There is a theory going around that 16GB models are already in the US (Kentucky?), will take less time to ship, and therefore will ship out last. This make sense to me, as the cheapest models are always the most popular by a huge margin, so they will need more for launch and will have started production earlier.
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There is a theory going around that 16GB models are already in the US (Kentucky?), will take less time to ship, and therefore will ship out last. This make sense to me, as the cheapest models are always the most popular by a huge margin, so they will need more for launch and will have started production earlier.
Sounds plausible, but a lot of 16GBs now at least have tracking numbers and such. Blah.
This may sounds crazy, but if you are using Chrome, try another browser. For some reason I do not think it plays well with refreshing. On order night, my chrome browser kept showing the Apple store still closed until I tried it in safari at 3:05. The same thing with the tracking. Kept showing no information found, then tried Safari and bam...it was there. May just be a coincidence.
Fifth digit is D, same as mine, so week 37.
The math I'm doing, for the curious, is 26 + the number in position five.
Or, for a letter in position five, C = week 36, D = week 37, and so on. But skip vowels, B, S and Z.
I'm curious who has the earliest! That should tell us almost exactly when production started.
Seems like our iPhone's in the UK have been stored somewhere for a while, our manufacture dates are week 33-34 ish. that's early.
Mine says it'll be here on October 5th and I haven't received a shipping notification yet. #
Yes i think you're right, this could also explain why USA are seeing tracking numbers!!
I think it depends. They took my money out pretty quickly, I think it was pending saturday morning. I don't think it is indicative of anything being wrong with your order as long as your order status still says Delivers 9/21. Hopefully your order will show preparing for shipment soon! Good Luck!
Same here, except for verizon. My order is still "processing" and the funds haven't been taken out of my credit card yet, just "pending". Still says 9/21.
Cut off time for 1st batch
Has anyone figured out the official cut off time for 1st batch?
I think it was around 12:45am PST. If you ordered after 12:45am PST you will not get the Sept 21 shipment. The second batch will arrive between Oct 1 and Oct 5 depending on how far away you are from Kentucky.
Has anyone figured out the official cut off time for 1st batch?
I think it was around 12:45am PST. If you ordered after 12:45am PST you will not get the Sept 21 shipment. The second batch will arrive between Oct 1 and Oct 5 depending on how far away you are from Kentucky.
Although some orders have changed to the 21st delivery, so some people will get theirs earlier, so i read somewhere!
Has anyone had any movement on a 64gb black Verizon? I put my order in at 12:20am PST. On apple it says preparing to ship but UPS isn't coming up with anything.
I can confirm that the Australian Preorders (unlocked) are the same ID as the European Models
Factory C3 I have
