The first customer surnamed Yu shows his new iPhone X after buying it at an Apple Store in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 3, 2017. (XinhuaCai Yang)
Net profit rose 19 percent from a year ago to $10.7 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter to September 30, Apple said. Revenues were up 12 percent to $52.6
billion.
Release of the earnings figures pushed Apple shares up more than three percent to $173.20 and came as iPhone X models began hitting the market in some
time zones.
The flagship handset features facial recognition, cordless charging and an edge-to-edge screen made of organic light-emitting diodes used in high-end
televisions.
It marks the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone release and hits about 50 markets around the world Friday.
In Hong Kong, buyers who had pre-ordered the phone online queued to pick up their new purchases, saying they were willing to pay for what they saw as a
landmark model.
"It's the 10th anniversary phone -- anyway, other phones like the Samsung are not much less," said banker Tony Yeung, 35, as he queued outside the Apple store
in Hong Kong's Festival Walk mall.
"It's convenient. You can unlock the phone just by holding it up to your face in bed after you wake up," Yeung added.
He said he had bought two of the 64 GB version, costing HK$8,588 ($1,100), one for himself and one for his wife. The 256 GB model costs HK$9,888.
Student Keith Li said all his friends were changing to the new phone and had set aside money for it. Li, 22, had traded in his old phone to help him meet the
cost.
Inside the Hong Kong store, those still considering whether to buy were trying out facial recognition after concerns it may compromise the security of
the phone.
Nam So, 36, said he was happy to use it, preferring it to touch ID, which opens the phone at the touch of a finger.
"If your thumb is sweaty then it won't unlock. Face ID would solve this problem," he told AFP.
- 'It's worth it' -
Around 300 customers waited overnight outside Singapore's Apple store, the first shop in Southeast Asia to sell the new model.
Around 300 customers waited overnight outside Singapore's Apple store, Southeast Asia's first to sell the new model
Supakorn Rieksiri and Kittiwat Wang, both 22, said they had flown in from Bangkok on Thursday to pick up pre-orders of two phones each.
"With all the different features like facial recognition and the bigger screen, it's all quite worth it," said Rieksiri, adding that the second handset
was a gift for his mother.
Apple is setting an ambitious goal for itself to reinvent the smartphone as it strives to fend off fierce competition from rivals, especially in China.
The iPhone is its main profit driver, accounting for more than half its revenues.
Apple closed out its fiscal year posting a full-year profit of $48.35 billion, up 5.8 percent, on revenues of $229 billion, a rise of 6.3 percent from
the previous year.
In the latest quarter the firm was able to reverse its fortunes in China, boosting overall sales by 12 percent in the "Greater China" region. Sales were
up in other regions except for Japan, which saw an 11 percent revenue drop.
Smartphone sales climbed by about a million units to 46.7 million in the three months winding up the California company's fiscal year, according to the
earnings report.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook called it a "very strong finish" to 2017.
A Pakistani health worker fumigates an area to kill mosquitoes in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on Sept. 28, 2017. At least 34 people died of dengue fever
at different hospitals in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)
province during the last two months, local media reported. (XinhuaMuhammad Hadi)
Four pandas from SW China make debut in NE China's Shenyang
Modern manufacturing, transport help six Chinese provinces develop fast
A look at Kantuman Bazaar in China's Xinjiang
Scenery of terraced fields in Houyuan Village, China's Fujian
Scenery of high-speed rail networks in south China's Guangxi
In pics: paddy fields across China
Autumn scenery of Kanas scenic area in NW China's Xinjiang
10th Pink Ribbon Charity Walk held in Switzerland
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