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Apple releases iPhone Duo simulator and Xcode 27.1 beta

39 points CameronBanga 1 hour ago 9 comments

CameronBanga 1 hour ago | parent

Now available for testing apps on the iPhone Duo!

Here are some screenshots from getting my own app compiled, if anyone is interested:

https://bsky.app/profile/cameronbanga.com/post/3mvsrxk5q7b2j

https://bsky.app/profile/cameronbanga.com/post/3mvss5wmxej2l

khoury 13 minutes ago | parent

I'm just gonna ignore this thing and continue as if it never existed. Worked with Vision Pro that no body uses and will work with this.

yieldcrv 10 minutes ago | parent

taking the Apple strategy with the Apple ecosystem, genius

devin 9 minutes ago | parent

I'm not fangirling over it, but comparing it to Vision Pro is ridiculous.

Razengan 5 minutes ago | parent

I had the 1st-gen Vision Pro, and then sold it.

I really wanted to use it as my primary computing display, but as is almost always the case with Apple, the amazing hardware was hamstrung by the crippled OS.

Even just being able to use it as a generic display i.e. with a Nintendo Switch would have been amazing.

whatever1 4 minutes ago | parent

It is indeed a niche product. Its price reflects the sales expectations of Apple.

But its form factor has been validated for almost a decade now from other manufacturers. So iPhone Duo will do fine. It will not surpass a slab iPhone but fine.

Vision Pro was a completely new beast, the hardware was not there, the market was not there.

dozerly 2 minutes ago | parent

The price, hardware, and market was not there for the Vision Pro. There was no reason to buy a VR headset that couldn’t play games.