Apple's $2,000+ iPhone Duo and the backlash against new EU App Store rules | Week in Mobile Games podcast

So we're going to jump into the news.

And Mariam, you were covering the big news of the week.

I have been.

And the big news is that the rumors were true.

Apple has launched its first foldable.

So yesterday, Apple held its Surprise and Shine event, which I'm not a massive fan of the name, but hey-ho.

It was John Ternus' first keynote as CEO.

And from it, I think we can pull about four big updates that us specifically relevant to sort of studios and devs.

So firstly, the rumors are true.

They've released their first foldable, the iPhone Duo.

So it opens up to about 7.6 inches and folds down to about 5.4 for an outer screen.

Now, the obvious thing with that is for games, that means a much bigger play area without actually having to carry a tablet.

Apple said it deliberately went with a wider shape here.

And price wise, it starts at $1,999 and it shipped on October 23rd.

So that was the iPhone Duo.

So that was the sort of most exciting news of it all.

But Apple also launched the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

The big upgrade this year is that they're launching alongside that and within the Duo and Pro Max, the A20 Pro chip.

So the A20 is their first two nanometer processor.

So they say graphics will be about 40% faster than last year.

And it's openly pitching.

I mean, they said it within the sort of keynote that I watched yesterday.

They're pitching these sort of high-end gaming as part of the Pro iPhone.

And with that, they've said that there's a vapor chamber that is three times bigger than last year's, which should help with, of course, longer sessions.

And of course, the dreaded battery life that everyone's always been complaining about with Apple, they've kind of took a big turn on that and they say that's up.