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Apple iPhone Duo sells out instantly. Its backordered until December.

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Apple iPhone Duo sells out instantly. Its backordered until December.

Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo opened at 8 a.m. ET on Friday, and moments later, the phone was already sold out.

On social media, customers complained that they were unable to secure the phone for in-store pickup, and on the Apple online store, the phone is now backordered for delivery until early December.

Apple's "Get Ready" program allows users to pre-preorder new iPhones so they can check out more quickly on opening day, but even this was too slow for most customers.

I tried to order the phone myself using the "Get Ready" process — as did my colleagues at CNET — and we were all too slow. I was refreshing the Apple store promptly at 8 a.m. ET to begin the checkout process, but it was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it window, apparently.

On social media, Apple customers hoping to secure the iPhone Duo for launch day on Friday, Oct. 23, vented their frustration:

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