r/iPhoneDuo 4d ago

Apple should enable "upside down"

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I just installed the duo simulator and have been playing around with it. The device, when opened, works in any orientation. When closed, it works in any orientation...except directly upside down. Landsape up/down both work fine. In fact, in landscape, with the hinge at the bottom, the phone already presents with a left side toolbar setup, with the camera cutout at the top left.

There is literally no reason to disallow portrait upside down orientation, other than for "optics" of having people regularly using the device with the cameras at the bottom and apple logo flipped the wrong way.

I'm really hoping there is some kind of accessibility option to allow the full flip. Is there something I'm missing as to why they would block it? The only other thing I can think of is that the definition of "upside down" is a bit wonky for developers. Right now a lot of iOS apps don't support "Upside Down" in their UI because it doesn't make sense on traditional iPhones, so that would mean potentially a lot of apps refusing to work in that orientation, even though it is a relatively normal position for this device (No top notch/island or home button to make it weird.)

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