CNBC Daily Open: More people want the new iPhone — and Apple shares

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Critics may sneer at the iPhone 17 Pro’s fluorescent orange finish, but Apple’s

“Cosmic Orange” smartphone seems to be dazzling where it counts — in sales and shares.

The newest iPhone 17 series, which includes the base iPhone 17 and its overachieving Pro and skinny Air siblings — that come in colors other than orange, to be clear — has been outselling its predecessor in the U.S. and China, according to Counterpoint Research. In China, the iPhone Air reportedly sold out within minutes of going on sale, per the South China Morning Post.