If you want an iPhone 13 Pro and have not yet placed an order, best get in the queue now. As of this writing, all iPhone 13 Pro models show a Nov 2 – Nov 9 delivery date. Some iPhone 13 (not Pro) models are delivering mid-October, some a bit later, but the Pro models all show November availability.

While you sit in the queue, you can also check your carrier’s web site to see what their delivery date is. And if you’ve got a reasonably nearby Apple Store, drop by and see if they’ve got one in stock, even if the Apple Store shows no stock. If either of these bear fruit, you can always cancel your Apple Store order.

Why is this happening? From this Nikkei Asia post:

Buyers of Apple’s new iPhone 13 are facing longer-than-expected delivery times due to the COVID wave in Vietnam and the U.S. tech giant’s deployment of a new camera feature, Nikkei Asia has learned.

The disruption is mainly associated with constrained supplies of camera modules for the four iPhone 13 models because a significant number of its component parts are assembled in Vietnam, according to people familiar with the matter.

And:

[Apple] has expanded the use of its new sensor-shift optical image stabilization (OIS) to all four iPhone models when previously it was only in the premium iPhone 12 Pro Max. This has put suppliers in the position of having to ramp up production without jeopardizing production quality, against the backdrop of severe restrictions due to COVID.

Perfect storm of a supply chain shift (from a Pro Max only component to a component shared by all 4 models) and Covid.