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Yes they do, for the most part they are EXTREMELY good at what they do. The trip from China to the US is less than 24 hours, so there is no reason for anyone to be concerned about their delivery, it's only Tuesday.
Yep. I can’t speak for our neighbors to the north but for U.S. folks, if it’s in Louisville by Thursday, you should definitely expect to see it Friday. Plenty of time.
 
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This has probably been asked a thousand times and I don’t feel like reading 677 pages right now but how do I go about figuring out what plane my phone is on? And where do you get the tracking number if it still says preparing to ship on the Apple store app?
 
My Pro Max left Anchorage yesterday, early, and that is the last status.

Now seeing unconfirmed reports that the plane has disappeared and has reportedly gone back in time like in that Twilight Zone episode (“The Odyssey of Flight 33“) where they crack the time barrier and as they descend, spot a Brontosaurus, down where NY city used to be. They are currently trying to recrack the time barrier and make it back to 2020 Kentucky, rather than say, 1933 NY.
 
This has probably been asked a thousand times and I don’t feel like reading 677 pages right now but how do I go about figuring out what plane my phone is on? And where do you get the tracking number if it still says preparing to ship on the Apple store app?
you'll probably get your tracking details tomorrow. you wont need to figure out what plane it is on because by then it'll be in the country.
 
Wow. so just now I got a UPS My Choice email from a package that I am receiving from Macy's and lo and behold they have the tracking info for my iPhone 12 Pro Max 😀
(for some reason i was thinking iPhones still shipped via FedEx, but that probably hasn't been the case for many many years.)

Tracking says it currently Departed from Facility in Anchorage Alaska on 11/10/2020 at 12:24AM.
Apple products shipping domestically arrive via FedEx. Apple’s foreign shipments use UPS.
 
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I ordered iPhone 12 Pro Max in the first day of the pre-order two hours after 5 pt time. Mine still in processing till now.
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Mine Still says “exception’, whatever that means and tentative ☹️. Hoping it still comes on Friday-im without a phone til the new one comes.
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I ordered iPhone 12 Pro Max in the first day of the pre-order two hours after 5 pt time. Mine still in processing till now. View attachment 1659138
I have a similar scenario going with a mini I ordered. Got my order in minutes after they went on sale and now I have the same delivery window as you.

Knowing how Apple rolls I would still be shocked if the phone isn’t here Friday.
 
Just woke up to an additional scan in Anchorage, AK! Busy scanning Flight Aware to figure out what plane we were on. I was watching the wrong flight when I went to bed last night. 🤫
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Still have over 24 hours to catch a flight, ours will just sit at SDF until Thursday afternoon or Friday morning depending on where you live

Honestly, I think it’s with the other phone and not being scanned. That happened when I had two X🅂 Max orders. No scans but came at the same time.
 
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