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iPhone Duo: Latest Buyer Wait Times

Max Headroom 2026.11.02 2 min read

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iPhone Duo order wait times averaged 89 days despite falling by a week, according to UBS Investment Bank data as of October 30. (Via Investing.com.)

The USB Evidence Lab tracker covers iPhone availability across more than 30 markets, and puts the iPhone Duo buyer wait time at nearly three months, even after the slight improvement.

By comparison, iPhone 18 Pro wait times averaged around five days, down three days from the previous week, while the Pro Max held steady at roughly 18 days. UBS said reports of cracked screens were unlikely to be the main reason for shorter Duo waits. But on their own, the figures don’t tell us whether demand has weakened or supply has improved.

iPhone Duo pre-orders slipped to late January within minutes on the device’s October 16 launch, but most people who queued on launch day walked away with a new phone. The reason, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, is that Apple allocated roughly 80% of its initial iPhone Duo inventory to its retail stores, with locations holding as few as 50 units each.

At the time, Apple described demand as “nothing short of extraordinary” and said it was working to satisfy demand “as quickly as possible,” so there’s a good chance that, even if a delivery estimate for your order is way out in the future, it could improve over time.