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Apple to buy up to $100M of US titanium for the iPhone Duo

Pennsylvania’s Perryman will make the foldable’s titanium casing from mostly recycled metal over the next three years.

Tarun Mottlia

Via TNW | Apple

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Apple to buy up to $100M of US titanium for the iPhone Duo
Image: iPhone Duo’s 5.4-inch outer display, left, and its 7.6-inch inner display.

Apple will buy up to $100M of titanium from Perryman, a family-owned producer in Pennsylvania, over the next three years, the company announced. The metal will be used in several Apple products, including the casing of the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone.

The deal is part of Apple’s push to source more parts in the US, Reuters reported, and it comes days before the iPhone Duo goes on sale on 23 October.

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