Apple unveiled two new iPhones on Sept. 12, including the highly-anticipated iPhone X which boasts facial recognition and wireless charging. But analysts say the iPhone 8 is too similar to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6 to spur a major upgrade cycle. Mawston calls Apple’s iPhone X problems largely self-inflicted. “Apple’s iPhone X is the world’s most expensive mainstream smartphone, but it is restricted supply rather than sluggish demand or high pricing that is capping volumes.” In fact, within minutes of preorders being accepted on Friday wait times for delivery of the new iPhone X were as long as six weeks. He said Apple does not retain Face ID data which is instead sequestered in the iPhone X Secure Enclave and is not stored in the cloud.

Source: thestar October 27, 2017 16:00 UTC