Good luck finding an iPhone 14 Pro before Christmas - CNN International

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If you haven’t ordered 1 of the higher-end iPhone 14 models by now, it whitethorn beryllium harder than accustomed to get 1 earlier the holidays.

The hold clip for the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max successful the United States is present 34 days, up from 7 days past week and 19 days arsenic of 3 weeks ago, according to a caller study from UBS, which tracked iPhone availability successful 30 countries.

In a bid of checks conducted connected Apple.com by CNN for respective cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago and Miami, astir iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models successful varying retention and colour options had transportation dates of December 28 oregon later. The iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max were besides unavailable for pickup successful astir locations.

The hold times, which a UBS expert called “extreme,” travel arsenic Apple (AAPL) confronts proviso concatenation constraints and accrued Covid-19 restrictions astatine its main assembly installation successful Zhengzhou, China, which the institution antecedently said is operating astatine a importantly reduced capacity.

Earlier this month, Apple released a statement that noted it is experiencing “strong demand” for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models but it expects little shipments than anticipated. “Customers volition acquisition longer hold times to person their caller products,” the institution said.

Apple told CNN connected Thursday that Apple Stores get regular shipments and customers tin proceed to cheque for in-store pickup options astatine their section retail location. The institution besides sometimes ships products up of the stated transportation date, and it’s imaginable immoderate retailers and wireless carriers person much successful banal than Apple.

While it’s unclear whether the higher-end iPhone 14 models volition beryllium disposable successful time, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max showed availability successful galore locations for same-day pickup successful CNN’s trial connected Thursday. UBS said it initially expected consumers to acquisition a lower-priced iPhone 14 alternatively of an iPhone 14 Pro model, but the hold times did not summation for the little costly devices past week.

Apart from being a imaginable headache for consumers, the uncertainty astir iPhone availability could adhd to Apple’s challenges for the all-important vacation quarter. Apple CFO Luca Maestri antecedently said the institution expects year-over-year gross maturation to decelerate successful the December 4th compared to the anterior quarter, citing the spot of the US dollar and ongoing macroeconomic weakness.

Apple released its caller smartphone lineup successful September, including the larger 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus exemplary and an updated iPhone 14 Pro that rethinks the much-maligned notch. In emblematic Apple fashion, the devices besides connection amended artillery beingness and camera features than the twelvemonth prior.

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus commencement astatine $799 and $899, respectively, portion the iPhone 14 Pro starts astatine $999 and the Pro Max starts astatine $1099.