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iPhone Duo Gets Reachability in iOS 27.3 Beta

With today's iOS 27.3 beta, Apple expanded Reachability to the iPhone Duo. Reachability lets ‌iPhone Duo‌ users shift the content on the left or right side of the outer screen to make it easier to reach with a thumb.

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Reachability can be turned on or off by going to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Reachability. It is on by default after updating to the new software.

When the ‌iPhone Duo‌ is closed, a short swipe left on the left edge or a short swipe right on the right edge will shift the outer display's content left or right.

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Top Rated Comments

1 week ago
Finally, a solution for a problem Apple has created. Reachability for the smallest iPhone screen you can buy.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tomtad Avatar
1 week ago
I'm not sure this is what left handers meant when they said they wanted an option to move buttons to the left side
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Atreyu25 Avatar
1 week ago

This phone literally exists to sucker people who care too much about their social image. It's like the ultimate prank against the insecure. There is no functional, logical advantage to having a device this compromised.
Psst…

Let people enjoy things. Smh.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
1 week ago

This phone literally exists to sucker people who care too much about their social image. It's like the ultimate prank against the insecure. There is no functional, logical advantage to having a device this compromised.
... for me”

I fixed that for you. Words have meaning and you used bunch of them wrong. The first two sentences are just ridiculous, but they are opinions — and you are allowed to have wrong opinions if you want — makes for healthy debate. However, "no function”? The function is unfolding a larger screen — you buy in or you don’t, but not seeing it as a positive function is naive, as screens getting larger is one of the few hallmarks of the slab phone’s evolution over the decades. Literally every statistic disagrees with you. "Logical advantage” is really clear — the previous function of a pocketable screen unfolding into a larger, consumption-focused screen. If you can’t understand the advantage of using a larger screen you always have on you, then what are we even talking about here.

Compromised? What device isn’t compromised to better target a market it wanted access to? The pro is just as compromised, but in different ways. There is no full frame sensor — it could have, but they chose to keep a slimmer profile (where have I heard that before). If it was thicker it could have had a bigger battery and more room for a deeper physical focal length. Still no Manual ISO slider, a really narrow aperture that introduces artifacts, the ultra-wide lens doesn’t have any of the perceived aperture benefits the main sensor gets, and no true telephoto macro. This is only on the camera, it’s star feature.

Every single one of these is a compromise someone with real interest in photography has to choose to make in order to carry a phone as a main camera rather than an actual camera, or any other capture device. The Duo doesn’t pretend to be a utility beast — it’s expensive because of it’s engineering — not because it’s trying to be anything and everything you may need to personally justify it’s cost.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Radeon85 Avatar
1 week ago
That looks like crap.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Reeneman Avatar
1 week ago
Oh nice even less used screen on the even smaller Duo screen. Apple take my money :D
A little joke included.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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