Apple’s first foldable iPhone launches on Friday, October 23, 2026, and finding one is going to take some work.
Online orders in Canada are now showing February 2027 delivery dates, Apple has capped orders at two per customer, and resellers are asking several times the retail price on eBay.
That leaves in-store pickup as the best shot at getting an iPhone Duo this year, whether you’re in Canada or the US. Here are the ways to track stock, from Apple’s own tools to a free site that checks every Apple Store for you.
The iPhone Duo comes in two colours, Star White and Night Sky, and four storage sizes. Here’s what Apple charges before tax:
That’s eight possible combinations, which matters when you’re hunting for stock, because pickup availability is tracked per colour and per size. You can read more about Canadian pricing and how the exchange rate compares in our earlier coverage.
Apple’s own pickup check is the official source, and every other tool relies on the same data. Here’s how it works on Apple’s Canadian iPhone Duo store or the US iPhone Duo store:
The Apple Store app on iPhone works the same way and saves your preferred store, which makes repeat checks quicker. According to Apple’s shipping and pickup help page, items marked Available Today are usually ready within an hour, and you should wait for Apple’s pickup email or notification before heading to the store. You’ll need your order number and a valid photo ID, and the pickup name has to match the buyer unless you name someone else at checkout.
The catch is that Apple only checks one colour and size at a time. After pre-orders opened on October 16, Apple’s Canadian site was also telling shoppers to check back on October 24 for pickup availability, so expect the first real pickup slots to show up around launch.
If clicking through eight combinations at several stores sounds tedious, Daryl’s iPhone Stock Checker does it for you, and it’s just what people have been waiting for. The site was built by Daryl Leigh, a developer who told iPhone in Canada he’s based in Manchester in the UK and put the first version together in two days after getting frustrated trying to find a new iPhone in stock himself.
It pulls from Apple’s store pickup system and shows every colour and storage size for the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at every nearby Apple Store in a single grid. It covers 27 countries, including Canada and the US, with distances in kilometres for Canadian searches and miles in the US. A green tick links straight to that exact model on Apple’s site, where you buy it as you normally would. The site doesn’t sell phones, handle payments or ask for your Apple Account.
Here’s how to use it:
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The results also have Recent changes and Patterns tabs. The site logs each time a model comes into stock or sells out at each store, so you can see when a store last restocked and the hours restocks tend to arrive. When we ran a check for downtown Toronto and New York on October 20, both came back with nothing in stock, which is no surprise three days before launch.
Searching stock, auto-refresh and restock history are free and don’t need an account. Stock alerts by email or phone notification, plus a daily summary, are part of an optional Alert Pass that lasts 30 days. It’s a one-off payment through Stripe that doesn’t renew, and the site shows pass prices in its alert panel after you sign in with a one-time email link.
Alerts let you pick the exact model, colour, size and how far you’re willing to travel, and you get notified once when it’s in stock nearby. Daryl told iPhone in Canada the Apple links on the site aren’t affiliate links, so the site earns nothing when you buy an iPhone. He also said the optional Alert Pass is the site’s only source of income. It’s an independent tool and isn’t affiliated with Apple.
Carriers and retailers are worth checking alongside Apple, since their stock and delivery dates don’t always line up.
In Canada, Rogers, Bell, Telus and Freedom Mobile all sell the iPhone Duo, and we’ve compared their carrier prices. Best Buy Canada also lists it with plans from Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, Koodo and Freedom, but you’ll need to activate on one of those carriers.
In the US, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile all carry the iPhone Duo, and T-Mobile’s site lets you check pickup at nearby stores by ZIP code. Best Buy in the US only sells AT&T and Verizon models, so there’s no unlocked option there. Apple sells the unlocked version in both countries, and the iPhone Duo is eSIM-only either way.
Are you going to try your luck in store this week, or wait out the delivery date?
The iPhone Duo launches in Canada and the US on Friday, October 23, 2026. Apple’s Canadian site has told shoppers to check back on October 24 for pickup availability, and stock will vary by store.
The site covers Apple Stores across Canada, with search radiuses in kilometres, as well as stores across the US and 25 other countries.
Apple’s pickup check shows availability when you search. iPhoneStockChecker.com logs restocks every minute and refreshes an open search every 30 seconds.
Apple doesn’t take reservations without a purchase, so you place the order online through Apple with in-store pickup, then collect it with your order number and photo ID once Apple says it’s ready.
If you’ve given up on your search and life, all you can do right about now is just read early iPhone Duo reviews that published today by first media reviewers. Hey, you just saved yourself over $3,000 bucks.
What’s your plan to nab an iPhone Duo on Friday and the coming weeks?
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