{"id":662739,"date":"2026-10-23T03:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662739\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T03:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:20:17","slug":"apple-reportedly-orders-44-more-iphone-duo-units-from-its-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662739\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple reportedly orders 44% more iPhone Duo units from its suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_duo_fold-13804.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Duo<\/a> has been in very high demand since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_duo_pre_orders_begin-news-75077.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pre-orders started<\/a> last week, with shipping dates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/if_you_havent_preordered_an_iphone_duo_yet_but_want_one_youre_in_for_a_long_long_wait-news-75091.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slipping all the way to January<\/a> within hours. Now, a new report claims Apple has responded by raising its iPhone Duo shipment target by 44%.<\/p>\n<p>According to supply chain sources, Foxconn and component makers have received instructions reflecting an increase from 9.7 million units to 14 million for the first 12 months of production.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/10\/apple-orders-more-iphone-duo-units\/inline\/-1200\/gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Apple reportedly orders 44% more iPhone Duo units from its suppliers\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For context, back in July, Nikkei Asia reported that Apple had asked its suppliers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/report_apple_orders_10_million_foldable_iphone_ultra_units-news-73543.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">make around 10 million foldable iPhones in 2026<\/a>. Then in September, analyst Jeff Pu said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_duo_could_be_very_hard_to_buy_this_year_analyst_thinks-news-74634.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only 6 million units will be produced this year<\/a> because of hinge production constraints.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the catch with the new target too. The actual output will depend on assembly progress, following earlier reports of manufacturing difficulties affecting assembly, displays, and hinges. So higher orders won&#8217;t automatically translate to more phones in stores, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/shipping_dates_for_the_iphone_duo_have_been_pulled_forward_for_many_users-news-75125.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shipping dates have been pulled forward<\/a> for many people who pre-ordered.<\/p>\n<p>The source of this report forecasts that global foldable shipments will grow 25.7% in 2026 and 59.1% in 2027 (compared to 7.4% in 2025), with Apple&#8217;s entry contributing to that expansion. The iPhone Duo goes on sale tomorrow, October 23, starting at $1,999 in the US, though Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_warns_of_limited_iphone_duo_stock_for_walkin_buyers_on_launch_day-news-75157.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warned of limited walk-in stock<\/a> on launch day and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_caps_iphone_duo_purchases_at_two_per_person_in_an_attempt_to_tackle_scalpers-news-75135.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">capped purchases at two per person<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitimes.com\/news\/a20261022PD219\/iphone-apple-shipments-demand-foldable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/10\/22\/apple-boosts-iphone-duo-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Via<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The iPhone Duo has been in very high demand since pre-orders started last week, with shipping dates slipping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-662739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}