iFixit’s look inside the iPhone Duo may explain those broken screens and hinges
A 5 out of 10 from iFixit might read as faint praise, but for Apple it's practically a trophy. The company has spent years hovering around 3s and 4s on repairability, so this foldable clearing the halfway mark is a real shift, not a rounding error. The teardown shows the crease is handled by letting the display flex along a defined path rather than fighting it with a rigid fold, which is clever engineering even if it makes the screen a nightmare to replace.
What I'd want to know next is how that hinge ages. A crease that looks good on day one can crack or delaminate after ten thousand folds, and iFixit can't test that on a bench. The repairability score also still reflects Apple's usual habits: glued components, proprietary screws, parts that need software pairing. So 5/10 is progress, but it's progress within a system that still makes you go to Apple for most fixes.
This matters because regulators in Europe and the US are leaning hard on right to repair. Apple has been moving, slowly, and this score is evidence the pressure works. I just wouldn't celebrate yet. A foldable that's merely less hostile to repair is still a foldable you probably shouldn't drop.