When Apple's iPhone X was launched in September last year, a colleague wondered who would buy such an expensive smartphone, with prices starting at $1,648 without a contract, and said it was bound for failure.
Clearly, he was wrong - Apple chief Tim Cook last month said the iPhone X has outsold every other Apple device each week since it went on sale in November last year. I have bought one and so have many of my friends.
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