Still looking for a last-minute Christmas gift for someone special and worried that an iPhone X won’t be delivered in time? Well, it looks like Apple’s supply bottlenecks for its flagship phones are gradually easing up; iPhone X is currently available for next-day delivery in the United States and the United Kingdom.
According to a MacRumors report, all variants of iPhone X, except the silver unlocked 64GB version, are available on next-day delivery if you order by 3 pm local time.
The supply-demand balance may have arisen from soft demand, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities says that the improved shipping estimates are not because of weak demand, but better-than-expected production schedules.
The real numbers won’t be available until Apple announces the current quarter’s results early next year, but their guidance of $84 to $87 billion in estimated revenues means they expect sales to be strong.
One thing that will help Apple sales during the holiday quarter and subsequent quarters is that there are three flagship phones this year, not just the super-premium iPhone X.
If this goes well for Apple, the company might well start planning for multiple flagships each year, possibly at slightly different price points.
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