In Photos | From Sydney to Mumbai and more… it’s an iPhone 17 frenzy
Today’s a big day for Apple lovers! The new iPhone 17 series has gone on sale. Long queues of people could be seen outside the stores of the tech behemoth. These pictures tell the tale of the bubbling excitement
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Several people reached the stores early in the morning to stake a claim on the phones that they had pre-ordered. Staff open the main doors of the Apple Store in Sydney as customers arrive to take their iPhone 17 series phones and accessories. AFP
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One of the first customers flaunt their new iPhone 17 Pro and Apple Watch that they had pre-ordered in Sydney. The iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air were launched on September 9 in California. AFP
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A woman takes a selfie with the new iPhones inside the Apple store in Beijing’s Sanlitun area. This is the first time in five years that the company has rolled out new designs. Reuters
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Apple has also released its new Apple Watch SE, Watch Series 11, Watch Ultra 3 and AirPods Pro 3. The excitement is visible in this image as people in Singapore form a massive crowd while waiting outside. AFP
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Customers explore the new features of the iPhone 17 Pro Max at an Apple Store in Sydney. The iPhone 17 series comes with an A19 chip, a 48MP Fusion camera, ProMotion displays, and iOS 26, Apple’s latest operating system. AFP
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A man holds up Apple’s new iPhone 17 (left) and the iPhone Air (right) as he takes note of the design and thickness of the phone in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. iPhone Air is Apple’s first crack at a new smartphone with its thin body as its main selling point. AFP
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The craze for iPhone has reached India as well as long queues of people waited outside the stores in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. People have been waiting since midnight at some of the stores. Reuters
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A customer photographs Apple’s newly-launched Iphone 17 Pro smartphone at Select Citywalk, Saket, in New Delhi. In India, the new devices are priced between Rs 82,900 and Rs 2.29 lakh. PTI
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A woman and a boy look at the final preparations outside an Apple store in Beijing’s Sanlitun before the new iPhone 17 series smartphones go on sale in Beijing, China. Reuters
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In Mumbai, the sale of the new iPhone resulted in a scuffle as thousands queued up for it. PTI
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