It looks like the pent-up demand for the highly-anticipated iPhone X is real. Slated to be available at Apple Stores starting 8AM tomorrow, 3 November 2017, hundreds of customers have already flooded the streets outside of Apple Store Singapore.
This is what it looks like outside of the Orchard Road Apple Store as of 11PM tonight.
Crowds spotted queuing outside the @Apple store at #OrchardRoad in #Singapore pic.twitter.com/CK7pzgvBcG
— Yahoo Singapore (@YahooSG) November 2, 2017
This was at 7pm, as reported by Channel NewsAsia.
As of 7pm, hundreds settle in for the overnight wait for #iPhoneX outside Singapore's #Apple store https://t.co/2vKytqo7MQ pic.twitter.com/x4ofre1NGp
— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) November 2, 2017
Here’s a short clip:
"I want to sell it for income … I will even sell my slot if someone offers me": Student in the scrum for #iPhoneX https://t.co/2vKytqo7MQ pic.twitter.com/seq5XtawaN
— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) November 2, 2017
Apple Store staff members urged the swelling crowd to take “one step back” and that “this will take a while. There is no point pushing.”
Apparently, there were five or six people queuing outside the store as early as Wednesday, 1 November.
The iPhone X retails for SGD1,648 for the 64GB model, and SGD1,888 for the 256GB model in Singapore.
Apple had said earlier that initial response to its 10th anniversary iPhone was “off the charts.” Pre-order units on 27 October 2017 were snapped up in minutes, which quashes concerns over muted demand.
The more conventional iPhone 8 has not enjoyed the same demand, although analysts believe sales have been “steady.”
The iPhone X marks the biggest design and technological change in the iPhone since the original iPhone debuted in 2007.
Apple’s best
Apple’s best smartphone features an all-new glass-metal design with an all-screen 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display, cutting-edge TrueDepth camera with FaceID, powerful A11 Bionic chip, incredible 12MP dual cameras, wireless charging, just to name a few. It runs the latest iOS 11 out-of-the-box.
Learn more about the iPhone X here.
Via ChannelNewsAsia
