{"id":10,"date":"2026-10-25T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2026-10-25T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T22:53:00","slug":"new-phone-cracked-screen-iphone-duo-owners-report-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"New Phone, Cracked Screen? iPhone Duo Owners Report Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The excitement of unboxing a new phone usually lasts longer than a few hours. For some iPhone Duo buyers, though, it reportedly ended with a cracked display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple\u2019s first foldable phone opens into a larger, tablet-style screen, similar to Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold models. With a $2,000 price tag, it\u2019s a big purchase. Now, some owners are sharing photos of cracks near the folding crease, with bright white lines appearing on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One buyer said his Duo broke after just six hours and fewer than 20 folds. Users online have started calling the issue \u201cCrackgate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some customers have reportedly received replacement phones from Apple. Others who bought through wireless carriers have had a harder time getting a quick exchange. Apple has not publicly explained the cause, and the number of affected devices remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These reports don\u2019t tell us how the Duo will hold up for most buyers. But a screen breaking within hours is enough to take the shine off any new gadget, especially one that costs this much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The excitement of unboxing a new phone usually lasts longer than a few hours. For some iPhone Duo buyers, though, it reportedly ended with a cracked display. Apple\u2019s first foldable phone opens into a larger, tablet-style screen, similar to Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold models. With a $2,000 price tag, it\u2019s a big purchase. Now, some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,7,5,6],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple","tag-apple","tag-crack-gate","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-duo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cutegeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}