Apple says iPhone Duo heat complaints based on ‘one-sided’ single-unit tests

Apple's response reframes a reviewer's heat complaint as a methodological dispute, leaning on the pre-order timing and a claimed adjustment window rather than addressing the thermal reading directly. That matters because the foldable's reception in mainland China will be shaped by early hands-on impressions before official sales begin, and Apple is asking observers to weight its own testing over independent single-unit results. Whether the adjustment-period explanation holds up under broader, multi-unit testing is the open question.