iPhone Duo, John Ternus, and the Crowd's Unfiltered Reactions

On the hottest day of the year in Cupertino, Ellis and Andrew hosted the second edition of "Waveform Man on the Street" live from outside Apple's iPhone event — while Marques and David were inside the campus getting hands-on. The hosts pulled random attendees to get raw, unedited takes on Apple's biggest announcements: the iPhone Duo folding phone, John Ternus's debut as the new face of Apple events, and the rest of the lineup. What emerged was a surprisingly consistent picture of excitement, skepticism, and one clear pattern: almost nobody planned to buy the Duo.

The Duo: Impressive Hardware, Uncertain Audience

The iPhone Duo was the star of the show, and nearly every guest had something to say about it. The device's most striking feature is its squat, passport-like form factor — a 5.4-inch outer display that opens to a square-ish inner screen with a 1:1.4 aspect ratio. Multiple attendees who got hands-on time confirmed that the crease is nearly invisible. Adrian Santos from Tech Santos said it's "95% you can't feel it, visually no crease at all." Drew Mohan, covering for the Economic Times, also reported no visible crease after 20 minutes with the device.