iPhone Duo is Missing These 10 iPhone 18 Pro Features

Sunday September 27, 2026 5:02 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol

While the iPhone Duo is the first foldable iPhone ever and has some unique features like Duo FaceTime and forthcoming Apple Pencil support, the device lacks some other features available on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.

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Below, we have listed 10 features that are missing on the iPhone Duo:

A dedicated Telephoto camera with up to 8× optical zoom. Instead, the iPhone Duo's main 48-megapixel Fusion camera has "optical-quality" 2× zoom.
Variable aperture for the main 48-megapixel Fusion camera, which provides greater control over depth of field in photos and videos.
A higher-resolution 18-megapixel Center Stage front camera. On the iPhone Duo, this camera is 12 megapixels.
Action button.
Face ID. Instead, the iPhone Duo has a Touch ID button.
LiDAR Scanner, which measures depth for augmented reality purposes.
Other camera features: Pro controls in the Camera app, ProRAW, ProRes RAW, spatial photos and videos, and more.

iPhone Duo pre-orders begin Friday, October 16 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, and the device will be released on Friday, October 23.

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Top Rated Comments

operand

5 weeks ago

In other news, the Ford Taurus is missing these Ford F-350 features:

• An 8' truck bed.
• Huge towing capacity.
• Dual rear wheels.
• Optional secondary fuel tank.
• A fifth-wheel trailer attachment.

Score: 73 Votes (Like | Disagree)

TheLisnakFactor

5 weeks ago

So no LIDAR, no FaceID and a different camera.

In other news, the iPhone 18 Pro is missing a second bigger screen and the ability to run two apps side by side.

Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)

mCahill389

5 weeks ago

In 2 years we will probably get the iPhone Duo Pro. They’ll keep the Duo as the base foldable and the Duo Pro that will be $2299-$2399 with all of the pro features missing from the base duo. They’ll probably make it a bit bigger and say the increased size allowed them to add the extra camera and everything else missing from the Duo.

Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)

tobybrut

5 weeks ago

The only thing I was missing when I got my iPhone Air over my prior iPhone 15 Pro Max was the ability to take macro photography pictures since I take a lot of close ups. The Duo has an ultrawide lens, which is what Apple uses to take those types of photos. There was no mention of that feature, so I wonder if that exists on the Duo?

EDIT: I should have done a web search before typing this. It does have macro photography up to 2cm closeness.

Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)