Apple's iPhone Duo preorders surge as delivery dates slip

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentApple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, starts at nineteen ninety-nine, and within minutes of preorders opening, delivery slipped from October twenty-third to January twenty-fifth, MacRumors reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorApple calls the demand extraordinary, which is a lovely way to describe a line of people holding nothing.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBloomberg's Mark Gurman called starting preorders without enough inventory a major mistake. Scalpers are reportedly asking up to ten thousand dollars.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTen thousand?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPros: it folds to the size of a passport, and it taught me patience.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCons: it's a phone that arrives after my next birthday, and the one thing I can fold in half is my interest.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorApple might say the phone is simply taking its time to arrive in your life.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwo stars.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOne for the passport size, one for January twenty-fifth, the only date it gets to keep. And yes, I assume it's listening to me say so.