More people prefer iPhone 8 over iPhone X in the US: Report

San Francisco April 25 (IANS) More and more people are buying iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus than the "super premium" iPhone X in the US a new survey has revealed.

According to the research group Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) iPhone 8 made up 23 per cent of iPhone sales in the first quarter of 2018 and iPhone 8 Plus registered 21 per cent.

"The iPhone X trailed at 16 per cent down from 20 per cent the previous quarter " CNET reported on Tuesday citing the survey s findings.

The survey also showed a trend among respondents toward buying past years iPhones.

"During the same months of 2017 the brand new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus accounted for nearly 70 per cent of iPhone sales. This year a lot more people are buying iPhones from one two and even three years ago " the report noted.

Apple will announce its next quarterly earnings report on May 1.

In March a top analyst with asset management firm Piper Jaffray said that unlike what Apple had expected the response to iPhone X has been lukewarm as many existing users believe that the device is too expensive.

"According to Apple news site PED3.0 Michael Olson a senior researcher with Piper Jaffray found that 44 per cent people who didn t upgrade said that they baulked at the idea because their current iPhone works fine " Fortune reported.

More than a third of the respondents said that the iPhone X which starts at $999 is too expensive.

"And eight per cent said they would have upgraded if the new phone had a larger screen " the report added.

Ming-Chi Kuo an analyst with KGI Securities said in March that the Cupertino-headquartered company would cease production of iPhone X mid-year.

Apple is reportedly gearing up to introduce three new iPhones in 2018 and one of them will be more popular than the others according to Kuo.

--IANS
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