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it only took ten minutes for Apple to sell out of its first batch of the iPhone 10 the $1000 phone hits stores November 3rd but online pre-orders began in the wee hours Friday morning and it didn't take long for shipper wait times to be pushed back 5 to 6 weeks until mid-december Apple always tends to sell out of its first batch of new phones quickly but this year things are different there have been reports that Apple was having production problems with the iPhone 10 due to the complicated manufacturing of the facial recognition system experts are expecting it to be in short supply so a pre-order sell out doesn't necessarily mean it's a hit but Apple is happy about the early reaction an Apple spokeswoman said in a statement quote customer demand is off the charts this is the first time Apple stager the release of different new models the iPhone 8 and A+ were out a month ago and carriers reported weaker than usual interest the iPhone 10 has a major redesign it's a whole different look from the 8 gone is the touch ID home button a screen is stretching across most of the front and it includes a facial recognition system called face ID a new look may be what gets consumers more excited to upgrade that is if they don't mind waiting to get one I'm Bridget Carey you can follow the latest on all things Apple at cnet.com