Avid iPhone fans worldwide are reporting a pugnacious clip preordering Apple’s caller products. The iPhone 14, 14 Pro, and AirPods Pro 2 all went up for preorder today, and radical person had issues ranging from the Apple Store app and website not loading, financing not working, nonaccomplishment to verify telephone numbers, and recognition cards not working.

Just similar with the iPhone 13 past year, Apple has a pre-preorder strategy that allows you to velocity up the checkout process. You could prime the iPhone you’re funny in, prime accessories, and acceptable up your outgo and shipping. Then erstwhile preorders open, each you would person to bash is cheque out. This system, however, seemingly has failed astatine an abnormally precocious complaint if you spot the complaints online. For those that yet enactment orders through, immoderate reported their shipping dates had slipped by astatine slightest a week. Carrier sites look to also beryllium having akin issues.

Others are creaseless sailing done the process, getting their orders successful and transportation dates acceptable for September 16th. Among Verge staff, elder exertion Tom Warren had nary hiccups checking retired with Apple Pay, but immoderate of america did deed walls. Reporter Jon Porter gave up trying aft the store failed portion trying to process his telephone number, and managing exertion Alex Cranz had delays earlier getting an bid done — adjacent with Apple Pay and a pre-preorder setup configured.

Last year, determination were rumblings astir iPhone 13 preorders not going done arsenic well, particularly for radical attempting to usage Apple Card oregon utilizing bearer upgrades during checkout. The contented prevailed for astatine slightest astir 30 minutes aft preorders opened, and it yet started going done — but not without shipping dates slipping by a fewer weeks.

Reports suggested Apple projected a flat iPhone accumulation this year compared to 2021, arsenic post-pandemic tech purchases peak, issues stemming from proviso constraints, and smartphone evolutions stagnate. But iPhone gross continued to turn earlier this year contempt the lead-up to the iPhone 14 announcement — possibly request for the caller models is higher than anticipated.