Apple has built iPhone Duo 2 prototypes with Face ID, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Engineers are still working to integrate facial recognition into the foldable’s outer display, and the feature may miss the model planned for fall 2027. Source
Apple needs to finalize the phone’s hardware features around mid-November 2026 to meet that planned release window, Gurman writes in his November 15 Power On newsletter. Face ID is the top priority, but he calls its inclusion in the final consumer version “a toss-up.” First place on the wish list apparently doesn’t guarantee a seat on the shipping truck. Source
Face ID could instead arrive in the following model, Gurman says. His report doesn’t specify whether the inner display would get Face ID too. Source
A wish list, not a launch-day checklist
Face ID and an Action button are Apple’s two priorities for the next Duo, according to Gurman. A telephoto camera and a thinner, lighter design are goals for the next couple of generations. Source
Gurman says feedback from the original Duo shouldn’t be expected to produce hardware changes until Duo 3: the successor needs to be finalized too soon to incorporate buyer survey results. Duo 2 will instead reflect priorities set before the first model was announced. The hardware suggestion box, it seems, runs a generation behind. Source
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