{"id":"1793769706933-tech-show_open","slug":"iphone-duo-preorder-canceled-before-launch","title":"iPhone Duo preorder canceled before launch","summary":"According to European Spaceflight, Swiss startup Stellar Alpina has unveiled plans for a lunar lander and orbital transfer vehicle powered by its rotating detonation rocket engine.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T05:21:46.933Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech After Dark","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: According to European Spaceflight, Swiss startup Stellar Alpina has unveiled plans for a lunar lander and orbital transfer vehicle powered by its rotating detonation rocket engine.\nSource: European Spaceflight NAMES: Stellar Alpina = Swiss space startup; rotating detonation rocket engine = an advanced rocket-engine design. (https://bsky.app/profile/andrewparsonson.bsky.social/post/3mzg5pbuf5s2v)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"According to European Spaceflight, Swiss startup Stellar Alpina has unveiled plans for a lunar lander and orbital transfer vehicle powered by its rotating detonation rocket engine.","sourceName":"European Spaceflight NAMES: Stellar Alpina = Swiss space startup; rotating detonation rocket engine = an advanced rocket-engine design.","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/andrewparsonson.bsky.social/post/3mzg5pbuf5s2v","claim":"Swiss startup Stellar Alpina has unveiled plans for a lunar lander and orbital transfer vehicle powered by its rotating detonation rocket engine. europeanspaceflight.com/swiss-startu...","author":"Andrew Parsonson (@andrewparsonson.bsky.social)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/andrewparsonson.bsky.social/post/3mzg5pbuf5s2v","name":"European Spaceflight NAMES: Stellar Alpina = Swiss space startup; rotating detonation rocket engine = an advanced rocket-engine design.","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Andrew Parsonson (@andrewparsonson.bsky.social)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793769706933-tech-show_open-iphone-duo-preorder-canceled-before-launch","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793769706933-tech-show_open-iphone-duo-preorder-canceled-before-launch","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793769706933-tech-show_open-iphone-duo-preorder-canceled-before-launch and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"It's Tech After Dark, and tonight's first story is someone already canceling an iPhone that hasn't even been announced."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That has to be a new speed record for buyer's remorse."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A Kid Called Duke posted on X that he canceled his preorder for the iPhone Duo the moment it dropped."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Wait, the Duo isn't official. How do you preorder a rumor?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly. He wrote, \"Did I cook myself?\" — and honestly, maybe."},{"host":"Chris","text":"He also says he sold his first-gen Vision Pro and got all his money back."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So he's not just canceling rumors. He's out on Apple's experimental hardware altogether."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Oh, come on. Selling a Vision Pro you're not using sounds like a pretty normal move to me."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But canceling a preorder that has no launch date? That's not caution. That's buying the rumor and returning the rumor."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine. But if the Duo turns out to be real, he'll be back at full price."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Apple hasn't said a word about an iPhone Duo. The only thing we've seen is that Wired report about carrier discounts."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So the answer to his question: no, you didn't cook yourself. You canceled a ghost."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's our first late-night tech lesson."}]}