The First Folding iPhone Is On Sale. Why Is It So Hard to Buy?
WSJ Tech News Briefing

The First Folding iPhone Is On Sale. Why Is It So Hard to Buy?

B1IntermediateOctober 26, 20267 min
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The iPhone Duo is one of Apple’s most innovative products in years. The foldable smartphone was supposed to help usher in the company’s new CEO, but its debut has been met with mixed reviews and shipping delays. WSJ Apple reporter Rolfe Winkler joins to explain why. Danny Lewis hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, October 26. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal. Apple's first ever folding phone, the iPhone Duo, is finally on sale. It's one of Apple's splashiest new products. But have you actually tried buying one yet? Because just minutes after pre-orders for the nearly $2,000 phone went up, the company's

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website was quoting shipping dates as far out as January. WSJ Apple reporter, Rolf Winkler, is here to unpack what's going on. So Rolf, my first thought reading your story was, wow, this doesn't bode well for a brand new product.

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But then I thought, wait, maybe this is kind of the new like tickle me Elmo. It's just flying off store shelves because the duo is in such high demand. Which is it? Not many of our listeners are going to remember tickle me Elmo, Daniel.

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