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The iPhone Duo is now available to preorder at $1,999
Apple unveiled the foldable alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 at its Surprise and shine event; the crease costs extra.
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At a glance
- First reported by The Verge: “The iPhone Duo is now available to preorder at $1,999”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 8:14 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Vera Bullock.
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorApple's first foldable iPhone, the Duo, is up for preorder at one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars, with a five point four inch outer screen that unfolds into something bigger.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining us from FCI Danbury is Cornelius Boyd, inmate forty thousand seven hundred eighteen and library aide.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCornelius, why are you the expert on a folding phone?
Cornelius Abernathy BoydVera, I have spent a lot of time around things that fold, and I'd say the crease is where the truth comes out.
Cornelius Abernathy BoydIn a purely hypothetical sense.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo is it worth two thousand dollars?
Cornelius Abernathy BoydA hinge that opens and closes ten thousand times a year is a commitment.
Cornelius Abernathy BoydI once watched a man build a whole business on one good fold. Hypothetically.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA whole business.
Cornelius Abernathy BoydI mean a pamphlet company. Very legal pamphlets.
Cornelius Abernathy BoydAnyway, the trick is never to fold the same line twice, and I learned that in a purely hypothetical sense, during a hypothetical trial.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCornelius, you keep flattening that napkin. What is it?
Cornelius Abernathy BoydIt's just a napkin.
Cornelius Abernathy BoydIt used to be a very convincing flip phone, in a purely hypothetical sense, and the warden has not said a word about it.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. Would you buy the Duo?
Cornelius Abernathy BoydVera, I'd only ever fold one for free. Hypothetically, I'm on a payment plan with the government already. Okay, the napkin is evidence.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWell, preorders are open, and the napkin stays where it is.
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