{"id":865153,"date":"2026-09-29T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865153\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:40:08","slug":"get-ready-to-pre-order-the-iphone-duo-starting-october-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865153\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Get Ready&#8217; to pre-order the iPhone Duo starting October 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-lede\">Apple will let customers set up their <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone-duo\" title=\"iPhone Duo\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Duo<\/a> pre-order starting October 12, four days before orders open on October 16.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s first foldable <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone\" title=\"iPhone\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a>, known as the iPhone Duo, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/09\/09\/the-apple-foldable-is-real-its-here-its-called-iphone-duo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted<\/a> on September 9, alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone-18\" title=\"iPhone 18\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18<\/a> Pro and <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone-18\" title=\"iPhone 18\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18<\/a> Pro Max. While the latter two are <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/09\/18\/the-first-iphone-18-pro-preorders-are-reaching-customers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">already available<\/a> for purchase, those looking to get an iPhone Duo will have to wait until mid-October 2026.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Pre-orders for iPhone Duo <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/09\/09\/its-going-to-be-a-while-before-you-can-pre-order-an-iphone-duo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">start at<\/a> 8 AM ET on Friday, October 16, but Apple says its customers can &#8220;get ready&#8221; for pre-orders starting October 12.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In essence, it will be possible to customize your iPhone Duo even before pre-orders officially open. From October 12 through October 15, you can select your desired accessories, color, carrier, storage option, shipping address, billing address, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/applecare\" title=\"AppleCare\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AppleCare<\/a>+ plan, and payment method.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Preparing in advance will let you pre-order the iPhone Duo much more quickly, and it might help you acquire the device on its scheduled release day. Given the rumors around <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/09\/29\/making-millions-of-iphone-duos-is-proving-harder-than-apple-hoped\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">limited supply chain output<\/a>, you&#8217;ll want every advantage you can get when ordering the iPhone Duo.&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/buy-iphone\/iphone-duo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple says<\/a> iPhone Duo availability begins on October 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple will let customers set up their iPhone Duo pre-order starting October 12, four days before orders open&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-865153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}