More reports of batteries swelling from the recently launched iPhone 8 Plus have continued to erupt after a Taiwan user complained of her iPhone battery swelling while it was being charged.
The total number of iPhone 8 plus battery swelling case has risen to 6, following reports in Taiwan, Japan, China, Greece and Canada. One of the recent case happens to be a Canadian who told MacRumours that he "bought and unboxed a new iPhone 8 Plus on Sunday, but was forced to return it by Monday after the display popped out."
All those complaining of the defective battery on the iPhone 8 Plus all have nearly identical symptoms which is, the battery swells to the point of splitting open the enclosures.
After the first incident, spokes person for Apple said that they were aware and were looking into the possible cause of the problem.
The growing numbers of the iPhone 8 Plus device having this battery issue which is 6, is not much, but looking at the date that the device was launched to this time......the short time frame that all these cropped up is quite a call for concern.
Apple should investigate the cause of the swollen batteries and find a remedy to it before it escalate like that of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. And as you all know, the same people producing the iPhone 8 Plus battery were the same people that made batteries for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
Apple users might have to waited longer than expected for the highly priced iPhone X due to high demands which exceeds Apple's current stock.
The $1000 device which went on sale on Apple's website in the US on Friday at 12:01 a.m Pacific Time ahead of the device shipping next week, only lasted for 10 minutes as customers quickly exhausted the few units. Those who made orders after the 10 minutes were told that they would have to wait for about 5- 6 weeks before they could receive the device - a sign that explained everything in store had been sold.
The "demand for Apple's new iPhone X exceeded initial supply within minutes of pre-orders opening on Friday for the hotly anticipated new device," The Financial Times wrote in its article regarding the excess demand over supply of the iPhone X.
Apple lovers in the UK too faced a similar wait and also reports said that pre-orders for the iPhone X in Hong Kong lasted less than 30 minutes as the device was completely sold out within that time.
The shortage of the iPhone X can be blamed on the low sales of the iPhone 8. Apple, trying to be on the safe side made available a few quantity of the iPhone X to see how the market responds.
Although Android phone makers were killing physical buttons and making bezeless device, Apple wasn't sure how iPhone users felt about the iPhone X and so had to launch the iPhone X alongside the iPhone 8 so as to get Apple users attention -- a thing Apple never does. Apple never launches two premium device at the same time.
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While the demand for the iPhone X is still very high, Apple is expected to build about 20 million to 40 million of the device in the next few months, although analysts are hinting that the iPhone X would still remain a scare commodity for a longer period of time than most of its predecessors.
"We expect led times of four to six weeks for the month of November," said Gene Munster, Apple analyst and investor at Loup ventures. "We believe the iPhone X will reach global supply-demand equilibrium sometime in the March quarter, or three to four months after launch. Typically it takes time to reach equilibrium."
