According to a new report from MacRumors , Apple employees are being told to warn customers that iPhone Duo likely won’t be available for purchase on launch day if you didn’t already place a pre-order.
Right now, Apple’s website suggests that you can check back for iPhone Duo availability on October 24th. However, this isn’t a guarantee of any stock actually being available, per MacRumors :
Apple Store employees told MacRumors that they have been advised that there will likely be no iPhone Duo stock available for walk-in purchases on launch day. Staff have been instructed to discourage customers without pre-orders from coming in expecting to buy the device, warning that they will be disappointed.
This isn’t necessarily a surprise, given the fact that Apple stated yesterday that iPhone Duo demand is “extraordinary,” and we’ve long known that there were production constraints that’d lead to limited iPhone Duo supply around launch.
However, this still serves as our first true sign that even if you line up…