You’ll Never Guess How Scalpers Are Reportedly Snagging Rare iPhone Duos - Gizmodo

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Unless you take extraordinary measures, you’re probably not getting your hands on an iPhone Duo for the remainder of this calendar year. Gurman’s reporting suggests agent-happy users found a way anyway. During the Duo’s release weekend, Gurman says Apple put 80% of its available Duos on store shelves, and set aside 20% for shipments and in-store pickup—which is what’s being gamed with AI bots—and even then, there were only “50 to 250 units per store.” According to Gurman’s sources, flesh-and-blood humans are consistently waiting outside Apple Stores in the early morning, Black Friday-style, presumably because robots can’t do that yet.

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