A day after Ternus priced the Duo at $1,999, Tom's Guide called the crease work nailed and Macworld filed the limits that remain. [1] [2] Wednesday this paper printed the sticker. Thursday the product meets reviewers and a tape that did not wow.

Tom's Guide's Mark Spoonauer wrote that Apple nailed it and put everyone else on notice. [1] Macworld wrote that after the excitement wears off, Duo's limitations remain. [2] Price, weight, Touch ID, and October shelves are still the constraints. A hands-on is not a teardown. A slip is not a failed launch.

Reuters asked who a $1,999 foldable is for. [3] That is a demand question, not a ship-today notice. October remains the shelf month. Friday is not this review day. Print both the praise and the limits. Do not merge them into a verdict.

Print nailed. Print limits. Print not shipping today. Leave a carrier drop to the edition that owns a carrier drop.

-- DAVID CHEN, Beijing