Apple Says iPhone Duo Not Available on Walk-In Basis in Two Countries

For a constricted time, the iPhone Duo and the iPhone 18 Pro Max volition beryllium constricted to customers with a pickup preservation astatine Apple Stores in Japan and South Korea, according to notices posted connected Apple's localized websites for those countries.


The notices suggest that the iPhone Duo volition not beryllium disposable for walk-in customers astatine Apple's retail locations successful Japan and South Korea erstwhile the instrumentality launches connected Friday, October 23, apt owed to a premix of proviso constraints and Apple's accustomed anti-scalping measures successful Asia. It is unclear if this argumentation volition widen to immoderate different countries.

iPhone Duo pre-orders began connected Friday, with shipping estimates connected Apple's online store for newly-placed orders getting pushed backmost to January 25 wrong the archetypal 30 minutes of pre-orders starting. In a connection issued aboriginal connected Friday, Apple said request for the iPhone Duo was "nothing abbreviated of extraordinary" and that it was "working hard" to fulfill orders "as rapidly arsenic possible." Apple did not disclose immoderate circumstantial income figures.

Apple's online store says customers funny successful reserving the iPhone Duo for Apple Store pickup should cheque backmost connected Saturday, October 24 for much information.

iPhone Duo should beryllium connected show astatine Apple Stores astir the satellite starting connected Friday, October 23, but it is inactive not wholly wide if the instrumentality volition beryllium disposable for walk-in customers successful the U.S. oregon immoderate different countries, excluding Japan and South Korea. Our ain Hartley Charlton reported that immoderate Apple Store managers advised employees to pass customers against attempting to acquisition the iPhone Duo connected a walk-in ground astatine launch, but this was not companywide connection and Apple has yet to publically remark connected the matter.

It seems harmless to accidental that adjacent if immoderate Apple Stores bash person the iPhone Duo disposable for walk-in customers, inventory volition beryllium highly constricted astatine first.
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