iPhone Duo sells out now backordered until next year

Apple’s first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, sold out almost instantly when pre-orders opened and is now backordered into next year. Early buyers with the quickest orders will receive units on October 23, but by 8:30 a.m. ET all color and storage configurations showed estimated ship dates pushed to January 25, with some customers seeing January 29. A few buyers who completed orders slightly later reported mid-November windows and disappearing store pickup options, illustrating how rapidly availability vanished. Base pricing begins at $1,999.

The shortage stems from a mix of surging demand and severely limited supply. Production ramp-up remains constrained: Nikkei Asia reported Apple was producing only a few hundred iPhone Duo units per day, far below a typical iPhone launch cadence. That bottleneck has already attracted scalpers listing pre-orders on secondary markets for as much as $5,200, signaling strong aftermarket pressure. For prospective buyers, expect prolonged delivery waits, scarce in-store pickup slots, and elevated resale activity until supply catches up with demand.