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The fold crease was never fixed, and the iPhone Duo just proved it
Apple spent seven years trying to solve what Samsung couldn't fix. Owners started posting cracked screens within 48 hours of the iPhone Duo's launch.
iPhones in India still have exactly one app store
Europe, Japan and Brazil can use other app stores on an iPhone. India can't, and the one open case against Apple here is about payments, not stores.
A cracked iPhone 18 Pro screen costs 22% of the phone
Apple charges ₹36,900 to replace an iPhone 18 Pro screen, 22% of the phone. Samsung's part for the S26 Ultra is ₹14,760. Apple sells the plan too.
iCloud's free tier is still 5GB, and the iPhone it backs up is 16 times bigger
iCloud has offered 5GB free since 2011. The base iPhone went from 16GB to 256GB. In India, the fix costs ₹75 a month.
Apple Pay is coming to India after twelve years, and only for Axis Bank credit cards
Apple Pay reportedly reaches India in October on Axis Bank credit cards only. No UPI, no RuPay, and the fee fight behind the delay isn't settled.
Is the iPhone 18 Pro's camera worth the upgrade?
The iPhone 18 Pro changes one camera lens. Here is what that means if you have a 17 Pro or a 16 Pro.
The iPhone Duo's India price gap isn't about GST
The iPhone Duo costs ₹1.09 lakh more in India than a dollar conversion suggests. The usual India-tax story doesn't explain that gap. This does.