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The real story behind the huge crowds gathered at iPhone launches

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The iPhone launches raise the seemingly obvious question: What sane person would queue overnight for an over-priced, at best incrementally-changed gadget LATEST NEWS :   Apple’s special edition iPhone X release – like the new iPhones before it – brings thousands of people lining up in front of Apple stores around the globe. It raises the seemingly obvious question: what sane person would queue overnight for an over-priced, at best incrementally-changed gadget? But what sounds like a question for psychologists, may actually be better addressed as a matter of the way media and markets work. You’d be forgiven for expecting this article to be a rant about the blatant consumerism of the people that stand in line – many overnight – to get the latest iPhone. Or against the world’s obsession with smartphones more generally. After ten years of extensive media coverage of each launch, we’ve all grown used to the clichéd pictures of “die-hard fans” queuing outside Ap...

Apple iPhone X pre-booking starts today; base model priced at Rs 89,000

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Apple iPhone X will be available in two colour variants - silver and space grey - and two storage options - 64 GB and 256 GB. The price of iPhone X will start at Rs 89,000 for base model Latest news  : After launching iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple is gearing up to bring its anniversary edition iPhone X to India on November 3. The smartphone will be available for pre-registration through e-commerce platforms starting today. Apple iPhone X will be available in two colour variants – silver and space grey – and both the variants will come with two storage options – 64 GB and 256 GB. The price of iPhone X will start at Rs 89,000 for the base model. In terms of design and features, the iPhone X sports glossy stainless steel frame body covered on the front and back by a glass design. It has a wide 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display. The glassy back is accentuated by a vertically placed 12-megapixel dual camera set-up, which supports optical image stabilisation (OIS)...

Amid supply shortage reports, Apple iPhone X to go on sale starting Nov 3

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Apple iPhone X will be available in two colour variants - silver and space grey - and two storage options - 64 GB and 256 GB. The price of iPhone X will start at Rs 89,000 for base model Latest news      :  After launching iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple is gearing up to bring its anniversary edition iPhone X to India on November 3. The smartphone will be available for pre-registration through e-commerce platforms starting October 27. Apple iPhone X will be available in two colour variants – silver and space grey – and both the variants will come with two storage options – 64 GB and 256 GB. The price of iPhone X will start at Rs 89,000 for the base model. In terms of design and features, the iPhone X sports glossy stainless steel frame body covered on the front and back by a glass design. It has a wide 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display. The glassy back is accentuated by a vertically placed 12-megapixel dual camera set-up, which supports opti...

Will iPhone X hurt iPhone 8 and 8 Plus sale? Here's what experts say

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Apple unveiled both iPhone X and iPhone 8 models, with the "super-premium" iPhone X starting at $999 LATEST NEWS : As Apple gets ready to ship iPhone 8 and 8 Plus before it opens iPhone X for pre-orders, a top analyst with Taiwanese business group KGI Securities has warned that iPhone X will cannibalise iPhone 8 orders. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the most famous analyst with KGI Securities when it comes to Apple, it is very likely that iPhone X demand will cannibalise iPhone 8 pre-orders. "While it takes three to six weeks or more to ship new iPhone models after they are available for preorder, they see the iPhone 8 taking less than one to two weeks. This is due to the iPhone X cannibalisation," streetinsider.com quoted the analyst as saying late on Monday. Apple unveiled both iPhone X and iPhone 8 models, with the "super-premium" iPhone X starting at $999. Ming, however, said the new Apple Watch Series 3's (GPS + Cellular versio...