There’s still a two-week wait for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, so don’t expect to see it discounted for Black Friday

Back in September, we wrote that the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max were facing the longest shipping delays since the iPhone 11, and almost two months later, the larger of those two models is still proving to be the hottest ticket in tech town.

Head over to Apple’s official website, and you’ll see that there’s a two-week wait for the iPhone 17 Pro Max in every color and storage configuration, regardless of whether you’re shopping from the US, UK, or Australia. I’m writing this from the UK, and can see even longer wait times for Apple’s new best iPhone at third-party retailers – at Very, for instance, you can pre-order the iPhone 17 Pro Max for delivery on November 28, while John Lewis isn’t even specifying a delivery date for its incoming Pro Max stock.

In any case, for prospective deal hunters, this ...