Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000

<figure> <img alt="Art depicting Apple logo" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/STK071_APPLE_B.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">With only a few hours left until the first iPhone launch event since John Ternus <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/915272/apple-john-ternus-tim-cook">took over as the CEO of Apple,</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/apple-event-details-2-000-iphone-duo-apple-watch-series-12-recording-feature">Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman</a> says the name of the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991141/apple-first-foldable-iphone-launch-influence-john-ternus">company's long-rumored folding phone</a> is the iPhone Duo. The midnight report suggests it will have a price starting at $2,000 for a model with 256GB of storage, shipping starting as soon as October in two colors: white and dark blue.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So far, the rumored foldable has been mostly referred to as the iPhone Ultra, while the Duo name would raise a title that Google used for one of its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/21/22538240/google-chat-allo-hangouts-talk-messaging-mess-timeline">many ill-fated attempts at messaging and chat,</a> and that Microsoft already applied to its own foldable …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991884/apple-iphone-duo-rumor-foldable">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>