i'm in exactly the same situation for the same phone. I'm assuming it's shipment is immanent but I have not yet been notified.
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Apple.com Preorder Status Thread (merged)
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Someone screwed up loading the truck. Loaded it out of order or on the wrong truck. Sorry. Itll get there
Talked to a very nice gal named Danielle at Apple. She said that by 12:53 Pacific, all of the A T & T simmed phones were sold out .... and my first order came in at 12:56, second one at 1:03.
Once they go into back order status, they are supposed to go in order but some of the carriers have more supply and lower demand than others so they are filling their orders faster. Sprint, for example, took much longer to sell out and their back orders are filling. A T & T is the slowest.
Also variations in color and capacity - black 16s are the most popular, white 64s the least. So the toughest phone to get is a 16gb black A T & T followed by the the white 16 A T & T ... and that's what I ordered.
The end of the story is I won't be getting my phone today or tomorrow and probably not Monday. MAYBE by the end of next week....or not.
I am annoyed; Apple could have done a better job of forecasting demand --- they had to know that there were X million iPhone 4 A T & T customers who were 2 years+ into their current phones and would be upgrading. Add in some 3G and 3S folks out there and they should have realized that their orders were going to skew 70AT/25VZ/5SP. The dropped the ball in a big way.
Having said that, there is nothing I can do but wait.
Once they go into back order status, they are supposed to go in order but some of the carriers have more supply and lower demand than others so they are filling their orders faster. Sprint, for example, took much longer to sell out and their back orders are filling. A T & T is the slowest.
Also variations in color and capacity - black 16s are the most popular, white 64s the least. So the toughest phone to get is a 16gb black A T & T followed by the the white 16 A T & T ... and that's what I ordered.
The end of the story is I won't be getting my phone today or tomorrow and probably not Monday. MAYBE by the end of next week....or not.
I am annoyed; Apple could have done a better job of forecasting demand --- they had to know that there were X million iPhone 4 A T & T customers who were 2 years+ into their current phones and would be upgrading. Add in some 3G and 3S folks out there and they should have realized that their orders were going to skew 70AT/25VZ/5SP. The dropped the ball in a big way.
Having said that, there is nothing I can do but wait.
ColdCase -
IDK... When I got home from work, we are talking, getting the phone at work, around 9:50am, and getting home, close to 6PM. It just worked. I didn't notice any problems with my MicroCell.
I did call AT&T to play phone number musical chairs. I am using my old number... Maybe he did something (Like his job, cough cough), realized I had a microcell and fixed the problem before I noticed. I don't know how it works. However I do know you have to register your phones... I was surprised that it actually worked. So just thought it must be based on the phone number.
Thanks for letting me know there was trouble. I can look into it. Maybe we can post our firmware versions and compare.
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I don't think cutting the sim down is that simple.
We have iPad2s and iPad3s at work. AT&T had to give us different corporate sims for the iPad3s. They said our stock of sims we use for iPad2s wouldn't work because of LTE on the 3.
We have these sims so you don't have to set up a credit card on each iPad. It's just one corporate account, we ask for a set number of users and they ship us packs of sims.
It's most likely NOT that Apple did a bad job at forecasting demand, it's more likely that Apple made conscious decision to start selling 6 weeks into manufacturing becuase the longer the first phone off the manufacturing line sits in a warehouse, the more money Apple is losing. It's just business.
My dad ordered me a 32GB white iPhone 5 on Friday night around 9:45 through the Apple Store...can ANYONE tell me when I might be getting it?
I go to school out of town and it's getting shipped to my hometown, so I'm trying to determine whether I will be home to pick it up or not.
Thanks in advance!
I go to school out of town and it's getting shipped to my hometown, so I'm trying to determine whether I will be home to pick it up or not.
Thanks in advance!
I am sorry, how do you forecast - make all the phones you can make, and sell out in less than an hour?
It's as if the whole planet was growing wheat, then the locusts came, yet many starved.
There's no room for planing, as I see it. The planing at this point is on the buyer.
My planning was, get in as soon as possible. I have done this 4 times now, and I think I got the gist of how hit works.
I called Apple, and they said it should be delivered today. I still think my phone disappeared somewhere in the UPS warehouse, and I don't know how long it will take for them to locate it. Apple gave me a 15% off coupon for the Apple store.
iPhone shipped!
Got an email from Apple stating that they have shipped, and I should receive by September 27. They originally said Oct 5. I ordered September 14 around 8am EDT.
Got an email from Apple stating that they have shipped, and I should receive by September 27. They originally said Oct 5. I ordered September 14 around 8am EDT.
How long between 'preparing for shipment' and getting an email from apple saying it has shipped?
Yes front page news today on MacRumors.
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/22/late-iphone-5-pre-orders-being-delivered-early/
Dave
congrats! you will love it!!
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try and use your dad's phone number on ups - i think the longest delivery time is 3 weeks out so i would hope for the best!!
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's even close to being shipped. 
It isn't even showing up on UPS's website, and I have a delivery date between 10/9-10/16.
Sucks bigtime. I wonder if it will come sooner than that. I can't even pinpoint when it should actually be here.
It isn't even showing up on UPS's website, and I have a delivery date between 10/9-10/16. Sucks bigtime.
I wonder if it will come sooner than that. I can't even pinpoint when it should actually be here.I couldn't get in any sooner. I started trying to order at 11:57 pm on 9/13 and kept getting kicked off. It took me until about 12:45 or so to get one order, the next one about 15 mins later. Confirmations came at 12:56 and 1:03.
Just exactly how else should I have done this?
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Who knows? Mine has showed "preparing" since yesterday afternoon.
I did receive it today. Amazing phone. Based on reviews, I didn't expect much, but this is one amazing phone.
I ordered my iPhone 5 exactly 1 hour 12 minutes after they went on sale Central time via the Apple app on my 4S.
Mine immediately said Oct 5th delivery. I wasn't in too big of a rush so not a big deal to me.
Anyway I received an email today that it shipped!
Mine immediately said Oct 5th delivery. I wasn't in too big of a rush so not a big deal to me.
Anyway I received an email today that it shipped!
After a bad experience with AT&T Pre-Order and also being put on a goose chase for the iPhone 5 in my area I was final able to call the @ 5th Avenue in Manhattan and pay for my iPhone 5 by phone for all that I been through with AT&T BS and pick it up tomorrow. So that right there is good news
@ 5th Avenue in Manhattan and pay for my iPhone 5 by phone for all that I been through with AT&T BS and pick it up tomorrow. So that right there is good newsWhy are all the people that order from Apple telling is about their orders. This is an At&T back order thread. I really could care less about your Apple orders. There is a thread for that.
Actually this is the Apple.com Preorder Status Thread so your the one in the wrong thread
I got my shipment notification today -- was part of the Oct 5 batch but now I can't tell when the delivery date will be. UPS shows nothing but the fact that it's in China...any ideas?
EDIT: Never mind, didn't see my email notification. Sep 28! Hopefully sooner, but I can wait!
EDIT: Never mind, didn't see my email notification. Sep 28! Hopefully sooner, but I can wait!
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Got the notice that my new iPhone shipped today, 6 days earlier than Apple promised. I'm guessing it will arrive on Sept 26 or 27.