Apple Store iPhone 6 Plus 64 GB Space Gray Orders stuck on PROCESSING....

There's a common trend on the forum that this specific model:

GSM (AT&T for me)
iPhone 6 Plus
Space Gray
64 GB

is still stuck on processing for the Apple Store pre-orders. Anyone else having this issue wanna chip on their order specific details? For example:

I placed my order at 3:24 EST and I live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Mine has been in the processing stage and hasn't left that stage since I made my order. Funny enough, I made an order for the same exact model under my Apple ID (his AT&T account though) for a friend of mine who lives in West Palm Beach, the county north of Broward county. His order has been in the "preparing for shipment" phase since Sunday, and his phone's serial number already shows up on my support profile, plus it has a tracking number with UPS (location: China). I made his order about 30 minutes after I made mine, and his phone is a week 37 (last week) device.

My delivery date is still scheduled for 9/19, and there are no hold issues with my bank (I contacted them to check).

I know others on here are going through the same thing with the exact model as mine, so please pitch in on specifics surrounding your case! Maybe we can find out why this specific model has this reoccurring issue for the Apple Store pre-orders, and keep each other updated regarding the statuses of our individual orders!

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Compiling the information presented by members experiencing the same problem in this thread, I came up with this:

All orders listed were made on 9/12 when pre-orders kicked off, they all have 9/19 delivery dates.

ALL devices are AT&T GSM iPhone 6 Plus 64 GB Space Gray models.

ALL times EST (Eastern Standard) AM.

Orders placed early in the night (Processing):
kels0119: 3:20 EST
thoryamaha919: 3:24 EST

Orders placed early in the night (Recently updated to Preparing for shipment. Time updated in asterisks):
StellarZ: 3:20 EST *9/15 6:00 PM EST*
Aston.Zagato: 3:22 EST *9/15 7:11 PM EST*
greyhounds4: 3:23 EST *9/15 7:28 PM EST*
dfiz1: 3:24 EST *9/15 5:06 PM EST*
SCMedic: 3:24 EST *9/15 5:40 PM EST*
Rick73tii: 3:24 EST *9/15 6:53 PM EST*
stephen1108: 3:24 EST *9/15 6:55 PM EST*
flastar23: 3:25 EST *9/15 5:59 PM EST*
EngenZerO: 3:25 EST *9/15 7:15 PM EST*
airfrancisco: 3:25 EST *9/15 7:35 PM EST*
fossen: 3:26 EST *9/15 7:06 PM EST*
Salukipilot4590: 3:32 EST *9/15 7:06 PM EST*
Jd3774life: *9/15 7:20 PM EST*
penajmz: *9/15 7:35 PM EST*


Orders placed later on in the night (Preparing for shipment as of Saturday/Sunday):
Brent (my friend): 3:40 EST
smohr33: 3:44 EST
DelMac: 3:51 EST
noobinator: 3:56 EST

There's a consistent trend here time wise. All the early orders are still stuck in processing. This leads us to believe that the early orders' stock is already in the US, and they're not coming from China. Hence why they haven't been prepped for shipping yet and are still in the processing stage!

NYY FaN said:

I have the 128GB version of that model and its in processing. I seemed to have notice pretty much everyone with in-store pickup is in processing at this point still. I have another phone shipping to my house and its preparing for shipment. Both phones have been charged to my card at this point.

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OH I forgot to specify mine is being shipped to my home.

dfiz1 said:

Same deal with mine; same phone, being shipped to my home address.

Not seeing any change past processing since Saturday. But like someone else said, not anything to worry about at this point. I'm still expecting fulfillment on 9/19.

FYI, I ordered through the Apple Store app on my iPad, and upgraded via ATT Next.

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Me too! I ordered on the Apple Store app (one of the first waves of people to get through), and I upgraded using AT&T's Next installment program. I'm only a little uneasy given the timeframe, and seeing everyone around me getting their orders fulfilled except me LMAO.

It's comforting knowing I'm not the only one in this boat with this model, but it's just a weary feeling that something is holding up the process. God forbid at last minute the date get pushed back.

itjw said:

IF (and I stress IF) there is no update by Wednesday I might be concerned.

What likely is happening is our phones are already stateside. Apple is the logistics king when it comes to this, and I trust them implicitly (out of the millions of orders every year, only an absolute handful have issues, and it's usually carrier theft lol).

It's probably going to be overnighted from TN, and probably already here.

As I mentioned already, no worries =)

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That's actually not a bad P.O.V. on this! It lightens my mood a bit, because I remember the first shipment of iPhones coming in last week! And my friend's model that lives in West Palm Beach was a week 37 model, so it's quite possible his only processed faster because it's coming from China, where as ours could already be in the U.S.

That's what I'm trying to figure out, what's the common ground here that let only SOME phones pass the processing stage, and the majority (or what seems to be the majority) stuck in processing.

Sucks that this is happening, but I'm glad to see those who are in the same boat speaking up on it!

The trend I see is that the really early orders are going through this issue. While the Apple Store app was still a bit unstable.

The debit of the $50 worth of taxes from my Bank of America is still processing, but it should clear by tomorrow. That's what the BoA rep said at least.

EngenZerO said:

Same issue here stuck on processing... 64GB ATT Spacey Grey

I'm Colorado and had some issues with the Apple Store App using the iPhone when placing the order, but it went through at 1:25AM MST on Friday morning (12:25AM PST) and I got a confirmation email right away with a 1.00 dollar pending charge being charged right away and later in the morning my Amex should full amount (i.e., the Tax as I upgraded via ATT NEXT). Both charges are still pending...

My hope is that these early orders have been allotted to state side inventory and hopefully we start seeing some progress with shipping tonight-wednesday night...

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So it seems to be the REALLY early orders are the ones with the problem... #