Apple Reportedly Boosts iPhone Duo Orders by 44%

Strong pre-orders person reportedly prompted Apple to bid millions much iPhone Duo units from suppliers, according to DigiTimes.


Supply concatenation sources said Foxconn and constituent manufacturers had received instructions reflecting a astir 44% summation from 9.7 cardinal to 14 cardinal devices. The revised people reportedly follows beardown pre-orders for Apple's archetypal foldable iPhone and covers a afloat 12-month period, alternatively than the remainder of 2026.

Apple past week described request arsenic "nothing abbreviated of extraordinary." Within 30 minutes of pre-orders opening connected October 16, U.S. shipping estimates had reached January 25 crossed each configurations.

Meeting the higher shipment people could inactive beryllium challenging. DigiTimes said output would beryllium connected assembly progress, pursuing earlier reports of manufacturing difficulties affecting assembly, displays, and hinges.

‌DigiTimes‌ forecasts that planetary foldable smartphone shipments volition turn 25.7% successful 2026 and 59.1% successful 2027, compared with 7.4% maturation successful 2025, with Apple's introduction expected to lend to the expansion.

The ‌iPhone Duo‌ launches connected October 23, starting astatine $1,999 successful the United States.
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