The other important question: How successful do we think it will be to pop out the SIM in the new phone and put in the SIM from the old phone, to avoid "activation" fees?
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Carrier iPhone 11, Pro, Pro Max (2019) Apple Store US Pre-orders, Orders and Delivery Status Thread
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I’m at the Apple Store in Southlake, TX now after picking up at UPS. Busy but not crazy. No line out front. Small line inside for pickups.
I’ve held some display models, and I love the way the back of the phone feels and looks: very smooth and silky, nowhere near as smudgy and fingerprinty as before.
I’ve held some display models, and I love the way the back of the phone feels and looks: very smooth and silky, nowhere near as smudgy and fingerprinty as before.
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Why wouldn't this be successful? Have done this every year. Will be different for me this year as I have to do an ESIM swap.
Apple isn’t like Ticketmaster where during the order process Ticketmaster holds your tickets for you during checkout. Apple doesn’t hold you an expensive phone until the checkout process is 100% completed. During that checkout process delivery dates can often change as there are millions of people ordering at the same time. That’s why it shows as estimated delivery and not guaranteed delivery. The confirmation email has the more accurate date of your phone’s arrival once the order propagates in their ordering system.
This is the International Plaza Apple Store - Tampa pre-order pick up line.
picked mine up! no one was there, lol..took about 2 minutes...took me 25 minutes to drive there LOL
They always seem like they drive like school bus drivers (fast) until your waiting on them lol
I don't know if I like or dislike the track the driver feature. He's so close, but so far.
Verizon tells me they don't charge activation fees unless you purchase from them. Planning to swap the sim just so I don't have to go through activation in my very rural skinny bandwidth area, miserable a couple of years ago.
While using the Follow My Delivery feature on UPS MyChoice I’ve come to the conclusion my UPS driver is stopping to chat over coffee with each household he delivers to.
Not that I’m impatient or anything...
Not that I’m impatient or anything...
Been stalking my UPS truck all morning... has literally been <1 mile away from my house ALL morning 
Just going in a huge circle lol. Hopefully soon!!
Just going in a huge circle lol. Hopefully soon!!
i know, don’t forget they have to do next day air deliveries by 10:30 first.Been stalking my UPS truck all morning... has literally been <1 mile away from my house ALL morning
Ahh, true. But technically 2 of my iPhone's said "Next Day Air" that are coming from T-Mobile. It's 10:49am right now. They'll probably get delivered soon! Wish they gave accurate time frames so I didn't just watch the front door all day LOL.
My out for delivery didn’t show up until 8:55 (I’m in eastern time zone).