Ordered an 11 Pro Max 64 GB in green for my wife 17 September from Apple, supposed to arrive upcoming Wednesday, 9 October, from China. Ordered an 11 Pro 264 GB in green for me this past Tuesday, 1 October, from Verizon, shows up on Verizon order check facility, but no ship date from China listed. Ahh, the vagaries of Apple phone orders! 
Bigger phone is fine for wife, who carries phone in her purse. I have an 8+ in an Otterbox Defender case and it is a tight squeeze getting it out of my trouser pockets, and I plan to go with another Otterbox Defender, since it does a great job of protecting my overpriced phones. I'd have to get custom made pants with bigger pockets to accommodate an 11 Pro Max in a tough case.
Bigger phone is fine for wife, who carries phone in her purse. I have an 8+ in an Otterbox Defender case and it is a tight squeeze getting it out of my trouser pockets, and I plan to go with another Otterbox Defender, since it does a great job of protecting my overpriced phones. I'd have to get custom made pants with bigger pockets to accommodate an 11 Pro Max in a tough case.