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Getting my iphone 5 tomorrow

taedouni said:
Apple activates review phones on their own carrier accounts? Why did review sites last year use different carriers? Some used Sprint, some used Verizon, and the majority used AT&T.
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Reviewers can ask for a specific version. From Gruber's 4S review:

I asked for and received a Sprint model from Apple for testing, so that I could compare it against AT&T and Verizon.
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So yes it is possible to activate the iPhone early. It just really depends on whether or not your carrier is ready to activate the devices in your region/state.
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Yes, I know it's up to the carrier, I just thought AT&T wasn't activating til the 21st. Guess its not true, though.
 
He or she will probably get fired if they delivery it tomorrow to you.
 
mcdj said:
I'm starting to wonder if these people with early delivery dates might not just get the phone early.

-iPhone 5 preorder sales set new records once again.
-The couriers will be up to their necks in phone deliveries.
-Holding 2 million phones for 2 days costs money. Who pays for that?
-We aren't paying for shipping directly...Apple is, or at least they're splitting the increased costs with the couriers.
-Simultaneously releasing 2 million phones into the Friday delivery schedule will cause headaches for FedEx/UPS, especially in the bigger cities.
-The rath of Tim does not equal the rath of Steve Jobs

If FedEx gets 1 million phones between now and Friday, but 500,000 will be ready to deliver tomorrow, why not just deliver them? What's the worst that could happen? Is Tim Cook gonna call and rip FedEx's CEO a new one? Nah. Steve, maybe. Tim, no. And no one knows better than Tim that you gotta keep this stuff moving. Every minute that a product sits in a warehouse costs Apple money.

And if Tim did call and rip FedEx a new one, so what? It's not like he's gonna take his 1 million phones delivery business somewhere else. Who else but but FedEx/UPS can handle the (ever increasing) volume. Apple needs them just as much as they need Apple; maybe even more.

When it was a few hundred thousand 3Gs being delivered in veil of coordinated secrecy, it was manageable. Now it's 2 million phones all going out at once. Apple can't play the boutique mystique card any more. There are just too many phones to be delivered. FedEx/UPS would be much better off just delivering the stuff as it comes in. They are probably the ones who lose the biggest chunk of revenue for every iPhone that sits idle in a warehouse, taking up space and manpower.
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It's possible but going by history it won't happen. A slight few might slip through.
 
This is good news, maybe the rest of us get our phones early too. Most of the pre-orders phones from the 14th are on US soil in Kentucky
 
mcdj said:
I'm starting to wonder if these people with early delivery dates might not just get the phone early.

-iPhone 5 preorder sales set new records once again.
-The couriers will be up to their necks in phone deliveries.
-Holding 2 million phones for 2 days costs money. Who pays for that?
-We aren't paying for shipping directly...Apple is, or at least they're splitting the increased costs with the couriers.
-Simultaneously releasing 2 million phones into the Friday delivery schedule will cause headaches for FedEx/UPS, especially in the bigger cities.
-The rath of Tim does not equal the rath of Steve Jobs

If FedEx gets 1 million phones between now and Friday, but 500,000 will be ready to deliver tomorrow, why not just deliver them? What's the worst that could happen? Is Tim Cook gonna call and rip FedEx's CEO a new one? Nah. Steve, maybe. Tim, no. And no one knows better than Tim that you gotta keep this stuff moving. Every minute that a product sits in a warehouse costs Apple money.

And if Tim did call and rip FedEx a new one, so what? It's not like he's gonna take his 1 million phones delivery business somewhere else. Who else but but FedEx/UPS can handle the (ever increasing) volume. Apple needs them just as much as they need Apple; maybe even more.

When it was a few hundred thousand 3Gs being delivered in veil of coordinated secrecy, it was manageable. Now it's 2 million phones all going out at once. Apple can't play the boutique mystique card any more. There are just too many phones to be delivered. FedEx/UPS would be much better off just delivering the stuff as it comes in. They are probably the ones who lose the biggest chunk of revenue for every iPhone that sits idle in a warehouse, taking up space and manpower.
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I can see this being true. If iPhone sales are really double what they were last year, that's double the challenge for the carriers. I don't know if this situation can truly be compared to the 4S shipments. And it's not just the shipping that's the issue, but the activations, and ensuing customer service calls.

Apple, FedEx and UPS would never publicly admit it if they had had some private conversation about delivering some percentage of phones early. Consumers would freak out. Better to just quietly let some "mistakes" through and ease the burden on everybody. Obviously, no one who gets their phone early is going to complain about that.
 
indianboynyc said:
how? apple placed authorizations on your credit card after order placed, charge ur card when ur phone ships. so how do they lose money? :confused::confused:
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It has nothing to do with you or your payment. It's how manufacturing and distribution works. Idle product, sold or otherwise, costs money. Space in an airport warehouse or delivery hub costs money. 2 million phones scattered around the country adds up. They're drop shipped to us you realize. It's not like they're sitting in Cupertino in Apple property.
 
mcdj said:
It has nothing to do with you or your payment. It's how manufacturing and distribution works. Idle product, sold or otherwise, costs money. Space in an airport warehouse or delivery hub costs money. 2 million phones scattered around the country adds up. They're drop shipped to us you realize. It's not like they're sitting in Cupertino in Apple property.
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yeah but it doesnt cost apple anything and besides u think fedex and ups isnt upto date and on point with maximizing their warehouses/hubs for deliveries ?
 
mcdj said:
It has nothing to do with you or your payment. It's how manufacturing and distribution works. Idle product, sold or otherwise, costs money. Space in an airport warehouse or delivery hub costs money. 2 million phones scattered around the country adds up. They're drop shipped to us you realize. It's not like they're sitting in Cupertino in Apple property.
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though your discussion might make sense NORMALLY, it does not apply here. Apple, UPS, FedEX, etc have already figured these costs into the process. It is not like if they shipped them on Thursday that Apple would get some money back.

No way in the world would Apple encourage a Wed or Thurs delivery and no way in the world would they gain any financial advantage if they did.
 
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