Queues outside Apple’s Regent Street store in London were modest compared to previous standards, with only a handful of diehard fans gathered, while only two teenagers gathered outside Buchanan Street Apple store in Glasgow. For the iPhone 8, the question remains whether buyers that simply must have the latest iPhone – a status symbol for many – will instead wait for the £999 iPhone X to be released in November, which was announced alongside the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus and overshadows today’s sales. Most are putting the decrease in demand down to a greater than expected impact of the iPhone X, which goes up for preorder on 27 October. Hong Kong-based resellers also said low demand for the iPhone 8 has forced prices down to retail prices or below. The iPhone X drops the iPhone’s home button for the first time, as well as the fingerprint scanner, has facial recognition and an eye-catching all-screen front.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2017 12:19 UTC