Yesterday I posted the same question to my followers on X , Threads , and Mastodon : 1

Poll, only for people who have pre-ordered a Duo. When is your delivery/pickup date?

October

November

December

January

The results were interesting; I’m glad I asked.

X Threads Mastodon Total

October 36% 38% 39% 37%

November 35% 42% 45% 39%

December 10% 9% 8% 10%

January 19% 11% 8% 14%

Responses 1,382 1,034 449 2,865

Observations:

There were way more people who successfully got October ship dates than I expected. It’s very close to even with November ship dates.

The fact that there are fewer December ship dates than January, is to me, a sign of Apple’s appreciation for the holidays. I think Apple is only promising “December” for shipments they are 100 percent certain they can deliver by Christmas. I bet a bunch of the orders promised for January will in fact ship in December — albeit perhaps too-late-for-Christmas December.

Apparently some configurations are getting an estimated date of February 1 .…