iPhone Duo Pre-Orders Go Live Today: All We Know About the Phone

Apple finally entered the foldable smartphone market with the launch of the iPhone Duo at its “Surprise and Shine” event held a couple of days back. The company’s first foldable iPhone comes with a book-style design, two displays and the new A20 Pro chip. Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo open in India today ahead of its launch on October 23.

At the time of the phone’s launch, Apple CEO John Ternus described the iPhone Duo as the 'biggest change to the iPhone’ since the original model. The company also says that the device combines new hardware with software designed for a foldable form factor, aiming to change how users interact with their phones. Read on to know all about the iPhone Duo as it goes up for pre-order today.

iPhone Duo: India price and availability

The iPhone Duo starts at Rs 2,99,900 in India for the 256GB storage variant. Those looking for more storage can opt for the 512GB model priced at Rs 3,24,900, or the 1TB variant with a price tag of Rs 3,74,900. The top-end 2TB model is priced at a whopping Rs 4,49,900.

As mentioned already, pre-orders for the phone open today, with the phone scheduled to go on sale from October 23. Apple is offering the iPhone Duo in two colour options, Night Sky and Star White.

Top specs and features of iPhone Duo

The iPhone Duo features a book-style foldable design with a 7.6-inch Super Retina XDR display on the inside and a 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR screen on the outside. The main display has a resolution of 1,878 x 2,670 pixels, while the outer screen offers a resolution of 1,398 x 2,034 pixels.

The phone is powered by Apple’s A20 Pro chip, paired with 12GB of RAM.

Coming to the camera, the iPhone Duo features two 48-megapixel rear cameras. The main camera has an f/1.6 aperture, while the ultrawide camera has an f/2.2 aperture. The phone also has two 24-megapixel front cameras, one for each display, according to the specifications shared so far.

The iPhone Duo packs a 4,883mAh battery and supports 20W wired charging. It measures 5.2mm in thickness when unfolded and 11.3mm when folded. The device weighs 254 grams, making it a relatively heavy phone to carry compared with conventional smartphones.

A20 Pro chip early benchmark results

An early Geekbench 7 result suggests that the iPhone Duo could offer performance in line with the iPhone 18 Pro series. The benchmark listing identifies the foldable as iPhone19,4 and shows it running iOS 27.1.

The device recorded a single-core score of 3,986 and a multi-core score of 11,067. These results are broadly in line with several benchmark scores recorded for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. However, this is only one test, and scores can vary between runs, so it is too early to draw firm conclusions about the foldable’s overall performance.

Both the iPhone Duo and the iPhone 18 Pro models use Apple’s 2nm A20 Pro chip, which features a six-core CPU and a seven-core GPU. The benchmark listing also reports around 12GB of RAM for the iPhone Duo.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that Apple claims the A20 Pro delivers up to 20% faster CPU performance and up to 40% faster GPU performance than the previous-generation A19 Pro. However, the early Geekbench result does not test graphics performance, so it does not confirm Apple’s GPU claims.