I understand your point, but I'm not sure Apple ever presumed more iPhone8s would sell over the X.
Rumors are that the early manufacturing issues were around one of the face recognition modules, but those issues have since been fixed. Apple knows supply chain, they know how to get millions of units made, and I think they get it done. I'll make a bold HN prediction ;) and say the iPhone X will be the best selling item over Christmas and the best selling iPhone of all time.
I sincerely hope you're right, even though I fear that I am! We'll likely know in 6 months time.
That said, why do you think they spent so much effort to develop, manufacture, and release the iPhone 8 if they projected that they would be able to ramp up production enough to satisfy demand for the X within a reasonable time-frame Everything I've seen points to the X being their attempt at making a phone that they simply wouldn't be able to manufacture at typical iPhone scale. So if not that, then what was the strategy behind the 8/X split?
Good question. Another part of that question is why still sell the 7 or 6s at all? I think what we are seeing is Apple slowly filling all of the price points. There is a large group of people who want the latest, but also a group who traditionally were priced out of iPhones.
A question I really want answered is what will they call next years phone? Will they have 9 and XI? :P
Rumors are that the early manufacturing issues were around one of the face recognition modules, but those issues have since been fixed. Apple knows supply chain, they know how to get millions of units made, and I think they get it done. I'll make a bold HN prediction ;) and say the iPhone X will be the best selling item over Christmas and the best selling iPhone of all time.