Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro lead times indicate strong demand for the two premium models
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In the U.S., the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a lead time of 32 days while the iPhone 14 Pro weighs in with a 25-day lead time.
Time to buy the Apple iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max
In China, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a lead time of 36 days while the iPhone 14 Pro takes 29 days to be delivered. In the same country, the basic iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are seeing “materially higher” lead times than the lead times that these models have in other markets. Even though the non-Pro iPhone 14 models have lower lead times in general compared to the Pro models, they have recently increased by anywhere between three and five days.
Apple made the iPhone 14 Pro models more feature-rich than the basic models this year
Apple made sure that only the more expensive iPhone 14 Pro models were equipped with the new A16 Bionic chip and the new multitasking Dynamic Island notification center. The non-Pro iPhone 14 models not only continue to sport the notch, but they feature last year’s A15 Bionic SoC.
Other differences in the Pro models include the new 48MP image sensor (versus 12MP on the non-Pro phones), a 120Hz refresh rate not used on the cheaper units, and a faster version of the 6GB RAM memory chip.
While analysts can use “gut feel,” charts, supply chain sources, and other tools to help them analyze Apple, nothing can give them a snapshot of demand for a particular new iPhone model than its lead time. Still, investors continue to pummel Apple’s shares. Over the last five trading days, the stock has dropped $11.68 or 7.8% to $138.20.
