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YouTuber teardown points to iPhone Duo hinge link in screen cracks
The Verge reported that YouTuber CuriousHagi reproduced iPhone Duo screen cracks in testing and, after taking the phone apart, blamed a thinner mid-hinge link that snapped at a notch.
- New headline Was: “A YouTuber dissected an iPhone Duo and thinks he found the cause of crackgate”
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A YouTuber who reproduced screen cracks on Apple's foldable iPhone Duo and then took the device apart says a thinner link in the hinge appears to be the weak point, The Verge reported on Sunday1.
The Verge said social media and the iPhone Duo subreddit include reports of the phone failing quickly, in some cases after only a few hours, when the hinge seems to catch, then audibly cracks and breaks the screen1. The outlet said the cracks appear to happen in the same place1.
YouTuber CuriousHagi reproduced a cracked screen during durability testing, then disassembled the phone to look for a cause, according to The Verge1. The report described the Duo hinge as complex, with a gear-like central hinge and two types of linking hinges1.
The piece that broke was one of the links in the middle of the phone that is thinner than the links above or below it, and it snapped at a small notch where it would be weakest, The Verge said, summarizing the teardown1. CuriousHagi also found marks where the hinge met a support plate, indicating where it may have gotten caught, the outlet reported1.
The Verge framed the teardown against a pattern of early owner complaints rather than a company recall or official defect notice1. Whether every reported crack matches the same broken link was not shown beyond the YouTuber's unit and the similar crack locations described in those posts1.
Apple's response was not included in The Verge account, and the teardown is one independent inspection rather than a manufacturer or lab finding1. How common the failures are, and whether a software, hardware or handling factor is involved, was not established in the report1.
