The iPhone Duo launches October 23 at $1,199 — and preorders open Thursday, October 16. That’s the hard number Apple confirmed via carrier partnerships and trade-in incentives detailed by PCMag on October 15. No other price point, configuration, or regional variant is cited in the reporting. The device is positioned alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max as part of Apple’s latest lineup, but no specs, screen size, or camera details are disclosed in this material, only timing, pricing, and how to reduce the upfront cost through trade-in. It’s not a leak. Not a rumor. Not a certification filing. It’s an active preorder campaign with defined dates and dollar values. AT&T offers up to $1,200 in credit toward the iPhone Duo when you trade in an iPhone 14 or newer. T-Mobile matches that offer at $1,000. Apple’s own trade-in program caps at $885. Less than either carrier. All three options require an eligible device and apply only to preorders. The trade-in boost isn’t new to this launch. Apple raised values twice over summer and updated its official schedule for the iPhone 17 line just before the September 9 event. For context: an iPhone 16 Pro Max now fetches $720 (up from $695), an iPhone 15 Pro Max $530 (up from $490), and an iPhone 14 Pro Max $405 (up from $375). Those figures matter only if you’re trading through Apple, not AT&T or T-Mobile, whose offers don’t list device-specific tiers. There’s no mention of India pricing. No Rs figure appears anywhere in the source. No UK, EU, or Canadian value is given either. This is a US-only trade-in structure, tied to AT&T and T-Mobile. Carriers that don’t operate in India. So while Indian readers searching “iPhone Duo price” or “iPhone Duo release” will land here, the answer remains: $1,199, October 23, US launch. Nothing more. Nothing less. Preorder day is Thursday. Launch day is the following Thursday. And the math is clear: even with $1,200 off, you still need to cover the difference if your old phone doesn’t qualify, or if you’re buying outright. Apple hasn’t said whether the iPhone Duo will ship globally on October 23, or whether it’ll follow the staggered rollout pattern of past years. The source doesn’t say. So we don’t say it either.