William Gallagher
Within minutes of Apple taking preorders for the iPhone 15 range, the iPhone 15 Pro Max was selling out and delivery dates are being pushed back into November.
Apple's preorders started late — two minutes late or so in the US and up to around six minutes internationally — but for a very brief time all iPhones were listed as delivering on September 22. That's the date Apple announced they would, but it's not the date that stayed true for very long.
After moments, the iPhone 15 Pro Max delivery date slipped to saying "7-10 days," which could still mean September 22 but almost certainly doesn't.
Then just before preorders had been open for half an hour, the iPhone 15 Pro Max jumped to being available in "2-3 weeks." At 3:30 PM, the same models had delivery estimates into early November.
At time of original publication, both the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus continue to be available for delivery next Friday. The iPhone 15 Pro briefly and oddly changed to saying "5-7 days," but is now showing "7-10 days."
These are the dates for the base configuration of each iPhone 15 model, and the first color option listed by Apple. However, all colors and all configurations of the iPhone 15 Pro Max — including the 1TB version — are now backordered.
Apple never releases sales figures, nor production ones, so it's not possible to truly know whether the iPhone 15 Pro Max is selling out faster than expected.
However, it is possible to know that if users still want to get one before October, they need to try going to an Apple retail store on Friday, September 22, 2023.
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I’m glad at least someone was able to get into the store and successfully complete an order. By the time I stopped getting the “be back soon” message at around 8:20 and then get past the time out messages and session expired messages I was able to place an order…I think. No order shows in my history so I’m not sure.
That was the worst pre-order process I’ve experienced in years. Despite having all the pre-qualification stuff done (and waking on time for these stupid early morning pre-order launches), I spent a half hour experiencing various errors before it could even access my pre-order information. By the time it let me complete the transaction my estimated delivery was October 9-16. Very disappointing.
Got my 15 PM order placed at 0809 (Florida) after same issues by many with "be back soon." I gave up on the App, went straight to apple.com (turned off VPN), did not use my pre/order stored info, started from scratch and within 90 seconds got 15PM black 512 and paid with Apple Card to get 3% kick-back. Delivery is on 22 SEP. Am pissed I had to wait 8 minutes cuz then got stuck in traffic and late for work. My manager at Dunkin Donuts was not happy, so I quit on the spot. Oh well, at least I got my 15. Will apply for a job at Apple Store.
And if you're with a carrier other than Verizon, ATT, and T-Mobile, you can't pre-order at all. Not sure when they will add "connect to another carrier later" but it's not there now.