New Delhi Oct 30 (IANS) Amid soaring demand for the "super premium" iPhone X in India Apple premium resellers in the Dehli-NCR region kept their fingers crossed as the initial supply of handsets were yet to reach them.
The authorised Apple resellers told IANS that they have received a frenzied response for iPhone X that is being advertised as arriving in India on November 3.
Pre-booking for the device at a premium reseller in Gurugram exceeded all expectations.
"First booking slot for iPhone X is full and we are now asking users to pre-book the device for the second slot. But we still do not know when the iPhone X will arrive in our stock " Jeevan from Imagine Store an Apple premium reseller in Gurugram told IANS.
"Users can pre-order the device by paying Rs 3 000 in cash which will be refunded if the devices are not handed over to them on time or something goes wrong " he added.
An iNvent Apple premium reseller in North Delhi said they were yet to receive iPhone X stocks.
"We have not received a single unit of iPhone X so far. We do not know if they have been already shipped or not. The devices are expected to reach us the day it goes on sale or maybe a day before. For iPhone 8 and 8 Plus we had received the stock earlier " a sales representative from iNvent told IANS.
"Since it is a global launch we feel that even those who booked the device in the first slot may not get their desired variants within the given time-frame " he added.
The flagship device was sold out within minutes on Amazon.in.
"Apple iPhone X went on pre-order on Amazon.in on October 27. Within few minutes of the pre-orders Apple iPhone X went out of stock " an Amazon spokesperson told IANS.
Meanwhile disappointed by the reports of slow supply Apple fans in the Delhi-NCR region said their decision to buy iPhone X has been hit.
"I am using iPhone 6s and was waiting desperately for a new iPhone. I waited for iPhone 8 but the user feedback was not good so I thought I would wait and pre-book iPhone X " Yatharth Sinha an advocate with Delhi High Court told IANS.
"Now that I have read reports of delay in iPhone X delivery I might have to settle for iPhone 8 Plus. If iPhone X reviews are great then I will buy it later " noted Sinha adding that he might also opt for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9.
Gaurav Sharma a heavy smartphone user said: "No I haven t booked the device yet. I am waiting for reviews and then will take a call".
"If reviews come out good then I might buy iPhone X in January " added Shobhit Dev a professional photographer.
iPhone X -- which also marks the 10th anniversary of the device -- will cost the users Rs 89 000 (for 64GB model) and Rs 1.02 lakh (for 256GB variant).
(Krishna SinhaChaudhury can be contacted at krishna.s@ians.in)
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