Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) Apple’s latest iPhone 17 series went on sale in Taiwan Friday, with local carriers offering early-bird incentives and some enthusiasts lining up days in advance.<\/p>\n
The four new models — the 6.3-inch iPhone 17, 6.5-inch iPhone Air, 6.3-inch iPhone 17 Pro and 6.9-inch iPhone 17 Pro Max — are priced from NT$29,900 (US$993), the same starting price as last year but with double the minimum storage at 256GB.<\/p>\n
Taiwan’s major telecom operators held launch-day events in Taipei.<\/p>\n
Chunghwa Telecom offered vouchers worth NT$3,600 to 360 customers who had registered online, including 80 who had signed up for its Taipei launch.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Taiwan Mobile staged a Formula One-themed display at its flagship store at Taipei’s Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, while Far EasTone offered NT$4,000 discounts off contract prices for the first 50 customers at its Taipei direct store, and similar offers at branches in Taichung and Kaohsiung.<\/p>\n
Enthusiasts began queuing days in advance at all three major telecom operators.<\/p>\n
At Apple’s direct store in Taipei’s Xinyi District, 36-year-old digital advertising worker Hsu (\u5f90) became the first in line for the third consecutive year, arriving at 5 a.m. Friday to pick up his preordered iPhone 17 Pro Max in dark blue.<\/p>\n
He told CNA he was most interested in the upgraded front camera that automatically rotates for horizontal selfies and the main camera’s 8x optical zoom for shooting distant scenes.<\/p>\n
(By Chiang Ming-yen, Jeffrey Wu and Chao Yen-hsiang) <\/p>\n
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