US Buyers Favor iPhone 7 Over iPhone 8

US Buyers Favor iPhone 7 Over iPhone 8
Apple customers shop for new iPhones at an Apple store in San Francisco, on Sept., 22, 2017. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
|Updated:

Apple Inc.’s older iPhone 7 models are outselling the recently launched iPhone 8 ahead of the early November debut of the premium iPhone X, broker KeyBanc Capital Markets said, citing carrier store surveys.

Traditionally, new editions of the iPhone have sold quickly as fans queue for the latest upgrade, but early surveys have added to chatter that the iPhone 8 is not proving to be as popular as its predecessors.