Continued Shipping Delays Suggest iPhone SE is a Sales Hit

If youā€™ve recently attempted to buy an iPhone SE, only to notice stock-outs and lengthy shipping delays, rest assured you arenā€™t the only one. The recently-released 4-inch handset is continuing to see limited availability in a number of markets, which suggests that it could be an early sales success.

The phoneā€™s dwindling stock was pointed out by AppleInsider on Wednesday, when it observed that many models on sale through the US arm of the Apple Online Store werenā€™t shipping until late in the month. At the time that we write, all of these models ā€“ whether SIM-free or with a carrier ā€“ show delivery times of 7-10 business days, as they also do in the store in various other international markets.

While these figures suggest that early sales of the iPhone SE have surpassed Appleā€™s own expectations, it remains unclear precisely how many units have been sold so far. The relatively high sales could lead Apple to soon cite concrete figures, but this isnā€™t a foregone conclusion.

In any case, we donā€™t think you should fret about waiting too long if youā€™ve only just placed an order for the iPhone SE. As the device has not attracted the same kind of hype and publicity as a flagship iPhone, we expect Apple to comfortably address the stock shortages within the next few weeks.

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