On a new episode of his *Power On* podcast, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he "heard" that Apple is "looking at" the idea of a future iPhone Duo with an inner display that is "roughly half an inch" larger than the one on the existing model.
The current iPhone Duo has a 7.6-inch inner display and a 5.4-inch outer display. Gurman does not know exactly how much larger the inner display would be on a future model, but he said it could be somewhere in the 7.9-inch to 8.1-inch range. He said this would not be a separate model, so do not expect an "iPhone Duo Max."
The report comes as Apple prepares for the device's launch. Some Apple retail employees have reportedly been told to warn customers against visiting stores to buy an iPhone Duo without a pre-order on Friday, October 23, as there will likely be no stock available for walk-in purchases on launch day.
Gurman has also criticized Apple's pre-order strategy. Despite knowing the iPhone Duo would face "severe supply constraints" due to manufacturing challenges, Apple chose to begin pre-orders before it had more inventory ready. In his Power On newsletter, he called this decision a "major mistake."
Source: MacRumors · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing