iPhone 16 Pro Max shipment delayed

This does not change the fact that within a few hours, iphone 16 pro max deliveries are now 3-4 weeks. What could cause such delays other than lack of organization and huge supply issues. I live in Cyprus. I spoke with the official apple store in Cyprus. They have 2500 units preordered and so far, they received 20 units in two weeks. And this is only one shop (main apple representative). I cannot imagine what is happening with the big telecommunications companies that have the majority of customers!

I pre-ordered several phones on the 16th. Two 16 Pro and two 16 Pro Max. Both Pros were delivered on Oct 1, three days before the estimated delivery date.

Meanwhile, the Pro Maxes are just chillin', doing nothing but sitting in a warehouse in China.

my experience was i ordered it back end of September. It was estimated to ship out 10/04 - 10/08, it finally gave me a tracking number and shipped out Saturday October 5th & was delivered October 7th. I ordered the IPhone 16 Pro Max, so not sure if the shipping takes longer for certain models due to popularity.

Apple said it was shipping out a replacement phone. They wouldn't tell me why I needed a replacement.

They said they were launching an investigation into what had happened and that I would definitely be contacted within 3 business days

A week passed by with no contact from Apple. After being on hold for a long time, I was told there was currently no update for the "investigation".

In the meantime, my "replacement" for a phone that should've been delivered on day 1 was now saying that it would arrive around *1 November*!

I cancelled the order, as well

as separate lesers for a watch and a

MacBook.

I love apple products buf I'm not gonna pay them money for this kind of awful service

I ordered mine on 9/13, same ocurred til it was returned to apple. No explanation and now they request a reship this was on Monday 10/7, and they said can be send by November. I think something is occurring. At first I saw the message that the item was in a secure location waiting for a release I thought was because of the strike. The box for trading arrived on 9/30, Apple says this will be canceled and begin the trade in process again when the new iPhone arrives

What I’ve learned from ordering a couple Apple products recently is that if you get UPS, you are rolling the dice on the delivery. They might actually lose the item, tell you to talk to Apple about it, and then it mysteriously arrives weeks later.

Much better if you get FedEx as the carrier.

I found this info:

The iPhone 16 shipping situation is as follows:

iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus: Some colors are scheduled to arrive between October 3 and October 8, while others are set for delivery between October 8 and October 15.

iPhone 16 Pro: Pre-orders are expected to be delivered between October 8 and October 15.

iPhone 16 Pro Max: The ship window for all 256GB variants is estimated to be between October 15 and October 22.

The Dessert Titanium color may not be available at launch due to low stock and prebookings. Customers may need to wait until mid-October for this color

steffbanks wrote:

Im not reading all of that. I wanted what i paid for. Shortly after paying for it. Simple as that. Thanks for responding though.

Read what you want or don't want to read. Why you are complaining here however, makes no sense. This is a user to user ONLY forum. Not Apple Support, which no one from Apple participates. No one here on this forum has anything to do with Apple or whoever you ordered your phone from. Complain to them.

The iPhone 16 Pro Max has experienced delays in shipment due to high demand and supply chain issues. Many customers are facing extended wait times for their orders.

Not true at all. Look at the flow of shipment steps at UPS. The phones have moved from China perfectly well until UPS screwed it.

It’s happening here in the UK too and with different delivery companies (not UPS). Seems to be an Apple issue.

Just be happy, I ordered mine right away, got confirmation with order delivery of sep 20, now when I looked they updated it to sep 30. Ordered my wife’s through Verizon, exact phone, different color, already delivered today

Weekend delivery is a much higher charge from services like UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS etc, Many third parties resellers offer expedited shipping at an extra fee. So, options exist if a specific delivery date is required.

Mine is riding around on a UPS truck in my neighborhood. It’s been out for delivery since 8am this morning. I just got a message from UPS saying “your package is pending release from a government agency. Once released we will update your delivery.

I’m having an even stranger experience. I’m in the UK and mine was supposed to be delivered today, per DPD tracking it was out for delivery and then suddenly it’s delayed until Monday because the driver encountered an issue in my area. I get another email from Apple saying my order is processing and estimated to ship in 3-4 weeks… I check the order on my account and theres the one that was supposed to come today saying arriving soon but when I scroll down there’s another one saying replacement and preparing to ship??

DPD couldn’t give me much more info than they will retry on Monday, but I’m thinking did my phone get robbed and now they’re sending a replacement but not explaining to me??