Apple customers who want to get their hands on the newest iPhone 14 range may have to endure a lengthy wait for their orders to arrive as reports suggest the new products are being delayed until the end of October.
In one of the industry’s biggest dates of the year, the iPhone 14 was released just last week, and eager UK shoppers were able to pre-order on Friday, September 9, before the handsets hit stores this Friday, September 16.
But delivery delays will now mean some shoppers will receive their orders more than a month after they are available to buy in-store.
Birmingham Live checked the availability on Apple’s UK site, and the dates for each of the four phones in the newest range are all delayed.
Shoppers who pre-order their new phones are also not able to collect them in-store, which means many will be stuck with delayed dates.
The standard iPhone 14 is the least affected with delivery times expected between September 21-23, only a week after they are available to buy from UK stores.
Its bigger version, the iPhone 14 Plus, is next on the list and would arrive around October 7 if ordered today, September 13.
But nearly a month after the iPhone 14 range is available to buy in-store, the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will only be delivered between October 12 to October 26.
So for shoppers who chose to pre-order their latest device as soon as possible after the launch, they will have to wait nearly double the amount of time compared to shoppers who go in stores on September 16 to purchase.
The iPhone 14 Pro Max is a popular choice out of the four newest phones, with its new camera technology with a supposed “film-industry standard” quality, but shoppers will have to wait longer to get their hands on it.
We checked the pre-order delivery times on a 512GB iPhone 14 Pro Max in deep purple, and if pre-ordered today it would not be delivered until October 19, at the earliest.
On top of this issue, consumers have also taken to social media to share their challenges with trying to place orders on Apple, with many reporting ‘error’ messages when at online check-out.
Colour choices does also seem to be influencing the availability, with popular choices like the Space Black and Silver in more demand.
Apple is yet to confirm why there are such delays, and not all retailers appear to be having the same issue.
