10.09.2026 21:18 Uhr, Quelle: Macrumors

RIP, iPhone Ultra

For many months, tech blogs like ours used the name iPhone Ultra to refer to Apple's rumored foldable iPhone, but the device ended up being named iPhone Duo. The name iPhone Duo was not a complete surprise. Daring Fireball's John Gruber accurately guessed that the device would be named iPhone Duo all the way back in April, and the name made the rounds again on social media last week. iPhone Ultra became the more common name in rumor coverage after Bloomberg's Mark Gurman floated it as a potentially fitting name for the device back in March, and he later reported that many Apple employees referred to the device as the iPhone Ultra. Plus, former Macworld reporter Filipe Espósito cited a source familiar with Apple's plans who said the foldable iPhone would be named iPhone Ultra. Evidently, that source was wrong. To his credit, Gurman ended up confirming the iPhone Duo name in a last-minute report published shortly before Apple announced the device. Apple avoiding the name iPhone Ultra makes sense,

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