Reality TV star joins crowds queuing for new iPhone X

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The launch of the iPhone X has been greeted by large crowds outside Apple's Regent Street store, with Marco Pierre White Jr among the early customers.

The reality TV star and son of the famous chef was in the group at the front of the queue for the new device, having camped out overnight to reserve his place in the line.

The new phone contains facial recognition technology for the first time and is also the first iPhone to house an edge-to-edge screen.

With prices starting at £999, it is also the most expensive iPhone ever.

Marco Pierre White Jr
Marco Pierre White Jr

Industry experts had predicted large queues for the launch, after the iPhone 8 - released in September - was met with a muted response.

Smartphone expert Ernest Doku, from uSwitch.com, said many consumers had chosen to wait for the X as they saw it as the "main event" phone.

People queuing outside the Apple Store
People queuing outside the Apple Store

White said he was buying devices for himself and a friend.

Labelled the "future" of the iPhone by Apple boss Tim Cook, the iPhone X uses FaceID facial recognition to unlock the device, doing away with the Home button and Touch ID fingerprint sensor of previous iPhone handsets.

iPhone
iPhone

The launch comes in the wake of strong quarterly financial results on Thursday night, with Apple also predicting revenue in the next quarter of more than 80 billion dollars (£61.3 billion), a suggestion that the company is confident of strong sales.

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