{"id":635613,"date":"2026-10-19T20:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635613\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:48:19","slug":"apples-foldable-iphone-pre-orders-sell-out-within-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635613\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s foldable iPhone pre-orders sell out within minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s first foldable smartphone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, sold out shortly after pre-orders opened on October 16, with delivery estimates pushed back and walk-in purchases unlikely to be available at launch.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s US online store showed delivery dates of January 25, 2027 across configurations within about 30 minutes of pre-orders opening, according to MacRumors. The device also sold out quickly in China, where launch-day collection and home-delivery slots became unavailable, the World Journal reported.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone Duo is scheduled to launch on October 23. However, some Apple Store employees have reportedly been instructed to warn customers that walk-in purchases may not be possible on launch day, according to MacRumors.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent statement, Apple described demand for its first foldable smartphone as \u201cnothing short of extraordinary\u201d after pre-orders sold out, with delivery estimates extending into 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a Yahoo Finance analysis, limited initial supply, rather than demand alone, may explain the iPhone Duo\u2019s rapid sell-out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s first foldable smartphone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, sold out shortly after pre-orders opened on October 16, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[60174,299654,311583,311585,60178,311584,311582,311579,311580,311581,342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-635613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple-foldable-iphone","tag-apple-iphone-duo","tag-apple-smartphone-launch","tag-apple-supply-constraints","tag-foldable-smartphone","tag-iphone-duo-availability","tag-iphone-duo-delivery-delays","tag-iphone-duo-pre-orders","tag-iphone-duo-price","tag-iphone-duo-release-date","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}