iPhone Duo Waits Slip to 2027 - MOSK: 10.19.2026

A bit of insanity around pre-orders for iPhone Duo.

If you want one and didn't get it in early, you're probably not getting one until sometime in 2027.

According to WayneDixon.com, ordering either color of Apple's foldable in any capacity yesterday, the 18th of October, 2026, would see your phone delivered on the 25th of January, 2027.

Here in the U.S., at least, carriers are all over the place.

One model from T-Mobile yesterday showed delivery on the 10th of November, while another model from T-Mobile showed delivery on the 6th of January.

Unprecedented demand, component shortages, horrible production yields.

Why choose? We've heard for months that manufacturers were having trouble meeting Apple's rigorous quality demands.

That said, Apple told the Financial Times over the weekend that demand for iPhone Duo had been nothing short of extraordinary.

Got an email from a macOS Ken listener about the ordering process for them.

Having run Apple's pre-pre-order gauntlet, Marshall was logged in at 8 a.m. Eastern, which is when orders were supposed to start.

He placed the order by 8.02, and now Marshall's iPhone Duo is scheduled for delivery between the 9th and 16th of November.

So much for the 23rd of October, says Marshall.

Yeah, no offense, but having heard the most recent wait times, you have to agree.

Could have been worse, Marshal.

In years past, people might have just turned up at an Apple store this Friday and hoped for the best.

Hoped that maybe there would be an iPhone available for them.

Such behavior is apparently being discouraged this time around.

A piece from MacRumors says some Apple store workers have been told to warn customers against turning up at the store and trying to buy without a pre-order on the 23rd of October.

The piece says store workers told the site that they have been advised that there will likely be no iPhone Duo stock available for walk-in purchases on launch day.

Staff have been instructed to discourage customers without pre-orders from coming in, expecting to buy the device, warning that they will be disappointed.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman seems to think that that is the worst thing in the world, that disappointment.