Apple Ships $1,999 iPhone Duo Without Apple Pencil Support as iOS 27 Delays Persist
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Updated · Boy Genius Report · Sep 17
Apple Ships $1,999 iPhone Duo Without Apple Pencil Support as iOS 27 Delays Persist
3 articles · Updated · Boy Genius Report · Sep 17
Summary
Apple’s iPhone Duo will go on sale next month starting at $1,999, but Apple Pencil support—one of the foldable’s marquee productivity features—will not arrive until later this year.
The 5.4-inch outer screen and 7.6-inch inner display were pitched for mixed iPhone-iPad use, yet buyers initially will be limited to the basic USB-C Apple Pencil, paired by cable rather than a magnetic attachment system.
The delay extends beyond the stylus: iOS 27.1 is expected to add Siri AI in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish in October, while Messages suggestions and one-tap compromised-password fixes were pulled for more work.
The staggered rollout echoes Apple’s earlier pattern of launching hardware before promised software is ready, even as the company positions iOS 27.1 as the operating system tailored for its first foldable.