Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 16 October 2026
Apple Store is down ahead of iPhone Duo preorder rush
In keeping with tradition, Apple has taken down the Apple Store this morning ahead of the iPhone Duo going up for preorder. If you are waiting to buy the new Apple foldable, be sure to log on at 5 AM Eastern Time. All reports point to constrained supply and relatively high demand, so everyone is ant
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Both outlets center on the Apple Store going down ahead of preorder activity for the iPhone Duo, and both foreground strong demand and limited supply. 9to5Mac frames the outage as a routine prelude to preorders and explicitly tells readers to log on at 5 AM Eastern Time, while Bloomberg Technology focuses instead on shipping estimates slipping into December and beyond within minutes of preorders opening. The timing detail appears only in 9to5Mac’s extract, and the shipping-delay framing appears only in Bloomberg’s.
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