By 5:30 a.m. Pacific on pre-order day, Apple's US store showed a January 25 ship date for every iPhone Duo model. In Brazil, every model now arrives February 1. Resale listings run about $1,800 over Apple's price.
Apple’s first folding iPhone went on pre-order at 5 a.m. Pacific on October 16. By 5:30 a.m., Apple’s US online store showed a January 25 ship date for all eight configurations, MacRumors reported. Only the orders placed in the first minutes still arrive on launch day, October 23.
Brazil was in the same first wave of more than 70 markets, and its buyers now wait longer than US buyers. MacMagazine checked Apple’s Brazilian store from several postal codes and found the same dates for every color and storage size: shipping January 22, delivery February 1. In Portugal, delivery shows January 25.
Apple told the Financial Times that demand was “nothing short of extraordinary.” It has not released order numbers or said how many phones it had for day one.
What is confirmed and what isn’t
Confirmed on Apple’s stores, as reported on October 16:
- US: January 25 ship date for all eight models, two colors in four storage sizes (MacRumors).
- Brazil: ships January 22, delivered February 1, for every model (MacMagazine).
- The first pre-orders deliver October 23. Apple’s US store says to check back on Saturday, October 24 for store pickup.
Not confirmed:
- Walk-in stock. Apple hasn’t said whether its stores will have phones to sell on October 23. MacRumors expects very tight inventory.
- The cause. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said supply would be limited, and earlier reports pointed to low production yields. Apple hasn’t commented on yields.
- The dates themselves. At past launches Apple has delivered ahead of its estimates. That is a pattern, and Apple hasn’t promised it here.
Resale prices already beat Apple’s. Brazil still costs more.
MacRumors found two eBay listings marked sold on October 16. A 2 TB Night Sky model went for $5,000. A 1 TB Night Sky model, sold as a confirmed pre-order, went for $4,400. Both are about $1,800 over Apple’s US price.
| Storage | Apple US | eBay, sold | Apple Brazil | Brazil in dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 TB | $2,599 | $4,400 | R$ 26,499 | $5,224 |
| 2 TB | $3,199 | $5,000 | R$ 30,999 | $6,111 |
Dollar figures for Brazil use the October 16 closing rate of R$ 5.073 to the dollar, as reported by Poder360. Brazilian prices include taxes. US prices are before sales tax.
Even at a scalper’s price, a 2 TB iPhone Duo bought in the US costs about $1,100 less than Apple’s own price in Brazil. That still doesn’t make the eBay phone a good buy for someone in Brazil. Apple’s US warranty terms let it limit iPhone service to the country of sale, and Apple doesn’t sell AppleCare+ in Brazil. We covered both, with the full price and repair lists, in yesterday’s iPhone Duo piece.
What it means if you run a remote team
If an iPhone Duo is on someone’s equipment list, an order placed today lands in about 15 weeks in Brazil and ships in about 14 weeks in the US. Plan the purchase for the first quarter of 2027.
Skip the resale market for work phones. The $1,800 premium is more than four times Apple’s $399 one-time AppleCare+ plan, the one cost on this phone that’s worth paying early.
In the US, the only shortcuts are launch-day walk-in stock and the pickup reservations Apple says to check on October 24. Neither is guaranteed. A standard iPhone runs Slack, email and calls today, so give the Duo only to people whose work changes with the bigger screen, and let them wait.