iPhone 14 Pro lead times marginally improve in slow return to normal - AppleInsider

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Lead times for deliveries of the iPhone 14 Pro models has somewhat improved successful China, arsenic the march to instrumentality to mean proviso levels dilatory continues.

Apple's proviso of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max handsets person been heavy impacted by the Zhengzhou mill problems, which person included COVID lockdowns and worker riots. In JP Morgan's 14th Apple Product Availability Tracker, there's much signs that things are turning around, but they are inactive babe steps.

Analysts assertion that proviso for the Pro models has "incrementally improved," driven by a moderation of pb times successful China. However, pb times are inactive "modestly elevated" comparative to those observed earlier the Zhengzhou COVID outbreak.

With ongoing challenges up of reaching much normalized levels of production, it is expected this could pb to "more muted" December 4th seasonality, arsenic good arsenic propulsion gross into the March quarter.

The iPhone planetary tracker puts at-home transportation for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus astatine 3 days apiece, the aforesaid arsenic week 13 one week ago. The Pro models saw their figures dip from 29 days to 27 days.

In China, the basal iPhone 14 models saw their pb times emergence from 1 time to 4 days, which continues to way with the iPhone 13 and mini pb times astatine this stage. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max saw pb times shrink from 39 days to 32 days.

For the U.S., pb times are unchangeable astatine 3 days for the non-Pro models versus 4 days 1 week ago, and being comparable to the iPhone 13. The iPhone 14 Pro models had their pb times enactment static astatine 25 days.

In Europe, times successful the UK and Germany saw declines for the iPhone 14 brace astatine 2 to 3 days, against 3 days successful the erstwhile tracker. For the Pro, German pb times stayed static astatine 25 days, portion the UK saw a tiny betterment from 27 days to 26 days.

The Wearables Tracker indicates supply-demand for the Apple Watch models and AirPods are "balanced."

For the Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Ultra, pb times are described arsenic "Stable" astatine 6 days, 6 days, and 3 days respectively, against 8 days, 8 days, and 3 days 1 week prior. The second-generation AirPods Pro had its pb times stay the aforesaid arsenic past week astatine 3 days.