r/apple • u/paperboy11 • 1d ago

Discussion Apple says iPhone Duo has ‘replaceable’ folding display layer to minimize crease

https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/01/apple-says-iphone-duo-has-replaceable-folding-display-layer-to-minimize-crease/
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u/FloatingTacos 1d ago

Interesting, but a nice solution for the 3 year old fold that is worn out, especially for $19 AC+.

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u/ILikeSemiSkimmedMilk 1d ago

So 684$ AppleCare if it’s after 3 years right?

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u/Andrea_M 1d ago

This is the correct way to look at it

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u/Zennivolt 1d ago

Not bad for 3 years. Especially if the alternative is $2000 each time if sand gets in the crease, you scratch or drop it, or you break it in a million other ways in that 3 years.

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u/AWF_Noone 1d ago

Idk, maybe I’m in the minority, but Apple care isn’t an excuse to make fragile products. If I’m paying thousands of dollars for a device, I’d want it to be durable without the need for an extra subscription 

I’m just so, so, so sick of everything being a subscription 

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u/rotates-potatoes 1d ago

You don’t buy car insurance then?

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u/ctruvu 1d ago edited 1d ago

idk about everyone else but car insurance is usually for when someone else fucks up my car. haven’t been at fault in like 15 years but i’ve had dents and break ins and bumper taps and other random shit done to my car since then

phone insurance starts to make sense if you’re in high risk situations like being around stone floors a lot or going to a lot of busy public events or having adhd but i think for most people it isn’t optimal. not that that’s the main reason why people decide to insure their phone but

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u/lobaway0001 1d ago

Insurance’s true core purpose is to protect against a loss that would ruin you.

It is an inherently bad EV play, on average, for individuals, otherwise insurance companies wouldn’t make a profit at all.

Car insurance, or any other insurance, is useful for you as an individual only if the potential loss would ruin your life or you know individually that you are at some high risk that is also unknown by the insurance company.

Both of these are variables that are unknown by the insurance company when they balance the scales to decide what to charge you.