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The pb times for the iPhone 14 Pro models person increased, a tracker claims, a alteration that whitethorn beryllium a byproduct of the Foxconn factory's COVID outbreak.

In the eighth week of the Apple Product Availability Tracker by analysts astatine JP Morgan and seen by AppleInsider, determination has been a alteration successful pb times for immoderate of the iPhone 14 generation, portion others look much static.

According to JP Morgan, some Pro models person seen their pb times extended to wherever they were astir 2 weeks ago. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max saw their times displacement from 24 days each successful week 7 to 31 days apiece successful week 8.

It is reckoned that this could beryllium "a reflection of a caller COVID-related outbreak starring to disruptions astatine a large iPhone mill successful China." It is "atypical for pb times to grow by a ample magnitude" pursuing moderation astatine this clip of the merchandise cycle.

The effects are mostly felt by the Pro models. By contrast, the iPhone 14 and Plus saw their pb times summation by a day, from 2 days successful week 7 to 8 days successful week 8.

Lead times for the basal iPhone 14 exemplary is shorter comparative to the iPhone 13, but is present successful enactment with the Pro and Pro Max.

On a determination bases, the U.S. saw iPhone 14 and Plus pb times stabilize astatine 3 days each, which is little favorable than the 11-day pb times of their iPhone 13 counterparts. Pro and Pro Max pb times person lengthened to 32 days from 24 days.

In-store, the iPhone 14 and Plus are disposable for same-day pickup, portion the Pro and Pro Max is the aforesaid for astir fractional the disposable SKUs. Fewer SKUs were disposable for same-day pickup 1 week prior.

It's a akin pb clip communicative successful China, with the Pros going up from 22 days to 29 days. However, portion the iPhone 14 saw a alteration from 4 days to 2 days, the Plus saw its pb clip spell from 1 time to 2 days.

In Europe, German deliveries for the iPhone 14 and Plus tracked astatine 5 days, up from 1 time past week, whereas the UK transportation timing stayed astatine 1 day. Lead times besides lengthened for the Pro models, to 34 days from 26 days successful Germany, and to 29 days from 22 days successful the UK.

The Wearables Tracker showed a stabilization of Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra pb times, to 7 and 19 days respectively from 7 days and 24 days 1 week ago. The Apple Watch SE tracked astatine 7 days, up from 6 days 1 week prior.

The second-generation AirPods Pro is said to person a two-day pb time.