These offered out quick as “creased” lightning.
Online opportunists are cashing in on the iPhone Duo craze, itemizing the hinged new gadgets for as much as $10,000 as they promote out on opening day.
The tech titan’s first-ever foldable cellphone went on sale on-line and in-store on Friday, October 23, prompting a mad sprint with individuals lining up days forward of time to get their palms on the coveted merch.
EBay resellers are itemizing iPhone Duos for up to $10,000 amid opening day shopping for binges that saw the in-demand system promote out in just hours. AFP via Getty Images
Customers wait in line to buy Apple’s new foldable iPhone Duo cellphone on launch day at the Apple Fifth Avenue flagship retailer in New York City, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. REUTERS
At Apple’s glass-cube Fifth Avenue retailer, an on-line video confirmed a “massive queue” as early as 4:15 a.m.
By 10 a.m., the Big Apple vendor was reportedly “out of stock for walk-ins,” according to a Reddit poster, who said the remaining prospects had positioned pre-orders.
Meanwhile, at the World Trade Center retailer, staff reportedly began taking orders at 6 a.m., by which level there were already 200 individuals in line, according to another iPhone-witness.
In gentle of the demand, Apple followers began promoting them for resale at insane markups.
That morning at just after 9 a.m., one eBay reseller listed their iPhone Duo 2TB Night Sky for $8,000 while another posted theirs for an eye-popping $10,000 — over thrice the buy worth of $3,199.
Similar markups were seen on Craigslist, where one Big Apple-based reseller listed their foldable for $7,999.
An iPhone Duo is listed for $10,000 on eBay.
“I am happy to negotiate the price, just matching eBay prices considering the time and effort it took to get this phone over two cold days camping outside Apple Fifth Avenue!” the reseller wrote. “I am happy to meet you anywhere around New York 🙂 I really want everyone to experience this breathtaking new feat of engineering!”
Salivating cellphone fiends were fast to snap up the high-priced second-hand merch, with one eBay purchaser buying a Star White, 1TB mannequin with in a single day transport that was listed at $5,200.
Similarly unhinged resale costs surfaced after the iPhone Duo offered out within moments of preorders opening on October 16, suspending supply dates for late patrons until January 2027.
A 2TB iteration of the launch was resold on eBay that same day after getting listed for shut to $10,000.
The pamphlet-like iPhone Duo notably packs a 7.6-inch internal display screen — 80% bigger than the iPhone 18 Pro’s display screen when folded out — alongside a 5.4-inch outer display screen.
Despite the abundance of screens, the titanium gadget weighs just over half a pound and collapses down to just 3 inches like technological origami.
Analysts have claimed that the Duo could assist catapult foldable telephones into the mainstream, reflecting Apple’s affect on smartwatches and wi-fi earbuds.