Apple won't be able to match iPhone X demand this year, analyst predicts
Pre-orders are open for the iPhone 8 and in some markets are already to be expected. Well, if the plain and are so sought after, it would come as no surprise if Apple ends up unable to meet demand for the later this year, as Ming-Chi Kuo predicts. A common source of intel on all things Apple, the analyst from KGI Securities expects that 40 million iPhone X units to be sold by the end of the year, but that would still leave some folks wanting a bezelless iPhone without one. That, however, would simply translate into sales next year, for a total of 90 million projected unit sales. The first half of 2018 is when Apple will catch up with demand, the analyst writes in a note to investors. It's that that's holding down production according to Kuo, and the front-facing 3D-scanning camera setup isn't helping either. The iPhone X with sales starting on November 3.