Apple unveils iPhone that folds in half, if that's what you want

Among the new bells and whistles on the iPhone Duo, beyond the ability to put a frankfurter in its folded crevasse because you know someone is thinking about doing it, is the ability to conduct your usual iPhone business while the phone remains folded. You can text, receive calls, take photos (the outer display functions as a preview screen when you enable your Camera app), and parse your ceaseless barrage of phone notifications with nary a crack of the Duo. But once cracked, the 7.6-inch continuous screen lets you run two apps at once in split-screen mode. The foldable phone can also fold partway to stare up at you like the pets and/or children you’re supposed to be feeding right now, or like the much cheaper alarm clock you could be using instead. And if you’re a single-image user (and nobody’d blame you if you were), you can use the extra-large screen to watch movies or, as Apple demonstrates in the video below, play some dang video games using your thumbs on the touch screen. Plus, you’ll soon be able to run your Apple Pencil all over the iPhone Duo’s folds, and won’t that be fun?

While the iPhone Duo starts at $1,999, the most expensive model comes to $3,199, or nearly $200 more than a 16-inch MacBook Pro. If you’re wondering how in the heck you’re supposed to afford all this, especially in light of Apple’s newest and most exorbitant prices, don’t worry: Apple recently launched a monthly leasing agreement. 

You can see the iPhone Duo’s capabilities in the video below.