Apple may be pulling back phones to the carriers?

I pre-ordered so I wouldn't have to stand in line overnight.

The peasants get what scraps are left after us pre-order nobility have had our turn at the buffet.

 

Yeah, I think so, too. I think it's to be expected that Apple's going to prioritize their own pre-orders over orders from carriers (assuming they've already fulfilled whatever the minimum order they're required by contract to give to the carriers if they have such).

 

I hate I didn't put too much thought into that while I was up at 2am. I do believe that's the case. Apple is holding back shipments from not only carriers but the online store as well.

Apple would rather see customers in their stores.. pushing them to buying cases or Apple Care+.

 

if apple doesn't move up my ship date from november to september, i'll cancel my order, sell every apple product i own and never buy anything from them again.

i know it isn't at&t's fault that my ship date is november... it is apple holding them back from at&t

 

For people who still can't get an order in, just a few minutes ago, I ordered my third iPhone 6 64GB from the Apple site and they will deliver by the 19th.

If you want to honker Plus size, you will be in October!

 

Yes, that will show them.

 

I did the same, used my Apple reservation to get a 9/19 phone today after ordering a VZW phone showing at 10/7 last night.

They couldn't seem to figure out how to just let me use my reservation for add a line, so whatever.

 

No. This happens every iPhone launch. The cellcos traditionally do not get much pre-order stock. Apple isn't pulling back anything. The cellcos order system isn't hooked into a real time inventory because there is no inventory so they put in a ship date far in the future. Once they know what there actual inventory is they move things up.

When I ordered my 5 my confirmations and order status said I wouldn't receive on launch day... until one day it said I would, and I did.

 

Here here!!!!

 

I have a delivery date of 10/13/14-10/22/14. For the 5 launch I wasn't supposed to get my phone until October 4th but it arrived far sooner. Hoping for the same here. Although in 2012 I preordered from Apple and this year I used AT&T.

I'm stuck using my original iPhone from 2007 so I hope it gets here quickly.

 

More likely is that every outlet had a certain number of phones allocated for pre-orders and it was a simple case of supply and demand.

 

Probably people like you ordering two phones, canceling, and screwing up the inventory counts.

 

People are so funny sometimes

 

Exactly. You think people would learn after going through this multiple times. WAY too many people are stressing out of 'pending' orders and 'Expected' ship dates. As inventory gets matched up to orders, things tend to shake out. But carriers (and Apple) will under-promise just to be sure.

Of course, people like the OP who order from multiple sites (for redundancy) and then are cancelling orders aren't helping the situation. A lot of the next few days will be sorting out actual orders and how it matches up with inventory.

 

Nope, I really doubt Apple "pulled back" inventory. What I'm saying is every outlet knew all along how many phones they were getting for pre-order. Demand just outstripped supply for certain models like happens pretty much every year.

 

So pulling back FROM the carriers, not TO the carriers

 

My AT&T order at 255am has slipped from 9/19 to 9/19.
Pure conjecture on OP's post.