iPhone 13 Pro Max. Photo by VnExpress/Tuan Hung

 

A global chip shortage and rising demand is delaying iPhone 13 delivery in Vietnam, with distributors reporting shortages in the Pro models.

 

"We do not currently have the iPhone 13 Pro Max model you have ordered and you might have to wait until next month at the earliest," a salesperson with a smartphone distribution chain in Vietnam told Thuy Linh, who is planning a smartphone upgrade.

 

Linh, an English teacher in Hanoi, has tried several stores in Hanoi but the 128-gigabyte option is either out of stock or does not have the color she wants.

 

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This is the same in Europe too, Apple.com lead times of 10-14 days, in-store official resellers have limited sizes or colors, and the kicker - will only sell them with an insurance package (read - non apple-care a complete <deleted> policy that costs 1/3 of the phone) or with ridiculously high finance (tried 3 main apple resellers), thankfully I woken up to stupidity of that attempted impulse buy.  Meh just buy a pixel or similar instead for a 1/3 of price