A Well-Known Apple Nerd Warns The iPhone X Will Be In “Severe Short Supply”

If you were one of the many people hoping to get your hands on an iPhone X despite its enormous predicted price tag, we have some bad news for you.

According to KGI Securities analyst and noted Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo, the company will only be able to make 10,000 units of the tenth anniversary edition iPhone each day, predicting it’ll be “in severe short supply”.

To put that number in perspective, 21.5 million iPhone 7s and 17.4 million iPhone 7 Plus‘ were sold in the first quarter of 2017.

Old mate also says the gold version of the upcoming device could be even rarer, facing more production difficulties than the silver and black models. As a result, sale of the iPhone X may be delayed until later in the year.

Apple’s announcement is scheduled for 3am AEST Wednesday morning at their new headquarters in Cupertino, California. They’re expected to introduce three new iPhones during the event: an iPhone 8iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X.

The former models will be similar to the iPhone 7 with updated interior hardware, and the X is rumoured to feature an edge-to-edge OLED display, a facial-tracking camera and no home button.

Of course, the lead up to Apple announcements always seem to be plagued with supply warnings and most of the time, they overcome them with little issue. This year, however, has seen a few more indicators than usual.

But hey, at least we’ll know more about it bright and early tomorrow morning.


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