As soon as the sale of Apple's first foldable smartphone iPhone Duo started, there was tremendous interest among customers to buy it. The phone went on sale on October 23 on the quick commerce platform BlinkIt and in just five minutes all the units available on the platform were sold out. BlinkIt CEO Albinder Dhindsa gave this information on social media platform X.
At present this facility was made available only in Delhi-NCR. The company is now preparing to bring more stock of phones in the coming few weeks, although information about how many phones were made available for initial sale has not been revealed.
According to BlinkIt CEO Albinder Dhindsa, the iPhone Duo was made available for sale on BlinkIt in Delhi-NCR at 8:15 am on October 23. Within five minutes of launch, all the units on the platform were sold out. He told that the company is trying to bring new stock of phones in the coming few weeks. The date of commencement of its sale in other cities has not been announced yet.
How much does iPhone Duo cost?
The base model of Apple iPhone Duo with 256GB storage is priced at Rs 2,99,900. The price of its 512GB variant is Rs 3,24,900, the price of 1TB model is Rs 3,74,900 and the price of 2TB model is Rs 4,49,900. Even before the stock ran out on BlinkIt, customers were interested in the iPhone Duo. According to a report, even before the retail sales of the phone started, the stock available for the first week in India had been booked. There was also a good response to pre-booking at Apple's stores in Mumbai and New Delhi. Its pre-booking in India started from 16th October, while the sale started from 23rd October. It was also told in some reports that even after the booking started on October 16, the stock was exhausted. iPhone Duo will be delivered to customers booking now by January.