The iPhone X's lush screen, facial-recognition skills and $1,000 price tag are breaking new ground in Apple's marquee product line. Now, the much-anticipated device is testing the patience of consumers and investors as demand outstrips suppliers' capacity. Apple said Thursday that iPhone sales rose 3 percent in the July-September quarter, a period that saw the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus come out in the final weeks. Sales could have been higher if many customers hadn't been waiting for the iPhone X, which comes out Friday. <br /><br /> Long, snaking lines formed outside Apple Inc stores in Asia early on Friday as fans flocked to buy the new iPhone X, a turnout that contrasts with the more lacklustre launches for the past two iterations of the premium smartphone. <br /><br /> Let's take a look at how people go crazy while purchasing the premium smartphone: -
Strong initial demand underscores Apple's upbeat sales forecast for the year-end holiday shopping season, provided just hours before iPhone X sales began. (Reuters Photo)
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First customers to buy iPhone X Kittiwat Wang, 22, and Supakorn Rieksiri, also known as Mod, 22, of Bangkok pose with their iPhone X at the Apple store in Singapore. (Reuters Photo)
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Long, snaking lines formed outside Apple Inc stores as fans flocked to buy the new iPhone X, a turnout that contrasts with the more lacklustre launches for the past two iterations of the premium smartphone. (Reuters Photo)
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The handset features an edge-to-edge display designed for deeper colour rendition and an innovative camera for face-recognition identification.(Reuters Photo)
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People try the Animoji feature on iPhone X during its launch at the Apple store in Singapore. (Reuters Photo)
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The firm opened pre-orders on Oct. 27 and has said demand was "off the charts." (Reuters Photo)
Marco Pierre White Jr shows his new phone, as he was the first to purchase the new Apple iPhone X at the Apple Store in Regents Street, London, Britain. (Reuters Photo) -
The iPhone X comes a decade after the original iPhone, the product that powered Apple's rise to become the world's biggest technology company with a market capitalisation of $868 billion.(Reuters Photo)
Customers queue outside the Apple Store in Regents Street before it opens on the day that the new iPhone X goes on sale in London, Britain. (Reuters Photo) -
In Apple's Omotesando store in Tokyo, some 550 people were waiting in a line stretching to around 600 metres.(Reuters Photo)
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In Australia, around 400 people queued outside Apple's flagship store in central Sydney to pay A$1,579 ($1,218) for the 10th-anniversary model, a glass-and-stainless-steel device. (Reuters Photo)
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A member of Apple staff takes pictures as new iPhone X begins to sell at an Apple Store in Beijing.(Reuters Photo)
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The Apple iPhone X (64GB variant) is priced at Rs 89,000 in India, and the iPhone X (256GB model) is available at Rs 1,02,000. (Reuters Photo)
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In Apple's Omotesando store in Tokyo, some 550 people were waiting in a line stretching to around 600 metres.(Reuters Photo)
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Apple shipped 46.7 million iPhones during the period, according to its fiscal fourth-quarter report released Thursday. That's up from 45.5 million at the same time last year after the iPhone 7 came out, but represents a step back from the same time in 2015, when Apple shipped 48 million iPhones during the quarter. (Reuters Photo)
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The camera, for instance, has never before been manufactured in the volume Apple demands.(Reuters Photo)
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In Hong Kong, some buyers quickly resold iPhone X handsets for a profit, but the resale premium eased as waiting times fell and supply concerns eased.(Reuters Photo)
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A store employee sells Apple's new iPhone X to first customers during its global launch at a cell phone store in central Moscow, Russia. (Reuters Photo)
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In Singapore, two tourists from Thailand – which is not an initial launch market – were the first to receive pre-ordered phones at a flagship store in the Orchard shopping district.(Reuters Photo)
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As with recent quarters, one of the main sources of Apple's growth is coming from its services, which are anchored by an app store that feeds the iPhone and other devices. (Reuters)
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The most immediately noticeable change to the iPhone X from previous models is the removal of the physical home button and fingerprint sensor formerly used for unlocking. (Reuters Photo)
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