STATUS UPDATE: Lots and lots of users getting their new iPhone 5s today. Best of luck to everyone!!
Phones are currently well on their way to their future owners. Some phones originated from warehouses in the US, Apple seemingly already prepared ahead of time for a large demand. These originated in Memphis, TN and Addison, IL. Many others have been making their way from China by way of Anchorage, AK. It appears many of them are now sitting in Louisville, KY at UPS' World Port facility getting ready to be sorted and distributed to UPS' regional delivery centers.
For those who have not had status updates on their phones in over 24 hours, it likely means it is sitting in the UPS World Port warehouse awaiting processing. For example, the flight from Anchorage at 12:58 AM on 9/18. There is no need to overanalyze this. UPS misses scans (reported to the consumer tracking system) all the time. Trust that they have your package and it's not sitting on the frozen tundra in Alaska.
You can attempt to lookup your shipment in UPS' system by following these directions:
1) Go to the UPS Tracking Page
2) Select "Track by Reference"
3) Under "Shipment Reference" enter the phone number listed in your iTunes billing information. 10 digits, no spaces, dashes, or leading 1.
So for any UK'ers
Syncreon 1st box: Tracking Number / 2nd box: Apple Order Number
UKMail Tracking Number goes into the "Reference Number" box. Then click on "Unsecure" and you should see your package ready for delivery!
https://www.ukmail.com/ConsignmentStatus/Default.aspx
https://seal.syncreon.com/synview-on...iew_tracking.p
If you are unable to locate your shipment in this method do not worry. It may be that the reference number is some other number you have not tried or it may mean your phone hasn't made it to UPS yet. However, in the past many phones didn't begin the shipping process until Wednesday and still arrived on Friday. If your Apple order says delivers Sep 21, all indications are that you will in fact receive it on the 21st as indicated.
You may be able to lookup your serial number by checking your Apple Support profile.
https://supportprofile.apple.com/MySupportProfile.do
Once you have your serial number, you can check it here for production details
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
If anybody has further updates, please let me know. If you don't have a serial number yet, keep checking back. Most likely you also didn't get a tracking number yet, but a few reports say that you may get a tracking number before a serial number.
Update: Harald has updated the serial number decoder for all models we have provided info for. It should now show you your capacity/color/region when you type your serial number in.
Here is a list of the last for digits of the serial number and their corresponding model (as assembled by SmacTX):
Here's what we have so far:
64GB Black (at&t or Canadian carriers) - F38W MD644LL/A
64GB White (at&t or Canadian carriers) - F38Y MD645LL/A
32GB Black (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTQ MD636LL/A
32GB White (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTR MD637LL/A
16GB Black (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTN MD634LL/A
16GB White (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTP MD635LL/A
64GB Black (Sprint) - F8GM MD667LL/A
64GB White (Sprint) - ???? MD668LL/A
32GB Black (Sprint) - F8GK MD660LL/A
32GB White (Sprint) - F8GL MD661LL/A
16GB Black (Sprint) - F8GH MD656LL/A
16GB White (Sprint) - F8GJ or F8G7 MD657LL/A
64GB Black (Verizon) - F8H7 MD664LL/A
64GB White (Verizon) - ???? MD665LL/A
32GB Black (Verizon) - F8H5 MD658LL/A
32GB White (Verizon) - F8H6 MD659LL/A
16GB Black (Verizon) - F8H2 MD654LL/A
16GB White (Verizon) - F8H4 MD655LL/A
64GB Black (European/World Model) - F39C
64GB White (European/World Model) - F39D
32GB Black (European/World Model) - DTWG MD299B/A (UK-Unlocked)
32GB White (European/World Model) - DTWH
16GB Black (European/World Model) - DTWD
16GB White (European/World Model) - DTWF
Please let me know if you have any of the missing serial #s.
Phones are currently well on their way to their future owners. Some phones originated from warehouses in the US, Apple seemingly already prepared ahead of time for a large demand. These originated in Memphis, TN and Addison, IL. Many others have been making their way from China by way of Anchorage, AK. It appears many of them are now sitting in Louisville, KY at UPS' World Port facility getting ready to be sorted and distributed to UPS' regional delivery centers.
For those who have not had status updates on their phones in over 24 hours, it likely means it is sitting in the UPS World Port warehouse awaiting processing. For example, the flight from Anchorage at 12:58 AM on 9/18. There is no need to overanalyze this. UPS misses scans (reported to the consumer tracking system) all the time. Trust that they have your package and it's not sitting on the frozen tundra in Alaska.
You can attempt to lookup your shipment in UPS' system by following these directions:
1) Go to the UPS Tracking Page
2) Select "Track by Reference"
3) Under "Shipment Reference" enter the phone number listed in your iTunes billing information. 10 digits, no spaces, dashes, or leading 1.
- Also try checking any other phone numbers you have such a your cell #
- Pay attention to the account that you were signed into on the PC placing the order (some have found another family member was signed in at the time)
- Some have also had luck using their Apple order # or just the first 8 digits of the order #
So for any UK'ers
Syncreon 1st box: Tracking Number / 2nd box: Apple Order Number
UKMail Tracking Number goes into the "Reference Number" box. Then click on "Unsecure" and you should see your package ready for delivery!
https://www.ukmail.com/ConsignmentStatus/Default.aspx
https://seal.syncreon.com/synview-on...iew_tracking.p
If you are unable to locate your shipment in this method do not worry. It may be that the reference number is some other number you have not tried or it may mean your phone hasn't made it to UPS yet. However, in the past many phones didn't begin the shipping process until Wednesday and still arrived on Friday. If your Apple order says delivers Sep 21, all indications are that you will in fact receive it on the 21st as indicated.
You may be able to lookup your serial number by checking your Apple Support profile.
https://supportprofile.apple.com/MySupportProfile.do
Once you have your serial number, you can check it here for production details
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
If anybody has further updates, please let me know. If you don't have a serial number yet, keep checking back. Most likely you also didn't get a tracking number yet, but a few reports say that you may get a tracking number before a serial number.
Update: Harald has updated the serial number decoder for all models we have provided info for. It should now show you your capacity/color/region when you type your serial number in.
Here is a list of the last for digits of the serial number and their corresponding model (as assembled by SmacTX):
Here's what we have so far:
64GB Black (at&t or Canadian carriers) - F38W MD644LL/A
64GB White (at&t or Canadian carriers) - F38Y MD645LL/A
32GB Black (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTQ MD636LL/A
32GB White (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTR MD637LL/A
16GB Black (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTN MD634LL/A
16GB White (at&t or Canadian carriers) - DTTP MD635LL/A
64GB Black (Sprint) - F8GM MD667LL/A
64GB White (Sprint) - ???? MD668LL/A
32GB Black (Sprint) - F8GK MD660LL/A
32GB White (Sprint) - F8GL MD661LL/A
16GB Black (Sprint) - F8GH MD656LL/A
16GB White (Sprint) - F8GJ or F8G7 MD657LL/A
64GB Black (Verizon) - F8H7 MD664LL/A
64GB White (Verizon) - ???? MD665LL/A
32GB Black (Verizon) - F8H5 MD658LL/A
32GB White (Verizon) - F8H6 MD659LL/A
16GB Black (Verizon) - F8H2 MD654LL/A
16GB White (Verizon) - F8H4 MD655LL/A
64GB Black (European/World Model) - F39C
64GB White (European/World Model) - F39D
32GB Black (European/World Model) - DTWG MD299B/A (UK-Unlocked)
32GB White (European/World Model) - DTWH
16GB Black (European/World Model) - DTWD
16GB White (European/World Model) - DTWF
Please let me know if you have any of the missing serial #s.
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