Apple's folding iPhone Duo was not in shops by 20 September: pre-orders open on 16 October 2026 at 1pm UK time, with the phone shipping after that (The Independent, 15 September 2026).
(adjacent). an Apple newsroom release or apple.com stating that a folding-display iPhone, under any name, is available in Apple retail stores on or before 20 September 2026. If that source has not published in time, Reuters and BBC News. A foldable announced with a later ship date resolves NO settle it.
The last eight iPhone launches all reached stores in time. We looked at fourteen launches since 2012, using Apple's own press releases. For each we measured the days between the event and the day the main new model was in Apple stores. The test was the second Friday after the event, at most eleven days later. Thirteen of the fourteen made it.