The sale of Apple’s new iPhone 17 marks the tech giant’s strong smartphone earnings since the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by its biggest redesign in years. Industry experts tracking Apple’s supply chain, mobile carriers, and customer wait times revealed that early demand for the revamped iPhone exceeded expectations ahead of its September debut.

Apple is confronting regulatory pressure in the UK while reportedly planning a major product strategy shift that would skip the iPhone 19 entirely in favour of an iPhone 20 lineup launching in 2027. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated both Apple and Google as having “strategic market status,