Following his earlier note about the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-orders, analyst Jeff Pu is back with a new prediction, this time about the iPhone Duo. Specifically, he says its availability through the end of the year will be more limited than estimated before.
Pu now thinks only 6 million iPhone Duo units will be produced in 2026, down from a 7 million previous estimate. The reason for this isn’t a lack of perceived demand, but constraints relating to the production of the phone’s hinge. We have heard many times before that it’s a very complex component to make, which may slow production down, and this is basically just another confirmation of that.
To put the 6 million number into perspective, Pu estimates that Apple will sell 72 million units of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max combined by the end of the year. With this in mind, if you really want to get an iPhone Duo this year, you should probably put in your pre-order the second Apple starts taking them on October 16.