People try out the new iPhone X during a media event at Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino, California on September 12, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Josh Edelson
Apple Inc began accepting early orders for its iPhone X at 12.01am on Oct 28 in California and within minutes shipping times quickly lengthened to as much as six weeks in the US, signalling supplies will likely remain tight as the new device goes on sale Nov 3.
Around the world, Apple fans posted images and comments online on Oct 27 about how they were planning to get their hands on one of the $999 (or more) phones. You had to be fast. In Hong Kong, the phone appeared to sell out less than half an hour after ordering began in the mid-afternoon, with the online store there showing the phone “currently unavailable.” It was a similar story across Asia.
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