A bug is preventing some iPhones from being activated.

[iMore.com]

A new iOS 16 bug appears to be preventing iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro devices from being set up. Full story from the iMore Blog...

 

[scruffypig]

A new iOS 16 bug appears to be preventing iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro devices from being set up. Full story from the iMore Blog...

Glad I read this article. The first thing I did when my phone arrived, was to plug it into the Mac and make sure it was updated first. No problem activating.

 

[kataran]

My 14 Pro Max did Freeze up and had to be hard reset which tossed me into the iOS 16.0.1 update then everything went as planned