iPhone Duo is more proof that Microsoft’s brilliant ideas make great Apple products

For years, Microsoft has rolled out brilliant ideas and failed to execute. The Surface Duo (2020) was a good-looking but flawed foldable phone. Apple used a similar idea to release what looks like a great product. For almost as long as I can remember, Microsoft has been chasing the dream of a foldable computing device. Back in 2009 — nearly two decades ago! — the device was the ill-fated Courier project, with a pair of 7-inch tablets hinged together to replace the day planner that every successful MBA used before smartphones made those bulky paper products obsolete.…