The Vergecast · September 11, 2026 · 1h 17m

We unfolded the iPhone Duo

Allison Johnson, CJ Trowbridge, David Imel, Jake Kastrenakes, Nilay Patel, Vee Song

The Vergecast team returns from Apple's California event with hands-on impressions of the folding iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro's variable-aperture camera, and the new Apple Watch Series 12. Nilay Patel and David Imel talk local LLMs with AI researcher CJ Trowbridge. The show closes with a thunder round of non-Apple news covering OpenAI's disputed mathematical achievement, a price hike for the Trump phone, and Sony's revival of the XM4 headphones.

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iPhone Duo: Apple Enters Folding Phones

The Vergecast team shares first hands-on impressions of the foldable iPhone Duo, Apple's most anticipated new form factor in years.

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Live Rewind: Always-On AI Transcription on Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Series 12 introduces Live Rewind, an AI feature that provides a text transcript of the previous 15 seconds in the wearer's environment.

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