Apple’s first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, has had multiple screen-failure
reports on social platforms in its opening week; faults are suspected to be
linked to the hinge. A Foxconn employee said the failures are broadly consistent
with a hinge-related issue and that, amid tight capacity, Apple had previously
relax some yield quality-control thresholds to maintain supply—raising the
likelihood defective screens could reach the market. Foxconn has urgently
replaced a batch of materials on the iPhone Duo production line; production
remains unaffected and stocking plans are unchanged. A channel source said
iPhone Duo inventory for the year is being prepared at about 7.5 mln units.
