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iPhone Duo preorder canceled before launch

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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.

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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.

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...

Original post · Andrew Parsonson (@andrewparsonson.bsky.social)

European Spaceflight NAMES: Stellar Alpina = Swiss space startup; rotating detonation rocket engine = an advanced rocket-engine design.

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MIt's Tech After Dark, and tonight's first story is someone already canceling an iPhone that hasn't even been announced.
CThat has to be a new speed record for buyer's remorse.
MA Kid Called Duke posted on X that he canceled his preorder for the iPhone Duo the moment it dropped.
CWait, the Duo isn't official. How do you preorder a rumor?
MExactly. He wrote, "Did I cook myself?" — and honestly, maybe.
CHe also says he sold his first-gen Vision Pro and got all his money back.
MSo he's not just canceling rumors. He's out on Apple's experimental hardware altogether.
COh, come on. Selling a Vision Pro you're not using sounds like a pretty normal move to me.
MBut canceling a preorder that has no launch date? That's not caution. That's buying the rumor and returning the rumor.
CFine. But if the Duo turns out to be real, he'll be back at full price.
MApple hasn't said a word about an iPhone Duo. The only thing we've seen is that Wired report about carrier discounts.
CSo the answer to his question: no, you didn't cook yourself. You canceled a ghost.
MThat's our first late-night tech lesson.

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