Apple says iPhone Duo will be available in stores on launch day

Apple will have iPhone Duo units available in its stores on launch day, even as online delivery estimates have slipped to January 2027. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, told TechRadar that the company had not allocated all its stock to preorders.

Preorders opened on October 16, 2026, and delivery estimates began to move back within minutes. The article reports that orders placed at the time of writing, regardless of color, carrier or storage, were estimated to arrive in January 2027. Apple had previously said walk-in supply would be limited, but Joswiak said some units were set aside for stores and pickup.

“We didn’t ship them all away during the pre-order,” Joswiak told TechRadar. He said he planned to be at Apple’s 5th Avenue store in the morning and expected some customers to be happy. The article says launch day is October 23, 2026.

Joswiak described preorder demand as “extraordinary” and said early viewers had understood what Apple was doing. The report also notes that the MLB app is receiving an iPhone Duo update in time for the World Series, which begins on launch day. The app can show a broadcast on one part of the screen and a box score or another app on the other.