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iPhone Duo orders limited to two per customer as Apple tackles scalping

Apple is limiting iPhone Duo orders to a maximum of two per customer in the US, UK, and elsewhere after shipping dates slipped into January of next year within minutes of pre-orders opening . The move appears to be an attempt to tackle the problem of scalping, where people buy large volumes of supply-constrained devices in order to resell them on eBay for well above the retail price … more…

iPhone Duo orders limited to two per customer as Apple tackles scalping

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Part 3: `tokenprice` ($0.001) vs the price-feed incumbents — measured, not marketed

Part 3 of the x402 benchmark series. Part 1 covered the method and our baseline across 7 endpoints. Part 2 (websearch vs Exa vs Tavily) is still in the queue — we're waiting on API keys to run that…

  • tokenprice endpoint charges $0.001 per call, cheaper than CoinGecko's $0.01
  • Median latency of 1.8 seconds for various queries, distinguishing address vs ticker queries
  • Free trial available via curl command, with pricing details on API pricing page

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