Apple Celebrates iPhone X Launch Day as Sales and Deliveries Begin Around the World

February 23, 2012

apple today celebrated launch of new iphone x sharing images of customers around world buying , trying out smartphone first time.

george street, sydney

apple stores globally open @ 8:00 a.m. local time allow customers pick reserved devices , make walk-in purchases, , apple posted pictures of customers @ apple stores in dubai, shanghai, singapore, tokyo, , sydney.

years in making, iphone x (pronounced "iphone 10"), apple's latest , advanced flagship device date, featuring 5.8-inch oled display, face id facial recognition, wireless inductive charging, , faster a11 bionic processor.

apple store, fifth avenue, new york (image: @jonfortt)

initial demand smartphone appears strong, long lines forming outside apple stores around europe, asia, , australasia, following advice tech giant people stores if want in chance of purchasing smartphone on launch day.

apple store, tokyo

large queues have been seen in singapore, madrid, amsterdam, belfast, edinburgh, , liverpool. outside apple store in regent street, london, line of several hundred people snaked right around corner. stores beginning open in u.s., queues sighted across country overnight , have been growing ever since.

apple store, shanghai

exception seems in belgium , france, due anti-terrorism restrictions, apple not selling iphone x customers there without pre-order or pickup reservation.

meanwhile, customers in new zealand , australia first receive shipped iphone x pre-orders today time zone differences, , customers across asia , europe have been following in kind.

pre-order delivery in u.k. (image: macrumors reader stormchasejg)

in united states, first iphone x deliveries take place on east coast starting @ 8:00 a.m. iphone x pricing starts @ $999 64gb model, 256gb model priced @ $1,149.

stay tuned macrumors more coverage of iphone x launch throughout day.

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