Canalys: Apple’s iPhone X shipped 29 million in Q4, ‘slightly below industry expectations’

As the debate over sales of Apple’s iPhone X continues to brew, a research firm released data today that’s sure to provoke another round of thumbsucking.
According to Canalys, Apple shipped 29 million iPhone Xs in Q4 2017 (a quarter that Apple would refer to as Q1 2018), a figure that made it the “world’s best-shipping smartphone model over the holiday season.” Given a price tag that starts at $999, and given that it was only available in limited supplies for j