http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/10/25/if-you-want-an-iphone-x-for-the-holidays-start-planning-now/

If you're planning on getting an iPhone X in time for the holidays, you may have a harder time getting your hands on one than usual, according to analysts.

Several Apple analysts have said that the number of people who want an iPhone X will far outstrip the number of phones available at launch — and even well into 2018. Daniel Ives of GBH Insights said this week that he thinks it could be April or even May before the balance between supply and demand settles and people simply will be able to walk into a store and buy one.