Ordered on the 14th (128 GB Matte black, unlocked phone) from Apple website. Showed delivery Oct 7 - 13.
On Sunday 18th, card was charged
On Monday 19th, went to preparing for shipment. Where it stayed until earlier today, where it reverted to processing items. Card still showed charge, however.
The later tonight, it went back to preparing for shipment. So at this point, meh. I'll get my phone in due time, but odd to see it flip back and forth between processing and preparing for shipment.