🗞️ Story file #1005
Apple addresses cracked screens on new foldable iPhone Duo
Oct 27, 6 AM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET
- 11outlets carried it
- 🫏7 · 3 · 1🐘left · center · right
- 24 hourson the front pages
- 10front pages at once, at its peak
- 22people retold it online
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- Oct 27, 6 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Independent
- Oct 27, 8 AM ETretold online by 22 people
- Oct 27, 6 PM ETpeak: on 10 front pages
📰 Spread
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💬 quoted: “crackgate” 2 “Crackgate” 2
✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- BBC (2 wordings): “Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo handsets with screen problems” → “Apple to replace iPhone Duos affected by screen problem”
- CNBC (2 wordings): “Apple responds to user reports of broken iPhone Duo screens” → “Apple responds to user reports of broken iPhone Duo screens on new foldable phone”
Every outlet's first headline (11), left to right by AllSides rating
The Daily Beast
Apple’s New $2,000 iPhone Keeps Cracking Oct 27, 3 PM ET
The Guardian
iPhone Duo owners report cracks in Apple’s first foldable handset Oct 26, 4 PM ET
Business Insider
Apple's iPhone Duo is getting roasted over screen cracks Oct 27, 6 PM ET
CNBC
Apple responds to user reports of broken iPhone Duo screens Oct 26, 3 PM ET
Los Angeles Times
Apple’s new foldable iPhone is cracking after hours or days of use Oct 27, 3 PM ET
NBC News
Some users report screen cracks on Apple’s new $2,000, foldable iPhone Oct 28, 6 AM ET
The Independent
iPhone Duo hit by ‘crackgate’ as huge issue emerges with new $2,000 Apple phone Oct 27, 6 AM ET
BBC
Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo handsets with screen problems Oct 26, 10 PM ET- Financial Times Apple hit by ‘Crackgate’ outcry over iPhone Duo screen problems Oct 27, 3 PM ET
Reuters
Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo units showing screen problems Oct 26, 7 PM ET
New York Post
Apple addresses reports of cracked screens on $2K iPhone Duo just days after frenzied launch Oct 26, 6 PM ET
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🧶 Retold online
- Apple has acknowledged that the new iPhone Duo is experiencing inner display cracking issues and is offering replacements through AppleCare. Oct 27: told by 22 people
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🗣️ names in it: Apple IPhone Duo
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