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IrelandUnbox Therapy singles out the iPhone Duo's matte screen
Lew's first impressions mix a blunt selfie-camera complaint with a folding-phone feature he considers Apple's real achievement.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 628,154 views a day, 6.8 times a normal first day on this channel (92,529).
Apple iPhone Duo Unboxing and First Impressions
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- 2:04Both boxes contain a phone and braided cable; Lew praises Apple's pull-tab packaging.
- 4:02Lew highlights the matte, anti-glare finish on both the outer and inner displays.
- 5:27A Samsung comparison shows the Duo's passport-style proportions and concealed hinge design.
- 12:54The under-display selfie camera looks blurry; Lew prefers using the main cameras with the cover screen.
- 20:00Lew names the interior matte coating as the standout achievement, then questions whether the price is justified.
Lewis Hilsenteger brings an Apple shopping bag to the desk and pulls out two iPhone Duos, one dark, one light. Before the folding starts, there's a familiar Unbox Therapy pleasure: taking the packaging apart. "They're still untouchable on the unboxing front. Everything always goes according to plan," he says.
"Apple iPhone Duo Unboxing and First Impressions" reached about 420,000 views in twelve hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video.
The review's most telling contrast comes between the screen and the camera hidden beneath it. Lew highlights the matte, anti-glare finish on both displays, compares the passport-shaped phone with Samsung's folder, and tries typing and split-screen multitasking. But the under-display selfie camera gets a much shorter assessment: "This camera's horrible." Using the main cameras with the cover screen offers an alternative he prefers.
By his closing thoughts, the interior matte coating is the feature he singles out as the device's achievement. The high price remains a sticking point, and he asks whether the phone has done enough to justify it. The episode is sponsored by Ridge and also includes a Latercase promotional segment.
In the comments, memories of watching Lew years ago sit beside a joke about seeing him fold iPhones again. There's a specific history behind that callback: his 2014 "iPhone 6 Plus Bend Test" remains Unbox Therapy's most-watched regular upload.
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Nice to see Lew folding iPhones again
@2doord743See it on YouTubeNostalgia smh. Remember watching unbox therapy regularly back in the days 😢
@jimhalpert0See it on YouTubeIf they made a phone like the outer screen, shorter but a tad wider like the size of a passport with out the folding stuff would be pretty cool.
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Been waiting on your video!!!
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- Channel
- Unbox Therapy
- Subscribers
- 25,600,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,865,470
- Channel views, pace per day
- 96,341 (on a normal day: 485,904)
- Video published
- October 24, 2026
- Video views so far
- 421,500 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 628,154
The numbers
The Duo unboxing passed the channel's usual first-day audience within its first twelve hours. Its projected first-day total points to an unusually fast start.
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Which iPhone featured in Unbox Therapy's famous 2014 bend test?
The channel's 2014 upload is titled "iPhone 6 Plus Bend Test."