Overview
- Apple began selling the iPhone Duo on Friday, October 23, and online pre-orders plus small in-store allocations sold out within minutes leaving some buyers with delivery estimates as late as January.
- Apple told stores they would have only limited walk-in stock at launch and in India restricted sales to customers with pre-order pickup slots.
- The company and partners have imposed a two-unit purchase cap in several markets to limit bulk buying and curb resale activity.
- Blinkit reported its Delhi-NCR allocation sold out in five minutes, and the platform and other retailers say they are working to bring more units in the coming weeks.
- Analysts and reports point to the device’s complex hinge and fold design as the main production bottleneck, which is likely to keep availability uneven across channels and countries until output scales.