If You Want an iPhone 14 Pro Before Christmas, These Are Your Options - CNET

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It's not casual to get your hands connected a brand-new iPhone 14 Pro exemplary close now.

The reason? A operation of strict COVID-19 restrictions and consequent protests successful China has affected the Zhengzhou assembly mill for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. According to Apple, that installation "is presently operating astatine a importantly reduced capacity," and arsenic a result, galore reports suggest that the accumulation shortage could deed 6 cardinal units.

That's an incredibly important number, and we've already begun to spot its impact. If you spell to the Apple website close present and privation to acquisition an iPhone 14 Pro oregon iPhone 14 Pro Max, the fastest expected transportation day isn't until aft Christmas, and if you privation to prime it up in-store, well, that's beauteous overmuch impossible.

If you're reasoning astir buying an iPhone 14 Pro arsenic a acquisition for a loved one, you'll person to hold a portion -- possibly adjacent until adjacent year.

Fortunately, determination are respective options you person to get it sooner (i.e., earlier the holidays). Here's what you request to do.

1. Check your section Apple store

You person a large accidental astatine securing an iPhone 14 Pro oregon iPhone 14 Pro Max earlier the holidays by perpetually checking inventory online astatine your section Apple store.

On the Apple website, spell to the Buy iPhone 14 Pro page and take your model, color, storage, outgo enactment and carrier. Once you've selected each these options, you should spot the last terms of your telephone astatine the bottommost of the page, arsenic good arsenic the estimated day of transportation and the enactment to prime up successful idiosyncratic astatine your nearest Apple store (if available).

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You tin get the iPhone 14 Pro for arsenic debased arsenic $999 and the iPhone 14 Pro Max for $1,099 from Apple, but you'll request to play astir with the assorted colors and retention options to find availability earlier the holidays.

If the transportation day shows arsenic aft Christmas and there's nary availability to prime up successful person, effort these 2 things:

Choose a antithetic model. You tin bump up the retention from 256GB to 512GB oregon power colors from heavy purple to golden to spot if a somewhat antithetic saltation of the iPhone 14 Pro exemplary you wanted is available. Play astir with each the disposable options.

There are besides online trackers, like this one, which automatically hunt for each disposable iPhone 14 Pro models astatine Apple stores successful your area, though these websites thin to beryllium riddled with advertisements.

Change Apple store locations. Right supra the Add to Bag button, you'll spot details of the nearest Apple store. If the iPhone 14 Pro is unavailable astatine that store, deed Check different store to presumption availability astatine the nearest 12 stores. If your prime is inactive not disposable astatine immoderate adjacent Apple stores, alteration the ZIP codification and deliberation astir a roadworthy travel if you privation the iPhone 14 that badly.

You whitethorn besides spot an enactment that says Similar models available. If you're funny successful the exemplary that appears, great! Select it to cheque retired wherever it's disposable to prime up in-store that aforesaid day.

iPhone availability diagnostic connected the Apple website

2. Next, cheque retailers and bearer stores

The Apple store isn't the lone spot to look for the iPhone 14 Pro. You tin cheque online, via telephone oregon successful idiosyncratic astatine the telephone carriers oregon retailers successful your area.

For retailers similar Walmart oregon Target, your champion accidental to people is to cheque online. For example, if you're adjacent a carnal Best Buy store, spell to the Best Buy website, find the iPhone 14 Pro exemplary you privation and scroll to the bottommost of the leafage to cheque connected transportation and pickup options. If transportation is disposable earlier Christmas, you tin easy bargain the iPhone 14 Pro and person it sent to your home. If pickup is an option, you could perchance get it the aforesaid day.

As for telephone bearer stores, similar T-Mobile, AT&T oregon Verizon, the easiest mode to cheque if they person iPhone 14 Pro inventory is to telephone your section store oregon spell successful person. You tin speech to a income typical and inquire if they person the iPhone 14 exemplary you want, oregon if not, thing similar. You tin besides inquire erstwhile they're expecting a caller shipment. Inventory usually isn't disposable online for each idiosyncratic bearer store, truthful you'll request to enactment much enactment successful to find the iPhone you want. But hey, you mightiness get lucky.

3. Lastly, see an older iPhone model

And if each other fails, you should honestly see purchasing an older iPhone model. There are a ton of large options to get the iPhone 13 Pro (2021) oregon iPhone 12 Pro (2020) models -- for a importantly cheaper terms too.

While a 256GB iPhone 14 Pro is $1,099, you could get a refurbished 256GB iPhone 13 Pro for $809 on Amazon oregon a refurbished 256GB iPhone 12 Pro for $759 directly from Apple.