The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were launched a couple of months ago and we guess by now some of you guys thought that maybe supply constraints might have eased up. Well as it turns out it hasn’t. It has improved, sure, but according to the latest research conducted by analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, it seems that demand for Apple’s new iPhones is still outstripping its supply.
According to Munster in a note obtained by AppleInsider, his surveys have found that 56% of core configurations are in stock based on his last checks on the 12th of December. Based on this, Munster expects that availability should reach around the 80% mark by the end of the quarter, although he did mention that he had hoped Apple could hit 100% in-stock by the end of the month.
That being said, 56% is actually a slight dip from November where he found availability to be at 58%, but given that we are in the holiday season and with Christmas approaching soon, perhaps demand for the new iPhones have increased, leading to the 2% drop, although it is still markedly an improvement over the 6% availability in mid-October.
While this does not seem like a bad problem to have – after all who would complain that their product is in such demand – Munster believes that the supply constraints could limit upside potential, although he speculates that Apple already knew their limits when they had issued guidance for the December quarter.
We can’t be sure when the stores will hit 100% availability and we will start seeing 24-hour shipping estimates, but as it stands, most, if not all, configurations have a 3-5 day shipping estimate so we’re hoping that it will be soon.
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