"Apple built it wrong": JerryRigEverything's Duo teardown finds a "pixel pincher"
Under the hinge shields of Apple's folding phone, Zack Nelson finds sand and a part he says presses into the screen from behind.
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iPhone Duo Teardown – APPLE SHOULD APOLOGIZE
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- 0:00Nelson shows damaged iPhone Duo screens and the reports of green lines appearing on their own.
- 2:05The folding display comes off, and heavy dust is already sitting inside the hinge.
- 4:12The screen's layers come apart: support mesh, ultra-thin glass and the flexible AMOLED panel.
- 5:25He names the hinge part he blames for puncturing the display: the "pixel pincher 9000."
- 9:02A 9V battery releases the adhesive holding the dual-cell battery packs.
- 12:43Under the hinge shields he finds sand and debris, and questions the advertised dust rating.
Now for the autopsy. Two days after "iPhone Duo Durability: Destroyed" became one of his most watched uploads of the year, Zack Nelson has taken Apple's first folding iPhone apart to find out why its screens are failing.
He opens with damaged displays and the reports of green lines appearing on their own. The video's description goes further, saying Apple has confirmed that some Duos crack in the same spot because of a hinge defect. Nelson's job is to show where that spot is. More than a million people have watched him do it, in only about five hours online.
Getting there takes razor tools, isopropyl alcohol and no thought of putting the phone back together. Once the flexible display comes off, dust is already packed around the hinge. Peeling the screen apart shows how little stands between a fingertip and the electronics: a support mesh, ultra-thin glass and the AMOLED panel itself.
The culprit, by his diagnosis, is a central hinge component he christens "the pixel pincher 9000." Later, with the hinge's protective shields off, he finds sand and debris underneath, and says the dust resistance Apple advertises is "a bit misleading." His verdict for owners worried they are using the phone wrongly: "No, you're not folding it wrong, Apple built it wrong."
There is quieter engineering in between. Nelson frees the dual-cell battery with nothing more than a 9V battery, which releases the adhesive electrically instead of needing the usual prying. The final minutes show a working Duo in a dbrand Grip Case, the case the description promotes.
In the comments, viewers keep coming back to the sand and the dust rating. Several have the same pun ready for a second-generation model: the iPhone "Duover."
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i work at a music venue as a front of house engineer. i'm currently using my phone to play house music before mixing the band. i saw the notification for this video and hit play without even thinking about it and played the first 2 seconds of the video over the sound system for everyone to hear 💀
@itstursi-fu2tqSee it on YouTubeHow nice of Jerryrig to give Apple a convenient list of what to improve next time around
@st4rtr4inSee it on YouTubeIcrack is diabolical 😂
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Todays quote “no you are not folding it wrong, apple built it wrong” 15:25
@johnyi0xSee it on YouTubeThe second-generation version should be called the iPhone Duover.
@roseoselinSee it on YouTubeIt still amazes me how thin these screens are. Like paper, but displaying a high definition image crisp and sharp. It's almost like magic.
@KleaversSee it on YouTubeAt this point, Apple should just send Jerry their new products before releasing and checking what breaks... ie EVERYTHING
@FoxphorousRonSee it on YouTubeIf the iPhone Duo Durability Test was the most anticipated Duo video, then this is the second most anticipated video on the Duo.
@JlipperSee it on YouTubeTheir AirPod case hinge is honestly more impressive than the duos!
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- JerryRigEverything
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- 10,200,000 ▲ 100,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 23,981,404
- Channel views, pace per day
- 5,110,156 (on a normal day: 2,182,061)
- Video published
- October 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,413,206 (less than a day online)
The numbers
The teardown went past a million views within hours, and its likes already outnumber the channel's usual full first day by more than two to one.
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