Apple's iPhone Duo is getting roasted over screen cracks
THE SO WHAT
The iPhone Duo memes about T-shaped screen cracks show how fast social sentiment can crystallize around a perceived hardware flaw at premium price points. Hardware and device-adjacent software teams should treat durability and failure modes as part of the marketing surface—early QA misses now compound into brand narratives in days, not quarters.
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