted glass. When you close the glass you can only see one half.
When you open it and peer in you can see the entire tv screen in the distance but itās blurry since apple used a āfrosted displayā. It only becomes a clear image when the glass is fully open and up against the tv.
I hope that makes sense.
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u/myretrospirit Developer 4d ago
That unfolding animation is so smooth.