Buyers warned about massive shortages of Apple's iPhone X

Customers hoping to buy an iPhone X when it goes on sale on November 3rd have been warned of massive shortages. Apple has faced production issues with the handset, leading one leading analyst to claims the firm may only have two million handsets available for sale when it goes on sale on November 3rd. Although Apple has not released first weekend sales figures for its last few handsets, the last time it did, the firm sold 13 million iPhone 6S units the first weekend it was on sale. It has been widely reported the Apple is struggling to produce its new iPhone X handset, with reports of several production issues with the 3D camera the handset uses to recognises faces However, the latest reports say that the firm should have '2-3 million' handsets at launch, and that the production bottlenecks will be cleared by November. Apple's preorders will go live here on Oct. 27th at: Preorders for the handset open on October 27th, and Apple today said starting on Monday, October 23, iPhone Upgrade Program customers will be able to get a'head start' on the iPhone X pre-order process by getting pre-approved for an iPhone Upgrade Program loan.