On September 25, 2026, J.P. Morgan’s Week 3 tracker put U.S. delivery lead times at 21 days for iPhone 18 Pro and 28 days for iPhone 18 Pro Max, unchanged from Week 2. Analyst Samik Chatterjee interpreted the small global easing as a sign of healthy demand. These lead times track expected waits for orders, rather than units sold.
U.S. iPhone 18 Pro lead times held steady in Week 3
The U.S. figures were unchanged for both models: 21 days for iPhone 18 Pro and 28 days for iPhone 18 Pro Max. Chatterjee described the global moderation from Week 2 as smaller than the easing seen at the same point in the previous iPhone 17 Pro cycle, and said it suggested demand remained healthy.
How U.S. wait times compare with the global tracker
The global tracker showed a slightly different pattern: iPhone 18 Pro remained at 23 days, while iPhone 18 Pro Max fell by one day to 29 days.
| Model | Global Week 3 lead time | Change from Week 2 | U.S. Week 3 lead time | Change from Week 2 |
| iPhone 18 Pro | 23 days | Unchanged | 21 days | Unchanged |
| iPhone 18 Pro Max | 29 days | Down 1 day | 28 days | Unchanged |
J.P. Morgan’s year-over-year tracker assessment put the iPhone 18 lineup broadly in line with the iPhone 17 series in the U.S. and Europe. Globally, it assessed iPhone 18 Pro as modestly ahead of the prior year and Pro Max as modestly behind. In China, the assessment described iPhone 18 Pro as tracking ahead year over year after a slow start, while Pro Max was narrowing its gap; China was the only region where Pro Max tracked below the prior year.
China’s separate first-week sales estimate
A reported estimate put combined iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max sales in China during their first week of availability at about 1.3 million units, roughly 15% above the previous Pro pair. The estimate assigned 55.5% of that combined total to Pro Max.
That estimate concerns units, while the lead-time tracker records expected waits. The year-over-year sales comparison also comes with different lineup context: the iPhone 17 Pro pair launched alongside iPhone 17 and iPhone Air, while the iPhone 18 Pro pair launched without new standard iPhone and Air models.
U.S. and China pickup snapshots
In a U.S. pickup-availability snapshot, every iPhone 18 Pro variant except Burgundy was available for pickup, while all iPhone 18 Pro Max variants were unavailable. In China, only the Black iPhone 18 Pro was available for pickup; the other Pro variants and all Pro Max variants were unavailable. These were market-specific pickup snapshots, not national inventory totals.
