Pre-orders for the iPhone X went live today via Amazon India and Flipkart. Within a few minutes of the pre-orders beginning, the iPhone X has already gone out of stock on both the e-commerce platforms. The base variant of the iPhone X with 64GB storage is priced at Rs 89,000, while the high-end iPhone X 256GB retails at a whopping Rs 102,000.

The iPhone X will go on sale from November 3, and the product has already received an overwhelming response. However, it isn’t known how many units were up for pre-orders on Amazon India and Flipkart. But it has been reported for many months now that Apple will be facing shipping delays with the iPhone X.

Even at a global scale, Apple is predicted to reach a balance of demand and supply only by 2018. Nonetheless, the response Apple has received for the iPhone X on the first day does say a lot about the anticipation people have for the device.

The iPhone X being the anniversary edition has introduced many firsts for Apple, the highlight being its bezel-less OLED display. Ditching its famous Touch ID fingerprint recognition, Apple introduced Face ID on the iPhone X. In terms of specifications, the iPhone X flaunts a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge OLED Super Retina Display. It is powered by an A11 Bionic 64-bit chipset paired with an M11 motion co-processor. 

In the photography department, the iPhone X sports a dual-camera setup which includes a 12-megapixel wide-angle sensor of f/1.8 aperture, and a 12-megapixel telephoto sensor of f/2.4 aperture. The dual cameras are accompanied by a quad-LED TrueTone flash. Up front, the iPhone X houses a TruDepth 7-megapixel camera of f/2.2 aperture,  with an upgraded Portrait Mode and a new Portrait Lighting feature.

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Since the iPhone trio’s launch last week, fans have been restless to finally get their hands on the device. While the wait for the iPhone X is longer, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are set to go on sale very soon. Though the global sale for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus start on September 22, in India, the pre-order will kick off the same day. However, what’s new this time is the fact that instead of the usual midnight sales, this year the phones will be available for buying starting at 6:00PM in India on September 29, ET reports.

As we reported earlier, in the online space, Flipkart will initially be selling the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus exclusively. Retailers like Brightstar, Rashi Peripherals, and Redington India will be selling the device in the offline market. Starting 12:00AM on September 22, customers will be able to place their pre-orders on Flipkart for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Flipkart has also activated a ‘Notify Me’ button on its website, wherein, customers who register will receive a message when the sale of the phone begins. On the other hand, the sales are scheduled to begin on September 29 at 6:00PM as opposed to the midnight sales that happened the last two years.

In India, the iPhone 8 is priced at Rs 64,000 for the 64GB model, and Rs 77,000 for the 256GB model. The iPhone 8 Plus, on the other hand, is priced at Rs 73,000 for the 64GB variant, while the 256GB storage variant costs Rs 86,000, slightly less than the iPhone X’s 64GB variant, which is priced at Rs 89,000. The iPhone X 256GB variant is priced at Rs 102,000. 

Further, for the ones looking for offline purchase, Brightstar and Redington India will also start accepting pre-orders starting September 22, for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, with the iPhones being available starting September 29.