{"id":23407,"date":"2026-09-10T22:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/?p=23407"},"modified":"2026-09-10T22:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:28:31","slug":"iphone-duos-opening-and-closing-animation-has-the-internet-going-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/10\/iphone-duos-opening-and-closing-animation-has-the-internet-going-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Duo\u2019s Opening and Closing Animation Has The Internet Going Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s something wonderfully dramatic about the way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/apple-just-made-the-iphone-foldable-meet-iphone-duo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone Duo<\/a> opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">You start with what looks and feels like an iPhone, begin unfolding it, and then \u2014 almost out of nowhere \u2014 <strong>boom<\/strong>. Tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not kidding. Look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0916-964x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0916-964x1024.jpeg 964w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0916-283x300.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0916-768x815.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0916.jpeg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">It genuinely looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanjamshidi\/status\/2098101505026871762?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the iPhone is <em>giving birth to a tablet.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">The transition is ridiculously smooth, with the interface moving and adapting as the two halves come together or pull apart. It doesn\u2019t feel like you\u2019re simply opening a bigger screen; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/avstorm\/status\/2097801612064334203?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it feels like the device is <strong>actively transforming in front of you.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iPhone Duo Craziest Animation Transition\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FB3E8NXocyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">And I love that Apple has made the closing animation just as satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">Fold Duo back up and that big, tablet-sized workspace disappears, bringing everything neatly back into the compact iPhone experience. No fuss, no awkward jump between layouts \u2014 <strong>it just folds away.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">That could ultimately end up being one of those tiny details that makes Duo feel <em>special<\/em> in everyday use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">Open it: iPhone becomes tablet.<br \/>Close it: tablet becomes iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Okay, I\u2019m just going to come out and say it<\/strong>: I could watch it do <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/FB3E8NXocyM?is=wiC6yOBKX_7MCleL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this<\/a> all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something wonderfully dramatic about the way iPhone Duo opens. You start with what looks and feels like an iPhone, begin unfolding it, and then \u2014 almost out of nowhere \u2014 boom. Tablet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2786,174,800,16],"tags":[2365,4,3663,9,3662,3581,3659,3658,1421,3661,3660,805],"class_list":["post-23407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-blog","category-blog","category-featured","category-iphone","tag-animation","tag-apple","tag-closing-animation","tag-design","tag-device-transformation","tag-iphone-duo","tag-mkbhd","tag-opening-animation","tag-preview","tag-smooth-interface","tag-tablet-transition","tag-ui"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23412,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407\/revisions\/23412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}