How fast does the iPhone Duo sell out after a restock?

Half of them inside 74 seconds: that is the median over 3,603 US Apple Store restocks that sold out since October 29, 2026, so a typical listing lives about 60–80 seconds.

74s

median: half of all listings were gone within

16%

sold out inside 30 seconds

3,603

sold-out restocks timed since October 29, 2026

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How many seconds does an iPhone Duo listing last?

About 60–80 seconds: of the 3,603 iPhone Duo restocks that sold out since October 29, 2026, half were gone within 74 seconds, 41% inside a minute, and the quickest in 1 seconds.

still listed = not sold out yet; the figure keeps counting
A range such as 45–60 s = gone somewhere between two checks; a single figure = both checks agreed
Every line = a single store, a single restock, timed in the store's own zone
Store by store, the same list sits on every store page

A typical iPhone Duo restock at US Apple Stores lasted about 60–80 seconds before it sold out.

41%

gone inside 1 min

16%

gone inside 30 s

74s

median life on the shelf · iPhone Duo

quickest sell-out of 3603 in 14 d

One row per restock

bar length = seconds listed · 180 s fills the row

Nov 7, 2:30 AM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple Manhasset24–28 s
Nov 7, 2:17 AM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple Manhasset1–7 s
Nov 6, 8:27 PM · Duo 256GB Star White · Apple Irvine Spectrum Center75–84 s
Nov 6, 8:01 PM · Duo 1TB Night Sky · Apple Bellevue Square78–87 s
Nov 6, 11:00 PM · Duo 512GB Star White · Apple Millenia75–79 s
Nov 6, 9:43 PM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple The Falls94–96 s
Nov 6, 8:32 PM · Duo 512GB Star White · Apple Jordan Creek29–35 s
Nov 6, 9:29 PM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple Manhasset2 min 19 s – 2 min 25 s
Nov 6, 9:28 PM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple Manhasset69–76 s
Nov 6, 9:23 PM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple Manhasset3 min 36 s – 3 min 38 s
Nov 6, 8:16 PM · Duo 512GB Star White · Apple Jordan Creek2 min 24 s – 2 min 30 s
Nov 6, 9:15 PM · Duo 256GB Night Sky · Apple Manhasset8 min 25 s – 8 min 27 s

How these times are measured

A row that reads “sold out in 45–60 s” means our check 45 seconds after the first sighting still found the configuration listed, and the check 60 seconds after found it gone. The width of each range is the gap between checks: 5 seconds at stores with alerts, 15 seconds everywhere else. A listing shorter than one gap can appear and vanish between two checks, so the true share gone within 30 seconds is higher than the table shows.

74%

sold out inside 2 minutes (every timed Duo restock since October 29, 2026, 3,603)

99%

sold out inside 20 minutes

20.7 h

iPhone 18 Pro, same window: median time listed

2.4 h

iPhone 18 Pro Max, same window: median time listed

Two minutes, twenty minutes, and the Pro models

The 2-minute and 20-minute shares cover every timed Duo sell-out since October 29, 2026 (3,603); every other figure covers the last 14 days. Stores with alerts are read every 5 seconds and every other store every 15, so no range on this page is wider than that. The iPhone 18 Pro figures are the same window, shown for contrast: the Duo is the one iPhone where seconds decide.

People socializing outside a convenience store at night — Late evening outside a shop. Pickup stock can appear after hours too. · Photo: Marcelo Mora / Pexels

Which iPhone Duo storage and color goes quickest?

512GB Night Sky, by a few seconds: among configurations with at least 10 timed sell-outs its median is 55 seconds, and 256GB Star White is the slowest at 67; nothing worth planning around.

Seconds each iPhone Duo configuration stayed listed before it sold out at US Apple Stores, last 14 days; "sparse" marks fewer than 10 sell-outs
Configuration	Timed	Median	Gone ≤ 30 s	Gone ≤ 1 min	Quickest
256GB Night Sky	223	59 s	23%	52%	2 s
256GB Star White	217	67 s	24%	43%	4 s
512GB Night Sky	324	55 s	23%	55%	4 s
512GB Star White	220	65 s	15%	46%	5 s
1TB Night Sky	7 · sparse	87 s	0%	29%	48 s
1TB Star White	3 · sparse	52 s	0%	67%	44 s
2TB Night Sky	5 · sparse	2 min 45 s	0%	20%	53 s
2TB Star White	1 · sparse	6 min 15 s	0%	0%	6 min 15 s

Stores with alerts are timed to 5 s, the others to 15 s: that is our resolution, not demand
Fewer than 10 sell-outs in a row: marked sparse, left unranked

Guess which configuration will come back
Which iPhone Duo restocks most
That is a different question, answered there by configuration and by store.
Chase the color that seems to sell slowest
Set the alert on the storage and color you want
The rows differ by seconds; hearing about the restock within seconds is what gets you the phone.

Do some states sell out faster than others?

New York has the most timed sell-outs (301, median 53 seconds against 74 nationally); of the states with at least 10, Oregon clears fastest (median 38 seconds) and Washington slowest (79).

The 8 states with the most timed iPhone Duo sell-outs over the last 14 days
State	Timed	Median	Gone ≤ 30 s	Gone ≤ 1 min	Quickest
New York	301	53 s	31%	54%	2 s
California	175	52 s	22%	59%	7 s
Florida	82	79 s	12%	30%	4 s
Texas	63	75 s	14%	44%	6 s
Massachusetts	33	73 s	24%	39%	15 s
Oregon	31	38 s	45%	84%	4 s
New Jersey	25	50 s	12%	72%	12 s
Washington	24	79 s	4%	42%	30 s

Grouped by state on purpose: a city's three sell-outs are not a speed
The big states lead because they have more stores, not quicker shoppers
Timed to 5 s at alert stores and 15 s elsewhere: up to 10 s of extra width
Each state page carries this table; the 269 store pages list every restock

How long does a Duo restock last outside the US?

Early figures only, since tracking abroad began November 2, 2026: Japan leads the count of timed Duo sell-outs abroad (2089, median 14 seconds), against 74 seconds in the US.

iPhone Duo sell-out times by country: the US since October 29, 2026, the others since November 2, 2026
Country	Timed	Median	Gone ≤ 30 s	Gone ≤ 1 min	Quickest
United States	3603	74 s	16%	41%	1 s
Japan	2089	14 s	95%	99%	1 s
Australia	1174	9 min 34 s	2%	4%	15 s
France	288	6 min 38 s	6%	12%	13 s
United Kingdom	214	62 s	7%	43%	11 s
Germany	181	4 min 59 s	2%	3%	15 s
Canada	173	75 s	13%	40%	6 s

Every country page carries the same table for every store, filling in on its own
Fewer than 10 sell-outs: a first reading, not a result

Canada United Kingdom Australia Japan Germany France

How much does a tracker on a five-minute check miss?

Most of the restocks: over the last 7 days (8,988 timed iPhone Duo sell-outs) a check every 5 minutes would have seen about 39% of them, a check every 15 minutes about 23%, and a check every minute only about 72%.

72%

of Duo restocks seen by a check once a minute

39%

seen by a check once in 5 minutes

23%

seen by a check once in 15 minutes

~3s

RestockWire: from the confirmed restock to the push on your phone

Reloading apple.com yourself
One alert on two or three stores
Your stores are on the 5-second wire and every other Apple Store on the 15-second one; a first "available" is asked again about a second later, and the push lands about 3 seconds after that.
A tracker that looks every few minutes
A check every 5 seconds
A listing that lives about 60–80 seconds is usually gone between two slow looks.

Published intervals elsewhere run from 8 seconds to 15 minutes; we quote published numbers only
One alert, explained · what it costs

How the numbers are measured

A listing that lasts d seconds is seen by a check that comes round every T seconds with probability d over T, capped at one. Our durations are upper bounds, because the sell-out happened some time before the check that saw it gone, so these rates flatter the slow trackers and never RestockWire.

A close-up view of a hand holding a smartphone with an orange case and three camera lenses — The camera bump is the giveaway. So is the empty shelf behind it. · Photo: Vladislav Anchuk / Pexels

How does RestockWire time a sell-out?

By counting the seconds between the check that first saw a configuration listed for pickup and the check that first saw it gone, at every US Apple Store since October 29, 2026.

You read	It means
still listed	Not sold out yet; the figure counts upward
60 s	The two checks match to the exact second
45–60 s	Still there at the check 45 seconds after it appeared, gone at the check 60 seconds after
≈	The oldest rows: bounded by the 15-second round rather than two exact checks
sparse	Fewer than 10 sell-outs; shown, not ranked
median	The middle value: half the listings ended sooner, half later; we never quote a mean

Stores with alerts every 5 seconds, every other store every 15
A restock = two agreeing checks about 1 s apart
A sell-out = confirmed on the next round
Launch days before October 29, 2026 and first sightings: excluded
A single odd response never reaches the log

What the floor hides

A listing shorter than one check can appear and vanish between two checks without ever being recorded. The share gone within 20–30 seconds is therefore a floor; the true figure is higher than any table on this page shows.

Why is every store "currently unavailable" when you look?

Because you are looking between restocks: a listing that lives about 60–80 seconds is on the page for that long and "currently unavailable" for the rest of the day.

Sold faster than it arrives: unavailable is the Duo's normal state
Apple's pickup page shows what a store can hand over right now, never when the next lot lands
On sale at Apple Stores from October 23, 2026
RestockWire's job: telling you within seconds, while the listing is still there to reserve

The hours Apple restocks the iPhone Duo What pickup availability means Buying a Duo in store

Shoppers trying devices at the tables of an Apple Store inside a Bangkok mall — Inside the store: every table is a demo bench, the pickup queue forms at the back. · Photo: Maher Meskko / Pexels

Cite this page: quote these figures freely with a link back. RestockWire is independent and not affiliated with Apple; it reads the same pickup availability apple.com shows anyone, only far more often.

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More on sell-out speed

Is a minute enough time to reserve an iPhone Duo?

Only with checkout already staged: half of the 3,603 restocks timed since October 29, 2026 were gone within 74 seconds, 16% within 30, the quickest in 1. Have the buy page open with pickup chosen before the push, not after it.

Does storage or color change how fast a Duo sells out?

By seconds, not minutes: 512GB Night Sky has the shortest median at 55 seconds over 324 restocks that sold out, 256GB Star White the longest among rows with at least 10, at 67. Every configuration is gone in about a minute, so buy the one you want.

Do weekend restocks of the iPhone Duo last longer?

Unknown so far: a weekday comparison needs timed sell-outs spanning 14 days, and ours span 3. The measured medians replace this sentence once the span is reached.

Why does refreshing apple.com never catch a listing?

Because a listing lives about 60–80 seconds and the rest of the day reads "currently unavailable"; two reloads a few minutes apart miss almost all of them. An alert on your stores arrives about 3 seconds after a restock is confirmed (what one alert covers).

How does RestockWire know a listing is gone?

A configuration counts as listed when two checks about a second apart both see it for pickup, and as gone when the next round no longer does; the seconds between the two checks are the figure. All 269 US Apple Stores are read every 15 seconds and stores with alerts every 5, since October 29, 2026; RestockWire is independent of Apple and counts no other tracker's reports.

Sources

RestockWire's own live checks since October 29, 2026: each iPhone Duo, 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max configuration at every one of the 269 US Apple Stores, and from November 2, 2026 at Apple Stores in 18 further countries, read every 15 seconds (every 5 seconds where an alert is set); figures on this page read at Nov 7, 4:31 AM ET.
Apple: Delivery and Pickup (in-store pickup availability and holds)
Apple Newsroom, October 23, 2026: the iPhone Duo reaches Apple Stores
Wikipedia: Median (the middle value)