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How to Accept a Friend Request on Threads: Meta vs Bluesky

Learn how to accept a friend request on Threads, how Meta’s follow model works, and why Bluesky and Mastodon handle requests differently.

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1 year ago

October 16, 2025

Paul Nwogo

How to Accept a Friend Request on Threads: Meta vs Bluesky

Threads and Bluesky both want your social graph. But when someone tries to follow you, the two platforms behave very differently. On Threads, there is technically no friend request to accept — and that single design choice changes how you manage every new follower.

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How to Accept a Friend Request on Threads When There Is No Request

Meta’s Threads does not use a mutual friend request system. If someone taps Follow on your profile, they follow you immediately. You get a notification, not a pending request. There is no Accept button, because there is nothing waiting for approval.

That is the core difference between Threads and older networks like Facebook. On Facebook, a friend request sits in a queue until you approve or delete it. On Threads, following is one-way and instant, much like X or Instagram. The only thing you can accept is the follow itself — meaning you decide whether to follow them back.

So the practical answer: open the Threads app, tap the heart or activity icon, find the Follow notification, tap the profile, and choose Follow back if you want a mutual connection. If you do not want them in your feed, ignore it. They will still see your public posts.

Where Threads Does Let You Accept Something

Threads has a second layer that behaves more like a request: Communities. Meta has been testing Communities globally on web and mobile, with dedicated spaces around topics like professional basketball, K-pop, books, TV shows, and AI. When you join a community, Threads labels your profile and pins that community’s posts to your feeds menu.

That is the closest thing to a friend request flow on the platform. You request to join, and the community accepts you into its feed. It is not a private DM gate, but it does control what shows up in your main timeline.

You can also control who sees your content by switching to a private profile. On a private Threads account, new followers must be approved before they can see your posts. That is the real accept a friend request on Threads workflow — you approve followers manually, one by one, from the activity feed.

Bluesky and Mastodon: The Actual Request Model

Bluesky, which runs on its own AT Protocol, has grown to roughly 40 million users, up from about 30 million a year ago. It does not use friend requests either. You follow accounts, and they follow back if they choose. Bluesky added Activity Notifications so you can toggle a bell on specific profiles and get pinged every time The Verge, ESPN, or a friend posts.

Mastodon, which uses ActivityPub, is the platform that comes closest to a request-based model. It has Packs, a feature announced at FediForum, which works like Bluesky’s Starter Packs — curated lists of accounts you can follow by category. Mastodon lets you opt out of Packs, notifies you when someone adds you to one, and lets you remove yourself without reporting or blocking the user.

Threads, meanwhile, has committed to fediverse integration through ActivityPub, though the follow model stays one-way. Mastodon’s 4.6 update added Collections, the ability to hide Media or Featured tabs, and email subscriptions for people without a Mastodon account.

Feature vs Feature: What You Actually Control

On Threads, the controls are: private or public profile, who can reply, who can mention you, and whether your profile appears in recommendations. Spotify’s new Threads integration also lets you share tracks, albums, playlists, lyrics, podcasts, and audiobooks straight into a Threads post, which means more inbound attention from people you have never met.

On Bluesky, you control notifications per account, video uploads up to 300MB and 10 minutes, and DMs for groups of up to 50 people — though you still cannot send pictures or videos in Bluesky DMs. Bluesky is also testing live badges that add a red border to profile pictures when someone is livestreaming.

On Mastodon, you control whether you appear in Packs, whether your Media and Featured tabs are visible, and whether people can subscribe to your posts by email.

Price vs Price

All three are free. Threads is free and ad-supported through Meta. Bluesky is free and has been building out Protocol Services to make it easier for developers to build on its AT Protocol infrastructure. Mastodon is free and open source, with no single company owning the network.

The hidden cost is attention. Threads reached 275 million monthly users as of October 2024, according to The Verge. That scale means more follow notifications, more noise, and more reason to switch to a private profile.

One Warning About Threads Links

Meta has blocked links to ICE List, a site that compiles names of Department of Homeland Security employees, across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. On Threads, the link instantly disappears when pasted into a new post, with a notice saying Link not allowed. WIRED verified the block on all three platforms, while links still work on WhatsApp.

That matters if you use Threads for activism or organizing. Your follower list is not the only thing Meta controls. Link sharing is filtered too.

How to Approve Followers on a Private Threads Account

Step 1: Open Threads and go to your profile.

Step 2: Tap the two-line menu icon, then Privacy.

Step 3: Toggle Private profile on.

Step 4: Go back to your activity feed. New follow requests will appear there.

Step 5: Tap Approve next to each name you want to let in. Tap Decline or ignore the rest.

Step 6: Check your Follow requests list periodically. Threads does not always push a loud notification for each one.

If you run a public account, there is no approval step. Anyone can follow, and the only lever you have is blocking or restricting.

Which Platform Wins for Which Use Case

If you want a simple, high-reach feed and do not care about approving followers, Threads wins. It has the largest user base of the three, the Spotify sharing integration, and Communities for topic-based discovery.

If you want granular notification control and a growing network with video up to 10 minutes, Bluesky wins. It is smaller — around 40 million users — but the per-account bell and Explore page make it easier to follow specific people without drowning in noise.

If you want a true request-and-approve culture, Mastodon wins. Packs, opt-outs, and email subscriptions give you the most control over who ends up in your feed.

For most people asking how to accept a friend request on Threads, the honest answer is: switch to a private profile, then approve followers from your activity feed. Threads does not have friend requests the way Facebook does. It has follows, and the only thing you accept is the follow back.

Choose Threads if you want reach. Choose Bluesky if you want control. Choose Mastodon if you want consent built into the graph.

Frequently Asked Questions (accept a friend request on Threads)

Does Threads have friend requests?

No. Threads uses a one-way follow model like Instagram and X. If your profile is public, anyone can follow you instantly. If your profile is private, new followers must be approved from your activity feed before they can see your posts.

How do I approve a follower on Threads?

Switch your profile to private in Settings, then open your activity feed. New follow requests appear there. Tap Approve next to each name you want to let in, or ignore the rest.

Is Threads or Bluesky better for controlling who follows you?

Bluesky gives you per-account notification controls and an Explore page, but it also uses a one-way follow model. Mastodon, with Packs and opt-outs, gives you the most control over who ends up in your feed.

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ServiceNow AI Review: What BNP’s Demand Call Misses

ServiceNow AI demand is rising, says BNP Paribas. A practical review of what the platform actually does, what it costs, and where the evidence is thin.

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1 week ago

October 27, 2026

Xavier Catherine

ServiceNow AI Review: What BNP's Demand Call Misses

ServiceNow is an enterprise workflow platform that runs IT help desks, HR casework and security operations, and now sells ServiceNow AI features built to automate that work and oversee other AI agents. BNP Paribas argues demand for those features will push the company into a second growth phase.

That is a business claim. The more useful question for anyone actually buying the software is narrower: which of these ServiceNow AI features demonstrably work, at what cost, and under what conditions?

The Evidence Behind The ServiceNow AI Demand Call

BNP analyst Stefan Slowinski reiterated an Outperform rating and raised his price target to $160 from $140, arguing organic subscription growth holds near 19% through the end of fiscal 2026 and that AI revenue reaches roughly 9% of annual recurring revenue by year-end, according to GuruFocus. He compared the setup to Atlassian’s recent re-rating.

The underlying evidence came from customer and partner conversations at ServiceNow’s World Forum in London. One partner, Slowinski wrote, was saving “30-40% on its IT help desk by using ServiceNOW, allowing it to cut its spending with a BPO supplier.” Partners were hiring aggressively in their ServiceNow practices. One large partner said ServiceNow had become its fourth-largest US practice, behind Microsoft, SAP and Oracle, per Seeking Alpha.

Read that carefully. The 30-40% figure is a single partner’s self-report, relayed second-hand by an analyst, with no baseline disclosed: no headcount, no ticket volume, no statement of whether the saving is gross IT cost or the narrower line item of outsourced BPO spend. It is plausible. It is also not independent testing.

A second analyst team, UBS, spoke to ServiceNow partners too and reached a more guarded read: interest in AI products including AI Control Tower is increasing, but “the impact on actual spending remains limited so far.” UBS lifted its target to $150 from $110 and kept a neutral rating, Yahoo Finance reported. Same method, same quarter, opposite emphasis. Neither note substitutes for a proof of concept on your own data.

How The Platform Is Actually Used

The functions BNP lists are concrete and testable: auto-assigning work, deflecting cases before they reach a human, and rewriting knowledge articles so AI systems can consume them. Inside an IT help desk those translate into hard numbers: tickets deflected per month, mean time to resolution, percentage of article content reused by an assistant.

That is where buyers should aim scrutiny. Ask for a deflection rate on your own ticket taxonomy, not a vendor benchmark. Ask whether auto-assignment changes routing only or actually resolves the case. ServiceNow reports third-quarter results on Wednesday, 28 October, and the stock had gained roughly 6% this year while sitting about 1% lower on the Monday before publication, so the market is not yet pricing the acceleration BNP predicts.

How To Use It Without Overpaying

The April price changes moved customers into Foundation, Advanced and Prime tiers, with AI now included in each. BNP quotes a partner saying there is “no reason not to try it” as a result.

That is bundling logic, not a discount. The tier is the price. The source material does not disclose what any of the three tiers costs, so the honest position for a buyer is to get the delta between your current contract and the tier containing the ServiceNow AI you actually need, in writing, before agreeing to a pilot. Bundled AI is not free AI; it is AI priced into a subscription you can no longer unbundle.

The Costs And Risks The Analyst Notes Skim

Control Tower, the product for overseeing AI agents and their activity, drew high interest but adoption “remained at an early stage,” by BNP’s own account. UBS repeated the point. Governance tooling for AI agents is being sold ahead of the agents it governs. A buyer paying for capacity that cannot yet be used is absorbing roadmap risk.

Growth is also coming mainly from renewals, expansion inside existing accounts, upgrades to premium tiers and usage-based pricing, not from new customers, according to UBS. That is a fine model. It does mean the platform’s reach is not widening as fast as the headline suggests.

Third, the demand picture is geographically narrow. The World Forum was in London, the quoted partner was describing its US practice, and the US federal government is named as a catalyst. Nothing in these notes addresses African deployments, local-currency pricing, data residency or connectivity constraints. For a Nairobi or Lagos enterprise, a US-dollar annual contract on a depreciating local currency is a materially different purchase than it is for a Chicago insurer. The BNP note should not be read as a buying signal in markets the research never covered.

Pros And Cons Of The Current Pitch

Pros: the ServiceNow AI claims about deflection and auto-assignment are specific and measurable; AI now sits in every tier, which lowers the entry decision; renewal-driven growth shows existing customers are renewing and expanding; and security plus governance could add a second engine, with BNP expecting security to approach 10% of revenue in 2027.

Cons: the marquee savings figure is one unverified partner anecdote; measured impact on spending is, by UBS’s read, still limited; Control Tower adoption is early; tier pricing is absent from the source material; and the research base excludes African market conditions entirely.

Alternatives

For mid-market buyers who need ticket deflection rather than a single platform across IT, HR and security, the relevant comparison is to narrower ITSM and help-desk tools, or to the BPO arrangement that partner reduced rather than eliminated. ServiceNow’s pitch is consolidation. If your operation is one help desk and 40 agents, consolidation is not your problem.

Who Should Use It, And Who Should Walk Away

Large enterprises already running ServiceNow, with existing contracts and a defined help desk, should test the ServiceNow AI features as a renewal lever, with deflection rates written into the pilot agreement and a baseline captured before anything is switched on. Organisations evaluating their first workflow platform should start smaller. African buyers without a local reference customer should treat the ServiceNow AI demand story as a vendor-side narrative until they hold their own numbers.

The 28 October earnings call will produce real figures on subscription growth and AI revenue. Until then, the strongest public evidence is one partner’s 30-40% claim. That is a claim, not a test.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does ServiceNow actually do with AI today?

According to BNP Paribas’ partner conversations, the proven uses are auto-assigning work, deflecting cases before they reach a human, and rewriting knowledge articles so AI systems can consume them. A separate product, AI Control Tower, helps companies oversee AI agents, but both BNP and UBS describe its adoption as early stage.

Is ServiceNow AI included in the subscription price?

Following April price changes, customers moved to Foundation, Advanced and Prime tiers with AI included in each. That is bundling, not a discount: the cost is carried in the tier price, and the source material does not disclose what any tier costs.

How reliable is the 30-40% help desk saving figure?

It is one partner’s self-report, relayed second-hand by BNP analyst Stefan Slowinski, with no disclosed baseline, ticket volume, headcount or definition of which costs were cut. It is plausible but not independently verified, and UBS’s separate partner checks found AI spending impact still limited.

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Claude Duet Review: What Anthropic’s Agent Actually Changes

Claude Duet is Anthropic’s proactive agent, live in a US-only research preview. What it changes for users, what it costs, and how it stacks up to Muse and Dots.

Published

2 weeks ago

October 23, 2026

Xavier Catherine

Claude Duet Review: What Anthropic's Agent Actually Changes

Claude Duet is Anthropic’s always-on personal agent: a standalone app for iOS, Android and the web that messages you before you message it, works inside your connected apps, and keeps running after you close it.

That is the product in one line. Everything else in the launch material is a claim, and the gap between the two is where a buyer should look. Anthropic announced Claude Duet in late October 2026 as a research preview with a waitlist, restricted to Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the United States. Reporters covering the launch did not even agree on whether the announcement landed on a Tuesday or a Wednesday, which is a small reminder that basic facts are worth checking against Shattered and Business Insider rather than a single post.

The useful question is not whether Anthropic has an agent. It does, and it is the third major US lab to ship a consumer-facing one. The question is what the agent demonstrably changes for a person using it, and what it quietly takes away.

What Claude Duet Actually Does, Per Anthropic’s Own Wording

Anthropic’s product description is unusually specific about behaviour, and specific claims can be tested. The agent surfaces what it judges needs attention, completes tasks a user asks for, continues working on a cloud-based computer while the user is away from the device, and asks before acting.

The approval gate covers four categories: sending a message on the user’s behalf, making a payment, signing a document, and deleting anything. That is a narrow bright line, and it is the most concrete design decision in the whole launch. Lower-stakes work, meaning research, drafting, monitoring and the morning brief across connected apps, runs without a checkpoint.

Anthropic also stated that the preview “can still misjudge what’s urgent.” That admission matters more than any benchmark slide. A triage agent that pings you about the wrong thing has failed at its core job, and no published figure exists for how often that happens.

Memory, skills and connected apps carry over from the existing Claude account, so there is little setup. That continuity is a switching-cost argument dressed as a convenience feature: the more a user has taught Claude, the more expensive it becomes to leave.

Persistence, not conversation, is the actual change. A user who closes the app and returns to find work done has experienced something a chatbot cannot deliver. A user who receives a tidy morning brief has experienced a notification. The two get marketed together. Only the first is new.

What Has Not Been Published

No standalone price. No figure for how much of a plan’s usage allowance a typical session burns, though Anthropic confirms background agent activity counts against existing limits. No task success rates. No confirmation of what happens to access when the preview ends. And no third-party integration count, unlike OpenAI’s Dots, which launched wired into a reported 4,000-plus applications.

Claude Duet Ships Into A Very Narrow Door

Access is the constraint that shapes everything. Pro and Max subscribers in the US, by waitlist, with no Team or Enterprise tier.

That last exclusion is odd given the demo tasks: finding unpaid invoices and drafting reminders, preparing payroll data for a manager’s review, getting contracts ready to send out. Those are small business operations, not personal inbox hobbies. A Lagos consultancy chasing receivables is exactly the user the described features serve, and exactly the user the rollout excludes. No US subscription, no waitlist entry, no agent.

For Nigerian and other non-US users, the practical position today is unchanged. Claude remains a chat and coding assistant billed in dollars on Pro and Max tiers, with no agent layer attached. Anything promising local access to the preview should be treated as unverified until Anthropic says otherwise.

The “no new bill” framing also deserves scrutiny. Access is bundled into existing subscriptions, so there is no new line item, but background agent work draws on the same quota a subscriber would otherwise spend on conversation. Anthropic has not said how much. Heavy users may find the real cost is not money but a plan that runs dry faster.

How Claude Duet Compares With Muse And Dots

Meta shipped Muse on 8 September 2026, pushed it toward smart glasses at Meta Connect, and released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full in October. Apptopia estimated more than 14 million Muse installations by launch week. OpenAI unveiled Dots at DevDay with a persistent cloud computer and a large integration catalogue.

Anthropic arrives last, with the smallest footprint and the most conservative guardrails. It also arrives with one genuine differentiator: Opus 5.5, the model it built the agent around, which Tech Insider reported hit 65.15% on Terminal-Bench 4.0. Spending a flagship reasoning model on background triage is expensive, and it signals Anthropic treats “what needs you” as a reasoning problem rather than a scheduling filter.

Skepticism is warranted elsewhere. That Duet’s product lead, Karan Ahuja, used Duet to build Duet is an anecdote from the person with the strongest incentive to praise it. Meta’s Alexandr Wang answered with a meme about the resemblance to Muse, which is evidence of a rivalry, not of a product. And Anthropic’s reported path toward an IPO at a valuation of up to $2 trillion says nothing about whether the agent works.

Who Should Use Claude Duet, And Who Shouldn’t

US-based Pro and Max subscribers with judgement-heavy administrative work, meaning invoices, scheduling, drafting and inbox monitoring, should join the waitlist. The downside is limited: no new bill, an approval gate on the four riskiest actions, and a preview label that sets expectations honestly.

Everyone else should plan around tools they can actually install. Teams and businesses on Claude should assume no access until the preview is extended. Users outside the US should not rebuild workflows around a waitlist they cannot join, and Nigerian SMEs weighing agents should compare Dots’ and Muse’s broader integration coverage against Claude Duet’s narrower, more cautious design before paying for any tier.

The verdict is narrow because the product is. Claude Duet changes one thing that can be verified, namely that work continues while the app is closed, and asks to be trusted on a dozen others. Judge it on the first, and ignore the valuation headlines until someone publishes a number that a user can check.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Claude Duet available in Nigeria?

No. Anthropic has restricted the research preview to Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the United States, accessed through a waitlist. Team and Enterprise plans are also excluded for now, and Anthropic has said it plans to broaden availability later without giving a date.

How much does Claude Duet cost?

Anthropic has not published a standalone price. Access is bundled into existing Claude Pro and Max subscriptions, but background agent activity counts against the usage limits tied to that plan. Anthropic has not disclosed how much of an allowance a typical session consumes.

What is the difference between Claude Duet and Meta Muse or OpenAI Dots?

All three are persistent agents that work outside a chat window. Muse leans on Meta’s distribution and passed an estimated 14 million installations by launch week. Dots launched with a persistent cloud computer and a reported 4,000-plus connected apps. Claude Duet arrives last and smallest, but with a narrower approval gate on messaging, payments, signatures and deletions, and a flagship Opus 5.5 model behind its triage decisions.

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iPhone Duo Pre-Order: 5 Steps to Secure Yours

iPhone Duo pre-order starts today at $1,999. Follow these 5 steps to secure launch-day delivery on October 23. Trade-in deals up to $1,200.

Published

3 weeks ago

October 17, 2026

James Williams

iPhone Duo Pre-Order: 5 Steps to Secure Yours

The iPhone Duo pre-order window is open right now, and if you want one on launch day, you need to move. Apple’s first foldable iPhone starts at $1,999 for 256GB, and the first units ship October 23. Pre-orders are live on Apple’s website and the Apple Store app in more than 70 countries, including the US, UK, India, China, Japan, Germany, and Brazil. Carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are also taking orders.

This guide walks you through the exact steps to lock in your iPhone Duo pre-order, avoid the queue headache, and squeeze the most value out of trade-ins and carrier deals. You will need an Apple ID, a payment method, and about 15 minutes.

Step 1: Use Get Ready Before You Order

Apple’s Get Ready feature lets you configure your iPhone Duo, pick a color, choose storage, and arrange trade-in details before checkout opens. According to Apple’s newsroom, customers who saved their choices to the shopping bag before 9 p.m. PT on October 15 could check out with a single click once pre-orders went live.

If you missed that deadline, you can still use Get Ready now. The Apple Store app and website let you pre-save shipping, color, storage, and trade-in info. That saves you from fumbling through forms while stock disappears.

Step 2: Decide on Storage and Color

The iPhone Duo comes in two colors: star white and night sky. Storage tiers are 256GB ($1,999), 512GB ($2,199), 1TB ($2,599), and 2TB ($3,199). The 256GB model is the volume seller, so it will likely sell out first. If you shoot a lot of video or plan to use the Duo as a tablet replacement, 512GB is the safer pick.

Step 3: Check Trade-In and Carrier Deals

Apple Trade In gives you an instant credit between $175 and $885 when you trade in an eligible iPhone 13 or newer. That credit lowers your monthly payments through Apple Upgrade, Apple Card Monthly Installments, or a carrier deal.

Carrier offers are aggressive. Verizon bundles the device with an unlimited plan for $72 per month. AT&T offers up to $1,200 off with a trade-in and a new plan. T-Mobile offers up to $1,000 off with a trade-in and a new plan. Read the fine print on all of them, because the maximum discount usually requires a premium unlimited plan.

Step 4: Consider Apple Upgrade Leasing

Apple Upgrade, provided by Klarna, offers 12- and 24-month lease options. A 24-month lease for the iPhone Duo starts at $57.99 per month, excluding taxes and trade-in credit. At the end of the term, you can upgrade to the latest model, buy the device outright, or return it and exit the program. This is the cheapest monthly entry point if you do not want to pay full price upfront.

Step 5: Order Fast and Refresh the Store

Apple is bringing the Apple Store back online in waves. If you do not see the iPhone Duo pre-order option immediately, refresh both the website and the app. MacRumors notes that customers who used Get Ready should be able to check out with a couple of taps. 9to5Mac confirms that the first orders arrive October 23.

If you are stuck in a queue, try switching between the website and the app. Apple’s global content delivery system spins up in data centers at different times, so some buyers see the store before others.

What You Get for the Money

The iPhone Duo has a 5.4-inch outer display that unfolds into a 7.6-inch inner display. It runs on the A20 Pro chip and has a dual-camera system with a 48MP Main and 48MP Ultra Wide. There is a Center Stage front camera and a FaceTime camera under the inner display. It is IP68 water and dust resistant, and at 5.2mm unfolded, it is Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever.

The hinge has more than 100 components and supports multiple angles. The frame is aluminum and titanium with ceramic fiber antenna inserts. It uses Touch ID instead of Face ID, and there is no telephoto lens. iOS 27 adds Split View multitasking, StandBy mode on either display, and Siri AI with onscreen awareness.

Should You Buy AppleCare+

Yes, and this is not optional for most people. Some iPhone Duo repair fees reach $1,499 without a protection plan. AppleCare+ covers drops, spills, and in some regions theft and loss. AppleCare One Individual extends coverage to two more devices at the same monthly price. In the US, AppleCare One Family covers every eligible Apple product in your Family Sharing group.

What to Do If It Sells Out

Rumors suggest iPhone Duo supplies are limited due to production issues. If launch-day delivery slips, you have options. Check carrier inventory, which sometimes moves slower than Apple’s own store. You can also visit an Apple Store in person. Apple retail stores will customize the boot-up of your device with your name, so it says “Hello, Mark” when it turns on. That perk is US only, Duo only, and works in English and Spanish.

If you order online and delivery dates stretch into November, keep your order. Apple often improves shipping estimates as production catches up. Canceling and reordering usually puts you further back in line.

One More Thing to Check

New and qualified returning subscribers who buy an iPhone Duo can get three months of Apple One for free. That bundles Apple TV, Apple Music, up to 2TB of iCloud+ storage, and more. It is a small perk, but it adds up if you were already paying for those services separately.

The iPhone Duo pre-order is live now. The 256GB model at $1,999 is the one most people will want, and it is also the one most likely to disappear first. If you have been waiting for Apple’s first foldable, this is the moment to act. Set a reminder, open the Apple Store app, and finish your iPhone Duo pre-order before the delivery window slides.

Frequently Asked Questions (iPhone Duo pre-order)

When does the iPhone Duo go on sale?

Pre-orders are live now. Shipments and sales begin October 23 in over 70 countries, with 28 more countries starting October 30.

How much does the iPhone Duo cost?

The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 for 256GB. Storage tiers go up to 2TB at $3,199. Carrier deals can bring the monthly price down to $55 per month with trade-in.