It is Friday the 13th after all. Hence the screwups. They should have known better than to start preorders today.
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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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It is Friday the 13th after all. Hence the screwups. They should have known better than to start preorders today.
I don't understand the issue. I did the math? The +$5 is so you end up paying 1/2 the phone in a year which you have to do to upgrade. The rip off would be if you decide later NOT to upgrade, then you are still paying $5 - I'm not sure if that just pays off your phone faster in that case?
The alternative strategy is to skip the upgrade fee then when you decide you definitely want to upgrade, simply pay off the balance so that you are 1/2 paid.
Am I missing something?
Well, I kind of screwed up. lol. I was pre-approved for my iUP upgrade as it's been for the past few years but I swear I had "reserved" a 256GB Space Grey Pro Max but it being 5am and half asleep (I'm currently on the west coast), It seems I ordered a 256 Space Grey Pro instead. It was probably about 5:03AM when the order finally went through via the app and I went back to sleep.
What's weird it that the order at 5:03AM has a ship date of Oct 1-4 per the email I saw when I woke up. Have the dates really slipped to that? For the Pro? after 3 minutes?? Or is that just some weird thing and the shipping update should course correct soon? And shouldn't it have been reserved from my pre-approval? That's what happened last year.
Anyway, in an attempt to fix my error, I am thinking about just ditching iUP this year and went to put the 256K Space Grey Pro Max on order at 10am and it is scheduled to arrive on 9/20 Launch Day. It's really annoying that there's such a big shipping difference between SIM Free and the required carrier phones for iUP.
What's weird it that the order at 5:03AM has a ship date of Oct 1-4 per the email I saw when I woke up. Have the dates really slipped to that? For the Pro? after 3 minutes?? Or is that just some weird thing and the shipping update should course correct soon? And shouldn't it have been reserved from my pre-approval? That's what happened last year.
Anyway, in an attempt to fix my error, I am thinking about just ditching iUP this year and went to put the 256K Space Grey Pro Max on order at 10am and it is scheduled to arrive on 9/20 Launch Day. It's really annoying that there's such a big shipping difference between SIM Free and the required carrier phones for iUP.
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You didn't need the premium membership to track your phone and to have it held at the Call Center. You only need to pay for the membership if you want the 2 hour window and for them to deliver USPS SmartPost packages. BTW, I wouldn't bother with the membership just for the 2 hour delivery window. At least where I live, UPS never gives you that option on iPhone delivery day. I think that they are just too swamped and can't guarantee a 2 hour window. Plus, with a free membership, if UPS is offering the 2 hour window, you can just pay the $5 that day instead of the whole year. Lots of people use the tracking without the premium membership.
My order just changed to "your item will be available for pickup shortly" hmm
ordered midnight green pro max 256 for pick up in-store on the 20th. There's no date now on the order
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ordered midnight green pro max 256 for pick up in-store on the 20th. There's no date now on the order
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heads up, your blacked out order number did not work and people could still see it
And a rare coinciding full moon.. just asking for trouble LOL.
I ordered pro max SG 256g within seconds. Apple Card charged a little, emails, processing, etc, everything so smooth I was shocked. I went back to bed just after 5am my time so I’m 20 some pages behind, but hope most people have smooth sailing and those with glitches see them fixed ASAP.
Thanks for the fun company!
I’ve looked at this hard several times in the last few years. Unless I want to download my entire music library to my phone, 64 really is enough for me - my numbers are similar to yours. Why pay for space I won’t use? YMMV of course.
Gold 11 Pro Max 256GB and Red 11 ordered at 8:06 (couldn't get in store app until then) now processing. I still need to change the shipping address and the card my IUP pulls payments from. Didn't realize I could use my Apple Card for IUP payments.
If I ordered a Watch for 10:00am on launch since that was all they had listed at the time, and then later ordered iPhone for 8:00am that same day for launch, will they make me leave and come back to get my Watch or will they let me get both items during my earliest pickup time?
Ordered at 10:57am PST. I thought delivery would be much later since I was ordering this late, but I can wait. Still, I got a 9/20 delivery date. Either demand isn't as high, or the supply is sufficient. Either way, yay for me.
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Space Gray
256GB
Unlocked
True, though every time I call them they waive the fee.
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Not to mention it’s Friday the 13th...
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Pay up front for an unlocked phone and just swap SIM cards.
Iphone 128 gbyte Black
20 September delivery - Preparing to Ship
20 September delivery - Preparing to Ship
Still processing on mine.
Cmonnnn get on the plane so we can all track our orders like mad men (and women)
Cmonnnn get on the plane so we can all track our orders like mad men (and women)
Iphone 128 gbyte Black
20 September delivery - Preparing to Ship
woah, that is the first time I've seen someone see the 'preparing to ship' step. I assume you ordered right off at the launch?
...traded ol' Max for New Max. *yawwwn*
oh, btw, traded #4 watch for #5 aluminum gold and NO mistake (GPS ONLY !) this time of getting the 'ka-ching cellular' option. more $$ for a separate plan so u can make calls w/out packn ur phone ?!! uh, how many times do you make calls while body surfing ? duh, saw me coming ! anywho, can't wait to tryout/use the new trip/lens wide-angle cam/vid system. throw in the A13 Bio/speedster chipset and i'd say we're done here ! cheers ! -s
oh, btw, traded #4 watch for #5 aluminum gold and NO mistake (GPS ONLY !) this time of getting the 'ka-ching cellular' option. more $$ for a separate plan so u can make calls w/out packn ur phone ?!! uh, how many times do you make calls while body surfing ? duh, saw me coming ! anywho, can't wait to tryout/use the new trip/lens wide-angle cam/vid system. throw in the A13 Bio/speedster chipset and i'd say we're done here ! cheers ! -s
I'm like the walking dead when I wake up and that was always my fear with the middle of the night preorders (not West coast) in previous years.
Yours went to preparing to ship already?Iphone 128 gbyte Black
20 September delivery - Preparing to Ship
For those that had early post Launch day projected deliveries in the past, how soon after placing the order did the delivery time frame change? Trying not to be too optimistic that my 9/27-10/1 window was going to moved forward, but if it were, when would it happen?
Such a joke. Placed an order at 5:01 Pacific for a silver 256GB Sim-free iPhone 11 Pro Max and got 9/23 delivery (not launch date). Was grumpy at the time.
Just placed another order NOW, 7 hours later, for the SAME phone, sim-free, and got 9/20 launch day delivery.
What the heck, Apple?
Just placed another order NOW, 7 hours later, for the SAME phone, sim-free, and got 9/20 launch day delivery.
What the heck, Apple?
anyone else's 9/20 pick-up order changed to "your item will be available for pickup shortly"?
It normally stays the same until you get the shipped notification. You get the shipped notification when the shipment gets the import scan. So you'll get charged, see your package in UPS my choice and start seeing movement before the status order updates.
I don't know if something changed last year as I didn't order, but until the X it was like that.