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iPhone 13 Availability Expected to Improve As Holiday Season Approaches

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The availability of the iPhone 13 is expected to improve in the coming weeks as the holiday season approaches, possibly easing concerns from analysts and customers that product availability would have remained exceptionally tight as consumers begin holiday shopping.

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Like many other products, the iPhone has been suffering the consequences of a global chip shortage that has impacted production and general product availability. Estimated shipping times for the iPhone 13 were spanning weeks, if not months, in some locations for specific configurations.

As the holiday season approaches, however, Apple's suppliers have managed to ease the shortage of certain components, allowing iPhone 13 production to accelerate, according to DigiTimes. Apple's supply chain partners are beginning to notice the gap between iPhone 13 demand and supply "gradually narrowing" thanks to the ramped-up production of integrated circuit boards embedded within the iPhone.

Apple this past quarter said the chip shortage and complications hindering production due to the global health crisis cost it $6 billion. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, and the company's chief financial officer, Luca Maestri, warned investors that the impact of the chip shortage is expected to be greater than $6 billion for the upcoming holiday quarter.

All of Apple's product categories, from the AirPods to the Mac, have seen considerable upgrades over the past several months that are expected to appeal to customers looking for holiday shopping.

AirPods are a popular holiday gift, and Apple released its third-generation model last month. The new AirPods feature a smaller design from the previous generation while including new features such as Spatial Audio with head tracking, Adaptive EQ, and improved durability.

In preparation for the holiday season, Apple has extended its return policy until January 8, 2022, for all purchases between November 1 and December 25. The new policy applies to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, AirPods, HomePod mini, and more.

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If you have a 16GB iPhone 6s and you have no storage, because iOS 15 just doesn’t work properly on 16GB, then I have empathy. And there’s no easy way to roll back to iOS 13. Or even iOS 12. I’ve resorted to disabling iCloud entirely in order to use the camera on iPhone 6s and syncing manually to my MacBook Air. I have empathy. 16GB is not enough (to run the OS with iCloud).

But if you have an iPhone 8 with 64GB of storage, which is faster than my iPad Pro 10.5”, and has the same storage as my iPad Pro 10.5”, I’m not really sure what you’re arguing about. How does this iPhone shipping delay impact you?

Has anyone proved iPhone 8 64GB doesn’t work anymore?
 
I think Apple is trying to flood the market with 64GB iPhones to end 8GB / 16GB iPhones. And to prevent the resale of used 8GB / 16GB iPhones on Amazon. How much is an iPhone 5s worth? (16GB)

Unless you’re a developer, you shouldn’t be buying an 8GB or 16GB phone in 2021.

… Otherwise there’s some housewife in Montana complaining about having no storage to take baby photos.

32GB seems OK, but who knows what’s in iOS 16.
 
Hey, I didn't know Apple could be impacted by chip shortage. In my mind, Apple is literally the only company on earth that can beat all odds, defy physics and nature to achieve uncapped growth YOY without any loss or downfall. Guess I am not quite right this time? :rolleyes:
 
I’m guessing Steve Jobs, and Tim Cook, sat down in a meeting in 2005 and said, “Enough is enough.”

At that time (2005), a family had to buy a digital camera and a digital camcorder to take photos and videos. And the cost of those two, now combined with the iPod, probably wasn’t achievable for most middle class families ($1,500+).

So they made the iPhone, in partnership with Sony (lens), to bring equality of sorts. ($499)

But then something happened in 2015 where 16GB wasn’t enough, so Apple, and Google, and Samsung and LG, are rushing to put out 64GB phones, which is probably why we have a chip shortage.


And I’m writing this like a narrative because you have to think back to the early 2000’s to put things in perspective.

Imagine trying to ship 10 million MiniDV camcorders.
 
An iPhone 13 is an HDTV, a PlayStation, a camcorder, an iPod, a camera, a Palm Pilot, a Windows laptop, and a Fitbit in one device.

And so is iPhone 12, 11, SE 2, XR, XS, X, 8, 7…

And per my original post, “How disappointing it must be to own an iPhone 12.”
 
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I think you meant global chip shortage, not a shortage of boats (ships) :)
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The situation in Los Angeles is the same here in Seattle/Tacoma; chips and all asundried imported tech merchandise are sitting idly in ports, at least on the West coast, awaiting trucks to deliver them inland. There’s neither a shortage of chips, nor ships; just trucks and drivers.
 
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