Are you about to pre-order the Apple iPhone Duo tomorrow? Pre-orders begin on Friday, October 16 at 5 AM PDT/8 AM EDT and the device will be released on October 26.
Specs for the iPhone Duo including the chipset and the amount of memory
The iPhone Duo will be powered by the Apple A20 Pro chipset and will sport 12GB of RAM. According to Geekbench 7 scores, Apple's first foldable iPhone might turn out to be the most powerful book-style foldable offered in the US.
The iPhone Duo generated these scores on Geekbench 7
According to the Geekbench Browser, an iPhone Duo, listed as iPhone 19,4, had a single-core score of 3,986 and a multi-core score of 11,067. If you're wondering what the difference is, single-core scores measure how fast a single processor core handles a light task like web browsing. Multi-core scores measure how well the entire processor handles heavy-duty tasks across all available cores simultaneously, and video editing would be a good example of such a task.
The Galaxy Z Fold 8's Geekbench scores fell short
Let's compare the iPhone Duo's scores with those for the Galaxy Z Fold 8. The latter scored lower than the iPhone Duo, with scores of 3,567 and 9,811 for single-core and multi-core testing, respectively. That foldable device is equipped with the Qualcomm Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset.
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The iPhone Duo's Geekbench 7 scores also blow away the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. This book-style foldable has the Google Tensor 6 processor under the hood and has a single-core score of 2,285 and a multi-core score of 6,434.
Geekbench 7 test results for the iPhone Duo. | Image by Geekbench
Apple is designing great chips that get better every year
Apple's chip design team just gets better every year, and we can credit the A20 Pro for the iPhone Duo's leading Geekbench tallies. If the iPhone Duo does outperform the competition, as seems likely with these benchmark results, it might take some of the sting out of the pricing of the device. The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 compared to $1,899 for the Pixel 11 Pro Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Not surprisingly, the iPhone Duo's Geekbench scores were in line with those for the non-folding iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. All of these phones sport the same chipset and 12GB of RAM.
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The iPhone 18 Pro Max had a single-core score of 4,047 and a multi-core score of 11,648. The iPhone 18 Pro tallied a single-core score of 4,030 and a multi-core score of 11,311.
Not everyone believes that you can use a phone's benchmark score to determine if it is more powerful than a rival model. You might recall that in the past, some manufacturers were caught gaming their phones, prepping them to run faster when they detected that a benchmark app was running. If you do believe that these scores are important, and you've been on the fence about buying an iPhone Duo, the Geekbench scores might help you make your decision.
Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.
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