Apple’s First Foldable iPhone Duo Sells Out on Preorder Day

A sold-out first foldable and a crashing store say less about folding phones as a category than about Apple's ability to manufacture scarcity around a new form factor — and about how quickly Chinese resale platforms price that scarcity. The Dewu premium on specific colors and storage tiers shows speculative demand concentrating in the configurations perceived as most supply-constrained, not broad-based adoption. Whether delivery windows pull forward and resale premiums compress once volume ramps is the open question; until then, the secondary market is the more honest read on real demand than the preorder queue.