It was the week of the iPhone Duo, the foldable phone, but also of two new Siri features – currently available on the Apple Watch – through which Apple aims to record everything. The company stresses that this is done securely and with respect for privacy, but in doing so, it joins Meta and other firms that use AI to listen to – and analyse – everything users say.

Apple is arriving in the future years too late. And it’s doing so by selling, in Italy, a device for over 2,000 euros that promises to be, all at once, a phone, a tablet, a notebook and a status symbol. The problem is that, in the meantime, it has become a product we’ve seen before. Will the quality of the new Duo be enough to bridge the gap?