Apple unveiled iPhone Duo last Tuesday with October shelves in the Reuters file. [1] This paper already printed October on this page. Monday is not a ship day. An unveiling is not a delivery. Print not shipping. Do not print in-pocket.

No Monday ship notice is in Cupertino copy, so Duo is not shipping today and October remains the shelf month. Not shipping today is still not shipping. A recap that puts Duo in a pocket is a feed, not October. No carrier ship-today notice is in Monday's Apple stack. October already named the shelves. Monday is not a carrier drop. Shelves remain October, not today. Print not shipping as Monday's named Duo hold. An unveiling last week is still not a pocket. Print October as still the shelf month.
Apple's staggered release calendar is deliberate: the 18 Pro first, the foldable later, each with its own news cycle. Carriers will announce ship weeks when Cupertino lets them. Until then, October is the only date with a source behind it.

The 18 Pro first, the foldable later: each cycle is deliberate. Carriers wait on Cupertino. Monday still has only October.

Keynote night is not delivery day, and Reuters already dated the shelves to October. Foldables ship when carriers are told they may. Nobody told them Monday. Pockets stay empty of Duo until that month arrives.
Keynote night is not delivery day. Monday still has only October. The 18 Pro first, the foldable later.

Keynote night is not delivery day. Monday still has only October. Monday's Duo file is still October, not a pocket.

-- THEO KAPLAN, San Francisco