[datawarrior]

I'm not so sure they will sell a ton. Most of the talk I've heard has been "meh" regarding it. I'm personally holding off until I see more hands on reviews and feel comfortable that I wont be a beta tester for Apple.

I'm really excited for the screen (not the notch). True blacks are where Apple has really suffered. I love reading at night on my iPad but it's a much worse experience than my Samsung tablet with an OLED screen. The move to OLED by Apple is really the biggest thing here that people aren't paying much attention too.

[bpicolo]

They're going to sell a metric crapload of them, there's really no question given the general sentiment out there.

It's the biggest change to the most popular smartphone ever.

[seanmcdirmid]

They will sell well, especially in china where the fashionistas want a new iPhone that is noticeably different from the 6/7/8.

[tooltalk]

From what I remember, the overall smartphone sales in China is stagnating and Apple's marketshare is shrinking.

[MBCook]

That’s thought to be one of the reasons why. There are 3 years of phones that are effectively identical looking so if want to show off you have the ‘new shiny’ you really can’t because without close inspection no one can tell.

The X obviously fixes that. There are rumors a big percentage of the supply will be going to China, more than even distribution.

We’ll see.

[seanmcdirmid]

Ya, the X was definitely designed to solve that problem. I don't think it will be nearly as successful in the west as it is in the east (just like larger phones in general).