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Apple iPhone Duo vs. Xiaomi 18 Fold: Specs

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Heavyweight Apple iPhone Duo is heavier and thicker than Android foldables, but that isn't going to make too much of a difference in day-to-day use. The plus point is that it has IP68 ingress protection, and a build quality that's different to anything else we've seen on Android. Also, the software is the biggest differentiator, and the little I've seen of this makes me highly interested to use the iPhone Duo.

Make no mistake: the Xiaomi 18 Fold has the best design of any wide foldable, and Xiaomi deserves credit for slotting in a dedicated tele lens into the device. It is a full 35g lighter than the iPhone Duo, but you still somehow get a huge 6,000m Ah battery. The custom Xring 03 silicon is intriguing, and the only issue with the 18 Fold is that it is limited to China, so you don't get the best software — there's no Play Store or other Google services.

What's notable about the internals is that both foldables use custom silicon. The iPhone Duo uses the latest A20 Pro, and the 2nm platform has much better power than last year, and it should deliver meaningful upgrades on the battery side of things. Xiaomi is using the Xring 03 silicon with the 18 Fold, and I'm excited to get my hands so I can test it — it's not often we get a new player that can beat Qualcomm at its own game.