Up to 5 Million Won iPhone Duo Shows Signs of Box-Office Hit? Sold Out on Day One of Pre-Orders with Deliveries Pushed to Late January Next Year

Apple's first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, is seeing successive sell-outs immediately after pre-orders began, despite a price tag exceeding 3 million won.

In South Korea, pre-orders for the iPhone Duo kicked off at 9:00 PM yesterday (October 16).

On Coupang, unlocked units prepared for the event sold out right after pre-orders opened, and pre-order supplies quickly ran out on the official Apple Online Store as well.

While buyers could initially receive their devices on the official release date of October 23 during the early stages of pre-orders, supplies for November and December deliveries were completely exhausted, pushing the estimated delivery dates for all models to mid-December about 25 minutes after pre-orders started.

Afterward, regardless of color or storage capacity, the earliest estimated delivery date was displayed as January 22 of next year.

This means that if you order now, you can only receive the product three months later.

A similar phenomenon occurred in the United States.

Following the start of pre-orders on the 16th local time, delivery delays began just minutes later, and estimated delivery dates for all models were reportedly pushed back to January of next year within about 30 minutes.

Apple stated that pre-order demand for its first foldable iPhone is unusually strong and that it is working to supply the products as quickly as possible.

However, Apple did not disclose whether enough stock would be secured for customers who failed to pre-order to purchase the devices at offline Apple Stores on launch day.

As pre-order supplies quickly depleted in South Korea and the U.S. despite prices reaching up to 5.09 million won, Apple's first foldable phone is showing early signs of a box-office hit.

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