{"id":"1793929215608-tech-segment","slug":"iphone-duo-preorder-regret","title":"iPhone Duo preorder regret","summary":"The Anker 737 is a 24,000mAh power bank with 140W max output and a smart digital display; the Anker Prime is a 27,650mAh power bank with up to 250W output and app control.\n\nBlastar is indeed the space shooter Elon Musk created as a child and sold for $500, often reported as written around age 12. This is an engagement-bait hypothetical, not a factual claim.\n\nTesla and SpaceX shares fell Thursday, and Forbes reported Musk suffered the worst losses of any billionaire that day. This is a link share to Yahoo Finance with a sarcastic comment; no separate factual claim to fact-check.\n\nForbes posted that Musk suffered the worst losses of any billionaire Thursday as SpaceX and Tesla shares fell.","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T01:40:15.608Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The Anker 737 is a 24,000mAh power bank with 140W max output and a smart digital display; the Anker Prime is a 27,650mAh power bank with up to 250W output and app control.\nSource: Anker NAMES: Anker = consumer electronics brand known for charging and power products. (https://x.com/samsino_/status/2117275857311973704)\n\nTRUE: Blastar is indeed the space shooter Elon Musk created as a child and sold for $500, often reported as written around age 12. This is an engagement-bait hypothetical, not a factual claim.\nSource: Biography.com NAMES: Blastar = 1984 video game written by Elon Musk; Vision Pro = Apple's mixed-reality headset. POST 2117460522379735332: NOCLAIM N/A NAMES: Ap (https://x.com/RDWareEsqu1re/status/2117206185967559088)\n\nTRUE: Tesla and SpaceX shares fell Thursday, and Forbes reported Musk suffered the worst losses of any billionaire that day. This is a link share to Yahoo Finance with a sarcastic comment; no separate factual claim to fact-check.\nSource: Forbes NAMES: Tesla = Elon Musk's electric vehicle company; SpaceX = Musk's rocket and spacecraft company; Wall Street = US financial markets. POST bsky:at://di (https://bsky.app/profile/kackbro.bsky.social/post/3mzksj3k3ds2w)\n\nTRUE: Forbes posted that Musk suffered the worst losses of any billionaire Thursday as SpaceX and Tesla shares fell.\nSource: Forbes NAMES: Forbes = business news publication. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"Justin Duke on X says he cancelled his preorder for Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, and asked, “Did I cook myself?”"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If he got out before the defect reports piled up, he cooked fine."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The man sold his Apple Vision Pro and says he got all his money back. He's not cautious, he's an exit liquidity genius."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"His post says he's not in a rush anymore. PhoneArena reports some buyers are canceling after early quality issues."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Early quality issues, sure. Crease complaints, a few bad units. Every first-gen foldable has that."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"No, wait— this is Apple. If the hinge fails in week one, that's a real product problem."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's a new form factor. The tolerances are brutal. You don't catch every pocket sand grain in the lab."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Oh, come on. They've watched Samsung battle this for years. Cybernews says users are second-guessing preorders after another issue cropped up."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Hold on— he also dumped his Vision Pro. That tells me he knows when to exit."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly. He's not early-adopting for the sake of it anymore. That's rational."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But if you never early adopt, you miss the good stuff. You wait until it's safe, and then it's boring."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The Vision Pro wasn't boring, and he still sold it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Because it had no killer app. The iPhone Duo has a reason: a real foldable in your pocket."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A real foldable with real returns, apparently. That's not a killer app, that's a killer return window."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's exactly why you wait, which is what Justin did. So why are we acting like it's a scandal?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because a foldable iPhone that ships with defects makes the whole category look fragile. That hurts everyone."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Or it's the price of progress. Do you want Apple to wait another five years?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I want them to ship a phone that doesn't get returned in the first month. That's not radical."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But if everyone refunded at the first bad unit, we'd never get new hardware."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And that someone is you, apparently. You'd keep a cracked hinge and call it patina."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'd put tape on it and call it a repair story."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Right. But for now, by his account, Justin's money is safe."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fair. But the foldable future is coming, with or without him."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The foldable future can come after the warranty terms improve."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You're not wrong. But you're also no fun."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm the one holding the warranty card."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Different world entirely: Roger Douglas Ware posted on X that Apple's eye tracking should revive Blastar."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Blastar, the 1984 space shooter Elon Musk wrote at age twelve and sold for five hundred dollars."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"He thinks a gaze-aimed version on the Vision Pro would actually work."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It would. Eye tracking is already built in. Look to aim, maybe blink to shoot. Perfect demo."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Stare at aliens for an hour? That's a migraine with a scoreboard."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You don't play it for an hour. It's a five-minute retro throwback. And it proves the input method."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It proves a 1984 game can be ported. Groundbreaking."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No, it proves gaze control can work for games. Accessibility folks have said this for years."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So now it's an accessibility breakthrough, not a nostalgia project."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's both. Old game, new input. That's exactly the sweet spot."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fine, it's a neat weekend project. But I'm not buying a Vision Pro to play Blastar."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Nobody buys a Vision Pro just for Blastar. But if it's already on there, you'd try it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But you'd buy a Vision Pro to play a 1984 game with your eyes?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"No, but I'd demo it. And I'd admit the input tech is cool."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Cool for five minutes. Then the headset goes back on the shelf."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's all I'm asking. Not a purchase, just a proof of concept."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fine. Retro Blastar as an eye-tracking demo. I'd watch that video."},{"host":"Chris","text":"See? Progress."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Progress would be a foldable iPhone with no returns."}]}