Apple's iPhone 16 preorders started early on Friday around the world. Like in previous years, your best bet for scoring an iPhone 16 Pro or 16 Pro Max on release day (September 20th) was ordering your chosen model as quickly as possible. You had plenty of time to decide which model to get, how much storage you needed, and what color you liked best. Coming into Friday's preorders, you should have known which iPhone 16 variant you wanted. The preorder process should have been easy, especially if you used the Apple Store app to set up your purchase. If you didn't prepare or took too long to decide, you might have discovered that certain iPhone 16 models have sold out. It happens every year since Apple only earmarks a portion of its release-day inventory for online sales. Once it's gone for certain models, delivery dates start slipping. For the iPhone 16 series, it took about half an hour for the iPhone 16 Pro Max to sell out. Certain iPhone 16 Pro were also unavailable for September 20th delivery at the time of this writing. Are you too late to preorder an iPhone 16 and ensure you'll have it on the release date? You still have time to get yours, but it will involve compromises. Continue reading... The post iPhone 16 Pro Max and Pro preorder ship dates slip to October – are you too late? appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $129 Apple Watch Cellular, $750 Hisense 75-inch TV, $29 humidifier, $140 standing desk, more Today’s deals: $10 off Starbucks coffee, $199 Apple iPad, $16 portable blender, $99 BISSELL Little Green, more Best Fire TV Stick deals for September 2024 Today’s deals: $40 Sony headphones, $50 Ninja blender, $140 AirPods 3, $60 foldable camera drone, more