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The iPhone Duo’s Unfolding Animation Is Giving Z Fold 8 Owners FOMO, but Not Me - CNET

Publisher description: Commentary: While there are ways to recreate some of the iPhone Duo’s style on an Android device, it feels a little desperate to me.

NewsAPI | Oct 10, 2026 | Abrar Al-Heeti

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The primary phone people have used to recreate the iPhone Duo’s cascading transition effect is Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, which debuted in July with a passport-size foldable design ahead of Apple’s release. The iPhone Duo shares many attributes with the Z Fold 8, including a palm-size design, 7. 6-inch inner display and dual rear cameras. So maybe the Galaxy Z Fold 9 — or whatever Samsung decides to call the follow-up to the Z Fold 8 — will have its own nifty opening animation.

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