Overview
- The iPhone Duo goes on sale Friday, October 23, 2026, with prices starting at €2,339 and rising to €3,839, making it the most expensive iPhone to date.
- Apple bills the Duo as a refined foldable that opens to a 7.6‑inch internal display with a matte, anti-reflective finish, a titanium layer under the panel, and an IP68 seal to reduce the visible crease and improve durability.
- Reporting names Samsung as a supplier of the Duo’s display panel and notes Samsung and Xiaomi already sell lower-cost passport-format foldables that offer many similar functions at far lower prices.
- Retailers and distributors are using anonymized transport, secure warehouse storage, in-store safes, demo units tied to serial numbers, and remote-disable tools to limit theft risks and to manage the device’s scarce initial stock.
- The Duo’s launch follows years of iterative improvements from other makers and is likely to shape short-term access and pricing dynamics because competing models are already cheaper and some, notably Xiaomi’s, remain sold only in China.