iPhone 14 Plus Facing No Delay Nearly a Week After Pre-Orders Opened Amid Reports of Low Demand

[MacRumors]

The iPhone 14 Plus, Apple's 6.7-inch non-Pro iPhone, is facing no delays for delivery nearly a week after pre-orders opened, indicating demand for the new model may be low.

Pre-orders for all models of the iPhone 14 lineup opened last Friday, with delivery for all models except the iPhone 14 Plus beginning tomorrow. While delivery estimates for the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max remain delayed by days and even weeks, all models of the iPhone 14 Plus remain available for same-day delivery upon launch on Friday, October 7, with no delays.

The lack of a delay for the iPhone 14 Plus comes amid a report that demand for the new model has been worse than expected. Earlier this week, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said demand for the non-Pro 6.7-inch iPhone is far lower than that of the 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini from last year, which it effectively replaces in the lineup. Kuo said, "Apple's product segmentation strategy for standard models fails this year."

The iPhone 14 Plus is meant for customers who want a larger iPhone without all the features of Apple's high-end models. The iPhone 14 Plus, like the iPhone 14, features the same chip as the iPhone 13 Pro, camera improvements, and other minor enhancements. Reviewers called the iPhone 14 an "iPhone 13S," noting the little improvements and changes compared to its predecessor.

Article Link: iPhone 14 Plus Facing No Delay Nearly a Week After Pre-Orders Opened Amid Reports of Low Demand

 

[AppleTO]

Not a huge surprise when the pro model is only $100 USD more.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Apple’s marketing tactic to upsell the pros works wonder

 

[Sciomar]

It will be interesting to see the data on sales of this plus versus the 12 and 13 mini (separately of course).

 

[SilenceBroken]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA ::clears throat:: HAHAHAHHAHA

Garbage "update" gets garbage sales figures... go figure.


Hope this a wakeup call to Apple, because this is a slap in the face of all their stock owners and people who buy their products around the world. Absolute joke.

Bring on the 15 come Spring/early Summer.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Not a huge surprise when the pro model is only $100 more.

Yeah but in the eu market it’s much more (200 or even 400 for the max) so I’m curious how it goes

 

[SilenceBroken]

Not a huge surprise when the pro model is only $100 more.

This comment is as much a joke as the sales are.

 

[Mojohanna32]

With the carrier deals, I would imagine that a Pro is only a couple of dollars more per month (I have not looked at it). So yes, people are moving to the pro models. Sorry, edit, with the Carrier deals in the US.

 

[AppleTO]

Back in the old days of ‘Plus’ models they used to sell well because there were no ‘Pro’ models above them.

 

[mattopotamus]

It's a pretty hard sell considering it is not much of an upgrade from the 13, and you are not getting dynamic island. Most people are probably doing some sort of 0% financing, so are willing to spend an extra ~$8/month for a pro variant. I'm guessing the regular iPhone 14 sales will be lackluster.

 

[bbeagle]

Garbage "update" gets garbage sales figures... go figure.

Hope this a wakeup call to Apple, because this is a slap in the face of all their stock owners and people who buy their products around the world. Absolute joke.

I thought Apple owners were lemmings and bought every new shiny thing Apple puts out? That's not true?

 

[KPOM]

Maybe the best strategy is a single non-pro model. Both the mini and the plus seem to be unpopular when the Pros get all the new features.

The 3-week delay in its release probably doesn’t help either. It would be as if the iPhone 8 came out 3 weeks after the X.

 

[I7guy]

Seems like the product segmentation is a success. Pro max for more money cannabilizing the plus.

 

[Theozz]

iPhone 14 Plus may not sell well, but if everyone is buying Pros, Apple is a winner.

 

[I7guy]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA ::clears throat:: HAHAHAHHAHA

Garbage "update" gets garbage sales figures... go figure.


Hope this a wakeup call to Apple, because this is a slap in the face of all their stock owners and people who buy their products around the world. Absolute joke.

Bring on the 15 come Spring/early Summer.

Next year, there won’t be a plus. Bye mini and bye plus.

 

[GeoStructural]

I thought Apple owners were lemmings and bought every new shiny thing Apple puts out? That's not true?

You are correct, but there is another new shiny thing out there that has a ton of new features and is only slightly pricier.

 

[mrat93]

Shocker that people don’t want to pay $900 for a larger version of last year’s base model. Can I have my iPhone 15 mini Pro, please?

 

[jdavid_rp]

If you want a big iPhone 14 you buy the Pro Max, youre gonna pay more but the full pack. If you just want a big iPhone you just buy an iPhone 13 Pro Max

 

[AppleUK1]

Is Apple's strategy really a failure if those who considered the 14 Plus decided 'you know, I may as well go with the Pro, it's only a 100 more and I get a lot more features"?

 

[ryankru720]

I think this will change over time, I think most people don’t know about the iPhone 14 Plus, it hasn’t even launched yet. I think a lot of mainstream consumers will walk into their carrier store and see they can get a new big iPhone dollars and will want it.

 

[DFZD]

I think we would need the sales data for each model to find out what is really happening. Are people not buying the Plus variant or are they not buying both the outdated iPhone 13s and 13s Plus.

 

[senttoschool]

I think the Plus will have more success in emerging markets.

 

[profets]

I think the Plus will do well - but it's not a crazy launch day device like the Pro is for most enthusiasts. It'll be one of the phones that does well throughout the year with carrier upgrades and such.

 

[EugW]

It's likely there will be significant 14 Plus inventory available, but pre-sales are a bit lower than expected.

As I mentioned in the other thread, early adopters pre-ordering do skew to the Pro models, but average people go for the non-Pro models, and over time I think the 14 and 14 Plus will significantly outsell the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max.

BTW, here's my poll on the subject:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/poll-which-2022-iphone-14-series-model-will-be-the-highest-seller.2357462/

 

[subjonas]

Apple cancels the Mini because of weak sales—I frown. Apple replaces it with the opposite, a Plus—I frown more. The Plus has weak sales—I smirk.