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So which iPhone did you buy?

  • iPhone 11 Product Red

    Votes: 19 1.5%
  • iPhone 11 Purple

    Votes: 10 0.8%
  • iPhone 11 Yellow

    Votes: 2 0.2%
  • iPhone 11 Green

    Votes: 10 0.8%
  • iPhone 11 Black

    Votes: 28 2.2%
  • iPhone 11 White

    Votes: 17 1.3%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Midnight Green

    Votes: 161 12.7%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Space Grey

    Votes: 144 11.3%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Silver

    Votes: 39 3.1%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Gold

    Votes: 22 1.7%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max Midnight Green

    Votes: 375 29.5%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max Space Grey

    Votes: 244 19.2%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max Silver

    Votes: 81 6.4%
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max Gold

    Votes: 46 3.6%
  • I didn't partake in the festivities of buying a new iPhone

    Votes: 37 2.9%
  • I'm Tim Cook

    Votes: 36 2.8%

  • Total voters
    1,271
Tomorrow and Thursday are always the best days on these pre-order threads...

- People running around yelling where is my phone!
- My phone is lost in China!
- I'm calling UPS and demanding they get me my phone on Friday!
- UPS sucks because they won't answer the phone!
- I'm calling Apple and demanding they call UPS and get me my phone on Friday!
- Apple sucks because they can only tell me the same thing I see in my tracking!
- I'm calling my local police and demanding they call Apple and tell them to call UPS to find my phone!
- Tim Cook is an ass to let my phone sit in China...Would never happen if Jobs was still alive!
- I'm calling in sick for the rest of the week...I can't function knowing my phone is out there, all alone!
- People getting so worked up, they start attacking other people in this thread...

Then the phones start moving Thursday...and on Friday...
- OMG! My phone is out for delivery!
- OMG! My phone just arrived!
- OMG! This phone is AMAZING!

Friday night/Saturday morning...
...crickets till next year...rinse and repeat next year...lol

I just LOLED IRL in the office. Thank you!
 
Tomorrow and Thursday are always the best days on these pre-order threads...

- People running around yelling where is my phone!
- My phone is lost in China!
- I'm calling UPS and demanding they get me my phone on Friday!
- UPS sucks because they won't answer the phone!
- I'm calling Apple and demanding they call UPS and get me my phone on Friday!
- Apple sucks because they can only tell me the same thing I see in my tracking!
- I'm calling my local police and demanding they call Apple and tell them to call UPS to find my phone!
- Tim Cook is an ass to let my phone sit in China...Would never happen if Jobs was still alive!
- I'm calling in sick for the rest of the week...I can't function knowing my phone is out there, all alone!
- People getting so worked up, they start attacking other people in this thread...

Then the phones start moving Thursday...and on Friday...
- OMG! My phone is out for delivery!
- OMG! My phone just arrived!
- OMG! This phone is AMAZING!

Friday night/Saturday morning...
...crickets till next year...rinse and repeat next year...lol

BAHAHAHA this is so true. i wish people would trust UPS and their beyond logistical system. i will admit i was that panicked person my first preorder..but after doing this for multiple years..i've learned to give full faith to UPS. they know their ****
 
2:55’ers be like..

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Anyone else's still say it's arriving by Friday the 20th but still stuck in 'Preparing to ship?' Seems like most of the folks with a Friday delivery date have seen some movement at this point..
Yes, Apple says mine is still preparing to ship, but UPS has more info. Try searching for your shipment by reference on the UPS app and you’ll be able to see what’s going on with yours (instructions on how to do so are in post 1 of this thread, maybe, if you’re new to the game :) ).
 
LOLLLL this is great. we'd all get our iPhones never

“hi Apple yeah my delivery date was 3 business days ago.. you know, launch day? I still don’t have my phone”

Apple: “USPS has a 5-7 day business period to deliver. Sometimes their scans don’t work. Sometimes things show up and sometimes they don’t. Please wait the full 7 business days past your delivery date before contacting us again.”
 
Yeah ups quoted me a one business day delay. We shall see. This is my wife’s device
I believe that means Monday... .

If you can, have them hold it at the CC rather than to another UPS location- in my case those are local UPS Store locations that have the Monday availability. It takes time for them to get it to the Store locations and then they have to sort it before closing to give it to you. It's possible you could get it late on Friday, but they do say one business day later for a reason.

I am fortunate in that I live about 10 miles from our CC. I wondered about lines last year and there were none at 10am.

Last year it was an easy phone call to arrange the hold. This year I had to use the tortuous UPS automated call system at their 800 number to get to a real person who was able to confirm my Friday pickup (assuming they get it before Friday, which they will) at the CC.

I am a big CC fan! Best way to get things without having to wait all day listening to all the trucks that drive by on the various roads on 3 sides of our house, wondering "is this the one?".
 
Tomorrow and Thursday are always the best days on these pre-order threads...

- People running around yelling where is my phone!
- My phone is lost in China!
- I'm calling UPS and demanding they get me my phone on Friday!
- UPS sucks because they won't answer the phone!
- I'm calling Apple and demanding they call UPS and get me my phone on Friday!
- Apple sucks because they can only tell me the same thing I see in my tracking!
- I'm calling my local police and demanding they call Apple and tell them to call UPS to find my phone!
- Tim Cook is an ass to let my phone sit in China...Would never happen if Jobs was still alive!
- I'm calling in sick for the rest of the week...I can't function knowing my phone is out there, all alone!
- People getting so worked up, they start attacking other people in this thread...

Then the phones start moving Thursday...and on Friday...
- OMG! My phone is out for delivery!
- OMG! My phone just arrived!
- OMG! This phone is AMAZING!

Friday night/Saturday morning...
...crickets till next year...rinse and repeat next year...lol
You have it exactly. One of mine is one of the 2:55ers my other is moving. I am not a the worrying point yet. Just laughing that it is seemingly stuck, but might not be.
 
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I was watching that on lunch. Today. I’m sure everything Applepro has his too. I wonder when they do to get theirs first beside spend 5K on phones

Apple avoids Everything Apple Pro because he covers so many rumors and leaks. They won’t even invite him to the keynotes. I highly doubt he has anything from them.
 
Tomorrow and Thursday are always the best days on these pre-order threads...

- People running around yelling where is my phone!
- My phone is lost in China!
- I'm calling UPS and demanding they get me my phone on Friday!
- UPS sucks because they won't answer the phone!
- I'm calling Apple and demanding they call UPS and get me my phone on Friday!
- Apple sucks because they can only tell me the same thing I see in my tracking!
- I'm calling my local police and demanding they call Apple and tell them to call UPS to find my phone!
- Tim Cook is an ass to let my phone sit in China...Would never happen if Jobs was still alive!
- I'm calling in sick for the rest of the week...I can't function knowing my phone is out there, all alone!
- People getting so worked up, they start attacking other people in this thread...

Then the phones start moving Thursday...and on Friday...
- OMG! My phone is out for delivery!
- OMG! My phone just arrived!
- OMG! This phone is AMAZING!

Friday night/Saturday morning...
...crickets till next year...rinse and repeat next year...lol
Ok but it is literally the best time of year! I love stressing and exciting with you guys! Flight tracking. All of it! So much fun!
 
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No change in status for 2 days, origin scan and nothing else from ZZ...
Chine is holding our phones hostage for Trade talks...
 
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Mine departed Korea 5 hours ago. Have to wonder if it’s on UPS 99 headed straight to California. I’m in Oregon, but no scan in Anchorage. Have to see, but at least it’s headed state side.

ProMax512gb Green order time 30 seconds past 5:00. Best order ever for me!
 
I wish the 2:55 scan would move so I can try to have it picked up at a CC. Leaving the country Friday afternoon and it’s CC or bust. Only can change it to stores right now
 
Not to be that guy, but I'm going to be that guy. I've been on this thread every year. Waiting and watching all week for it to finally catch up and magically get delivered on Friday...until last year. Mine was first to get scanned early in the week but ended up being one of the few late planes that didn't make the cut and I didn't get it until Saturday. Moral of the story..it happens. Nothing you can do about it. UPS was cool and delivered it Saturday (I had to request them to do that).

I will be much less stressed this year with the memory that it's totally out of my hands.
 

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Has anyone on the west coast gotten past "preparing to ship" or out of Zheng Zhou China on the UPS sight?
The Apple order site and UPS tracking are pretty useless.
 
I wish the 2:55 scan would move so I can try to have it picked up at a CC. Leaving the country Friday afternoon and it’s CC or bust. Only can change it to stores right now

Just plan on scheduling it Thursday. They'll have plenty of time to update it in the system. Once you hold it, it drops out of MyUPS (because it's no longer going to your house).
 
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