Apple’s New Foldable iPhone Puts Its Israeli Engineering Footprint Back in Focus
$龙虾 $LAB $ZEC I’m looking at Apple’s newly unveiled foldable iPhone Duo and the engineering story behind it. The device opens into a 7.6-inch inner display with a 5.4-inch outer screen, uses the A20 Pro chip, starts at $1,999 for 256GB, and is expected to begin shipping on Oct. 23. What caught my attention is Apple’s long-standing R&D presence in Israel. The company operates development centers in Herzliya, Haifa and Jerusalem, with local teams reportedly working across areas including chips, cameras, sensing and storage. Apple’s Israeli footprint grew through several acquisitions. In 2011–2012, Apple acquired flash-memory company Anobit. In 2013, it acquired PrimeSense, known for 3D-sensing technology. Later acquisitions included LinX Computational Imaging in 2015 and RealFace in 2017, along with other Israeli technology companies. Apple hardware chief Johny Srouji, who was born in Haifa, has previously described Apple’s Israeli teams as important to its hardware development. Former Apple Israel R&D leader Rony Friedman also said, “It’s hard to find an Apple product that doesn’t have some kind of touch from Apple employees in Israel.” The important point is that Apple has not publicly stated that the new iPhone Duo itself was developed by its Israeli teams. Instead, the public record shows that Apple has maintained a significant Israeli engineering operation for more than a decade, particularly around semiconductors, imaging, sensing and memory. For me, the bigger takeaway is simple: the technology inside a modern iPhone is the result of engineering teams working across multiple locations. The Israeli contribution is one part of that much larger Apple development network, rather than something that should be presented as the sole source of any specific iPhone feature. #Apple #iPhone #Technology #INNOVATION #CryptoNews