Apple’s iPhone Duo is already backordered until 2027 as pre-order sales soar

October 16, 2026 / 3:34 PM EDT / CBS News

Apple is seeing strong demand for its new foldable iPhone, with supplies quickly selling out after pre-order sales opened on Friday.

"Apple opened iPhone Duo pre-orders this morning, and the early read looks robust in our view, with demand for Cupertino's first foldable running well ahead of supply out of the gates," Wall Street analyst Dan Ives, a partner at Yorkville Ives, said in a research note.

The pre-order window for the Duo opened on Friday at 8 a.m. ET on apple.com and in the Apple Store app. Within minutes, the estimated delivery of the phone was pushed back past Oct. 23, the device's official launch date, and into next year. As of Friday afternoon, the Apple phone was backordered until late January.

"It's been 3 minutes, and it's sold out at every store around the NYC/CT area," Max Weinbach, an analyst for the market research firm Creativestrat, said on X.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how many pre-order requests it received.

Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, announced the iPhone Duo last month. The Duo lets users split the screen to use two different…

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