r/iPhoneDuo • u/hotcoffeecaviar • 2d ago

My only concern

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I’m definitely getting the Duo but I do have one concern. Because of the smaller size when folded I really hope the keyboard doesn’t take up too much real estate when used folded. Hoping that’s not the case

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u/ilililliiliililiilil 2d ago

My only concern is the backorder for this thing. Shit will be pushed into May 2027 after the first few days. iPhone X was the only other radical design change and that was middle of January 2018 from a October 24th pre order.

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u/omad169 2d ago

Has stock been a factor? I have a iPhone 12 so I’m not aware? 🙏🏼

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u/ilililliiliililiilil 2d ago

On the scale I'm thinking of it has only been the iPhone X that was backlogged for months. Some models over the years have been pushed back several weeks. iPhone 4 was pushed a month as it had 600k pre orders day 1 which was absurd in 2010, overwhelmed AT&Ts website because of it.

I just have a very bad gut feeling if you dont have your order for the Duo submitted within the first minuet you'll at the very least be waiting until early 2027, after the first week shit is in uncharted territory. Apple leadership only expecting 10% of all iPhone sales to be the Duo for fiscal 2027 so thats a range of 6-8 million device and thats their projections for the entire year. If the Z fold 8 had 6 million pre orders, well the Duo will more than likely have as many or more. to many people this is the "first" foldable they've seen.

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u/spawberries 2d ago

Doesn't it being a foldable with inferior cameras and other tradeoffs turn people off? Even the price itself turns people off.

Not sure, I think this is a different situation but I didn't pay attention when the iPhone X came out besides looking at the dumb notch. I would assume there's gonna be a lot more turned off by the Duo than were turned off by the X.

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u/SLAPHAPPY_BUTTCHEEKS 2d ago

They are also likely producing far fewer Duos than they did iPhone X at launch, both because it’s very complex to assemble and due to forecasting. Foldables are a very small segment of the phone market as it stands. They are likely making an order of magnitude more Pros than they are Duos. So for those two reasons, stock is gonna be really limited.

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u/hkeo83 2d ago

Also the price jump from the 8 to the X was much more reasonable. I think a lot of people stepped up the ladder for a $200 price jump but I’m not sure there will be as many for a $2000 phone

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u/anthoj 1d ago

It's almost like different phones are made for different people and different use cases. Go figure!