Why is it taking so long to receive our new iPhone 15 Pro Max?

Why such a long delay until we receive our new 15 pro max


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Posted on Oct 5, 2023 6:47 AM

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Oct 5, 2023 8:34 AM in response to ilias57

If you order a new product as soon as it is announced, you join 100s of thousands of other "I want it now" people in the queue. If you waited a few months, history teaches that the time would be shorter.


Factories are flooded with orders, and no modern manufacturer in their right mind tries to inventory all the possible options variants.


Also you are not asking Apple here. Apple will have sent you an order conformation email that shows an estimated date of arrival. Those dates are seldom very far off from reality.


If you need help grasping the concept of "build on order," also called, 'just in time manufacturing," I invite you to view an excellent 3-part BBC2 James May documentary, "Building Cars," on Amazon Prime:


https://www.amazon.com/Building-Cars/dp/B08FWRSHQ8


or on other streaming services. Same principle as with phones: too many options available to inventory so you build to order.

Why is it taking so long to receive our new iPhone 15 Pro Max?

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