Apple unveiled iPhone Duo at John Ternus's first event, priced above the 18 Pro, with shelves in October. [1] Reuters filed the foldable and the month. [1] This paper printed not shipping today on this page. Monday, September 14, is not October. An unveiling is not a ship. 18 Pro is not the foldable.

No Apple store photo of Duo on a Monday shelf is in fetched copy. A pricier foldable is a price, not a pocket. The 18 Pro line on another page is a different phone.

Shelf months slip all the time in consumer electronics; October is a plan, not a promise. Delay rumors start the moment September ends. Until then the month stands.

Apple's October events have become a second launch season of their own, and the Duo headlines it. Carriers will compete on installment pricing the moment shelves fill. That competition starts in October, not today.

Second seasons approach; October's approaches. Approaching is the update. Shelves fill on schedule.

Scheduled shelves don't fill on Mondays; Monday's don't. Carriers wait for October. Duo stays announced.

Carriers compete on installments when shelves fill. That competition starts in October. Monday's Duo stays announced.

September 14 is still September. Duo's October shelf month remains a plan on Ternus's unveil, and no store photo puts the foldable on a Monday table. The 18 Pro is the other phone. Carriers can wait until that month.
The 18 Pro is the other phone. Carriers can wait until that month. Monday's Duo stays announced.

The 18 Pro is the other phone. Carriers can wait until that month. Monday's Duo stays announced.

-- DAVID CHEN, Beijing