The first Apple foldable has been launched and many buyers are rushing to place orders. The initial supply of these iPhones has already been exhausted. Yes, sold out in minutes. Now, the clock is working against those who want to order now or have ordered over the recent past. Preorders for the iPhone Duo opened on October 16, with the phone officially landing on shelves October 23. Sounds simple enough, except the moment you try to actually order one, you’ll hit a very inconvenient wall: iPhone Duo delivery date. Apple is currently quoting late January 2027 for delivery. That is 3 months away. For a phone that just went up for sale, that is a brutal head start to lose. In effect, the buyer will get the iPhone Duo when Samsung is about to launch its Galaxy S27 series.
A three-month gap between ordering and unboxing an iPhone Duo is not a glitch; it’s demand outpacing supply almost instantly. The Duo is Apple’s biggest departure from the standard iPhone shape yet: a passport-sized device built from two ultra-thin panels that folds down to a 5.4-inch screen and opens into a 7.6-inch display, roughly the footprint of an iPad mini.
Apple even rebuilt iOS around it, moving the dock to a vertical column on the right edge and letting apps run full-screen or side by side depending on how the phone is folded.
Apple isn’t just selling a shape; it’s selling a screen. The inner iPhone Duo display uses wide-angle OLED panels with 3,000-nit peak brightness and a nano-texture finish designed to hide the crease that foldables are usually mocked for, all of which makes it a genuinely strong pick for gaming on the move.
None of that comes cheap, though. iPhone Duo pricing starts at Rs 299900, and given how exposed a folding screen is, a protective case is not optional; it’s basically mandatory. AppleCare is worth considering too, since repairs on the Duo can run as high as $1,499.99 (roughly Rs 1.42 lakh) without it.
Between the wait time and the price tag, the iPhone Duo is not an impulse buy, it’s a commitment you make months before the phone even reaches your hands. Reminds you of the 1970s when most things in India were rationed and you had to wait months and years to get them.