Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, has received broadly positive reviews, but its lack of Face ID has been a notable annoyance for users accustomed to the feature since the iPhone X. Instead, the device relies on Touch ID, which works accurately but is slower to unlock than expected. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is actively working on bringing under-display Face ID to the inevitable iPhone Duo 2.
Gurman reports that prototypes of the next-gen foldable already feature under-display Face ID on the outer display. This aligns with Apple's broader strategy, as seen in the iPhone 18 Pro models, to shrink hardware like the Dynamic Island and move components beneath the screen. The first-generation Duo already features an under-display camera, but the thinness of its display and the need for uniformity across both screens made adding Face ID to both displays too challenging and expensive for the initial $2,000 device.
Gurman also suggests that the Action Button, introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro, could eventually make its way to the iPhone Duo 2, further enhancing the device's feature set as Apple refines its foldable technology.
Source: Engadget · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing