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Scalpers are already reselling the iPhone X outside of Apple Stores

Avery HartmansNov 3, 2017, 23:13 IST

A man pays to buy new iPhone Xs from those who just bought at Apple Stores, on a street in Hong Kong.Bobby Yip/Reuters

It didn't take long after Apple's new iPhone X arrived in the company's stores Friday morning for scalpers to get to work.

Soon after the throngs of people lining up at stores around the world started making their way into the outlets and buying the new device, scalpers among their number turned around and started making some quick money off the hotly anticipated phone.

Check out these images of scalpers at work in Hong Kong, China: