My gold 64gb statuses went as follows from the time I ordered till today. I hope it helps everyone.
1) Confirmation email at 3:06am EDT launch day with estimated "7-28 business days"
2) Web site Order status - expected Shipment date between Oct 1 and Oct 30th
3) Web site Order status - Phone status - indicating "Preparing to Ship", SIM status indicating "Backordered"
4) Web site Order status - Phone status - indicating "Preparing to Ship", SIM status indicating "Processing"
5) Web site Order status - Phone status and SIM status both indicating "Processing"
6) Web site Order status - Carrier changed to "FEDX" and Tracking Number with "Pending Shipment"
7) Final email from AT&T with Order Shipment Notification and Tracking #.