Pre -order start on the iPhone: 17 Pro Max is favorite, Air usually immediately available

Friday afternoon, 3:15 p.m.: It is a little more than an hour after pre-order start for the new iPhone 17 generation when we start sample in the Apple online store. Which iPhones are particularly high in the favor of the pre -orders? From 2 p.m., interested parties were able to give up their orders worldwide. With one exception: in China Apple postponed the pre -order start for the iPhone Air at short notice.

A alleged favorite in the buying capacity is quickly identified in the German online shop: the iPhone 17 Pro Max – regardless of the color and the memory equipment – is only available with three to four weeks of delivery. Surprising shopkeepers on the pre-order day, on the other hand, is the biggest novelty in line-up: The iPhone Air can still be obtained at the time of the check with an exception with delivery on the first sale day on September 19. Only in the case of the variant in cloud white is the delivery quantified with seven to ten working days.

Delivery time view not without any ifs and but

With the iPhone 17, the situation is mixed: only the variant of fog blue with 256 GB of memory is still available for the first sale day. Otherwise, it takes seven to ten working days (lavender, 256 GB) or even two to three weeks (lavender, 512 GB) until Apple can deliver.

The view of the delivery times that has become a tradition in many media is of course not without ifs and buts. First, it is unclear how many devices Apple has for which variant in stock or how different the production times are. Secondly, the majority of the pre -orderers who can get more excited about technology than for lifestyle are likely to be more enthusiastic, which is why an iPhone Air may have more difficult in this target group than in the shops afterwards.

iPhone Air moved to China

In China, however, some would be happy if they could order the air. Apple had to According to a report by South China Morning Post Shut off the pre -order start at short notice. Reason: The regulatory authorities have not yet been completely agreed with the waiver of a plastic SIM card. Instead, the device only works with an ESIM. In China, the electronic variant of the SIM card has not yet been welcome and is hardly supported by the network operators.