Video taking off 16x its usual first day

TechLinked looks past the iPhone Duo crease to reported cracks

Riley Murdock's roundup pairs folding-screen concerns with Spotify's household checks, while viewers find another joke in an audio-fix re-upload.

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TechLinked Story of October 25, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 456,806 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (28,326).

Is the iPhone Duo okay?

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0:17Murdock describes mixed iPhone Duo reactions, including screen proportions and hinge durability tests.
1:05The opening segment turns to reports of iPhone Duo displays cracking in similar locations.
2:02Spotify's in-person QR verification aims to restrict Premium Family sharing to members of the same household.

A visible fold is one thing. A cracked display is another, and Riley Murdock makes that distinction early in TechLinked's "Is the iPhone Duo okay?"

The episode opens with screen proportions and hinge durability before turning to reports of displays cracking in roughly the same place. As Murdock puts it: "Still, a crease beats a crack, and there have been increasing cases of the Duo reportedly cracking in roughly the exact same place." This is a news roundup discussing reports and durability tests, rather than TechLinked conducting its own phone test.

The upload drew about 457,000 views in its first day, roughly sixteen times the channel's usual start. It also needed a repair of its own: TechLinked says it re-uploaded the episode to fix audio issues. Viewers turn that into a folding-phone pun about getting a second attempt, with another suggesting a third upload just for the joke.

But the phone isn't the only subject getting attention in the comments. The next segment describes Spotify's in-person QR verification for Premium Family members, intended to enforce its single-household requirement. Viewers pick apart the difference between a family and a household, especially when relatives sharing a plan live at different addresses. One brings the family motto from Lilo & Stitch into the QR-code routine.

The episode also includes a sponsored Micro Center segment. For readers choosing where to start, the phone concerns lead the show; Spotify's definition of family arrives immediately afterward.

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What viewers say

you can say Techlinked got a “Duo-ver” on their upload
@wittheredSee it on YouTube
"Ohana means family, and family means we all scan a QR code from the same account holder's phone."
@macmac6725See it on YouTube
You guys should upload it a third time just for the laughs
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I think it's funny how the corporate definition of "family" is "grouping of humans living at the same GPS coordinates"
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