iPhone 13 orders have annoying delays — but Apple is working on it

iPhone thirteen orders have abrasive delays — but Apple is working on information technology

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To address the high need but brusque supply of the new iPhone 13 models, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is "working feverishly" to boost the availability of its latest phones.

Supply chain bug related to the global bit shortage accept afflicted nearly every sector of the tech industry to varying degrees — Apple included, to the extent that reports previously claimed Apple has had to cut iPhone thirteen product by 11%, from 90 meg phones to 80 1000000. Considering Apple had been riding out the chip shortage fairly well, cheers to its strong buying power, and command over a diverse supply concatenation, it shows just how bad the shortages actually are.

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iPhone xiii demand isn't so high that supply tin't even hope to keep up, meaning people aren't experiencing the aforementioned extreme issues every bit those looking for success in the adjacent PS5 restock.

But the iPhone 13 even so sold out pretty much instantly on the mean solar day pre-orders opened. Initial demand was pretty strong and some people, including some Tom's Guide staff members, struggled to go their club in thanks to the Apple tree website struggling with the influx of traffic.

Things appear to take eased upwards a little bit, but look times practice seem to depend on which iPhone 13 model you lot want to purchase. The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini models look to have the shortest wait times of a couple of weeks, with some variants even offering same day delivery if you pay a premium. Meanwhile the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max models have late-November delivery estimates.

That's if you're shopping from the Tom's Guide office in New York, and other regions may differ. Those expect times are also likely to increase every bit demand picks upwards in the sew to the holidays.

Obviously, Apple wants to be able to sell new iPhones to everyone who wants i, so it would be folly to non do everything it can to try and solve its supply concatenation problems. Least of all because the situation will cost the company effectually $half-dozen billion.

Cook didn't detail how Apple will tackle supply constraints, but was seemingly bullish virtually how Apple will weather the problem, telling CNBC that Apple has "had a very stiff operation despite larger than expected supply constraints."

Still those constraints are likely to continue into Q1 2022. Merely every bit a trillion-dollar company, Apple has the clout to piece of work on getting its supply chain up to speed to meet iPhone demand. But as it stands, you if y'all order a new iPhone thirteen at present, be prepared for a potential wait to get the new telephone.

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Tom is the Tom'southward Guide'south Automotive Editor, which means he tin can usually be found knee deep in stats the latest and best electric cars, or checking out some sort of driving gadget. It's long way from his days as editor of Gizmodo UK, when pretty much everything was on the table. He's ordinarily found trying to clasp another behemothic Lego set onto the shelf, draining very large cups of coffee, or complaining that Ikea won't let him buy the stuff he really needs online.