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iPhone 5 Available to ship: 2 - 3 weeks / Delivers Oct 10-16

I ordered one 16GB Black and one 16GB White 9/26 and was told in the email that it would ship from 10/16 to 10/24. Called a local AT&T store just now, and was told that the order was in a "picking status" (not sure what that means) at the warehouse. Said I should receive a shipping notice in the next few days.

ATT status still says pending with BO of 1.
 
Mine FINALLY shipped, and it will be a full 30 days from order to delivery 9-16 to 10-16... :mad:
Ridiculous...
I'll take my chances in line at an Apple Store next time...
 
Ronnoco said:
Mine FINALLY shipped, and it will be a full 30 days from order to delivery 9-16 to 10-16... :mad:
Ridiculous...
I'll take my chances in line at an Apple Store next time...
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1 out of 2 of mine shipped, and I am prob going to lose my gazelle offers. I will be going to Apple store as well next time. Hoping I get it by the 12th.
 
cmattp said:
Has anyone been able to go on UPS.com or FEDEX.com and use their account phone number to track by reference number and get a tracking number?

I'm wondering how long until we can track it by reference even though apples site still shows preparing for shipment.

post if you get any results.
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Checked UPS.com this morning and am able to track the package by reference. Delivery is scheduled for Oct. 15th.
 
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So irritated that it was preparing for shipment last Saturday and now the scheduled delivery date is 10/15 since it didn't ship until today. Apple should pay for faster shipping to make up for the 1 month delay.
 
lol I don't understand you people..

You people ordered your phones knowing that there would be a delay in shipping. In my case, 3-4 weeks. I don't get why you're complaining. Did you think that if they said you'd get it in 4 weeks that magically you'd get it in 1?

I want my phone as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to complain because they haven't sent it to me sooner than expected. Get real people.
 
I ordered on Sept. 17, with delivery Oct. 10-16, and it has now shipped, for delivery on the 16th. Arrrrgh. That's a long wait. I should have just tried to get it in the store. I think so, at least. It seems like just walking in would probably not have worked, but ordering at night for pickup the next day would have.

I could have tried the overnight thing, but I would have had to cancel my order just to find out if it was available for pickup the next day - and if not, then it would be too late and I would have no order. So, I stuck with my original order.
 
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Also got my shipping email. Oct 16th delivery. Ordered on Sept 15th. But it is within the original window they told us, I guess. Just weird that a "preorder" takes this long to ship.
 
xero9 said:
lol I don't understand you people..

You people ordered your phones knowing that there would be a delay in shipping. In my case, 3-4 weeks. I don't get why you're complaining. Did you think that if they said you'd get it in 4 weeks that magically you'd get it in 1?

I want my phone as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to complain because they haven't sent it to me sooner than expected. Get real people.
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Typically if you pre-order something there's an expectation it will arrive on the release date or shortly after. Not 1 month later. Based on past experience, Apple should have known better and had more stock.
 
ERIC8585 said:
Typically if you pre-order something there's an expectation it will arrive on the release date or shortly after. Not 1 month later. Based on past experience, Apple should have known better and had more stock.
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That, I agree with.

I was referring to the people who ordered AFTER the launch, when the availability dates were clear (some time in October).
 
Ordered a black 16 GB and white 32 GB on 9-16. Order was preparing Saturday-Monday I believe. It shipped this morning 10-9 with an estimated delivery date of 10-15.
 
Hmm the delivery date disappeared from mine. Now it says delivery being scheduled with "In Transit" in red.
 
VMMan said:
AT&T white 64GB

ordered 9/16

expected Oct 10-16

Still Processing
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10/10/2012 Departed ZhengZhou, China
10/10/2012 Departed Incheon, Korea, Republic of


Estimated delivery date is now Monday 10/15.
 
anyone else in the same situation?

apple says phone will be here on 16th, ups says the scheduled time of delivery is by the end of the day on the 15th, and ups also says that it is in transit, on time and has 3 business days left. currently in Incheon, Korea, Republic of. does anyone know which date is i will be seeing the phone on my front porch?
 
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andrew64w said:
anyone else in the same situation?

apple says phone will be here on 16th, ups says the scheduled time of delivery is by the end of the day on the 15th, and ups also says that it is in transit, on time and has 3 business days left. currently in Incheon, Korea, Republic of. does anyone know which date is i will be seeing the phone on my front porch?
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I have the same info. I think we'll probably get it on Monday.
 
Well good news for me lol.

My first iPhone 5 has issues, not to mention the scratches and scuffs but after 2.5 weeks I gave up and called Apple to complain (UK).

Low and behold they happily offered an exchange but when the new order came through it said 4th-10th November :eek:

However, this morning I received an updated email saying delivery for next week (3-5 business days). Obviously mine is an exchange and not a completely 'new' order but it is a new boxed product so Apple must have stock somewhere.
 
Almost here !

Anchorage, AK, United States 10/10/2012 13:25 Arrival Scan

Still says delivers Oct 16th. It should be in Canada by days end tomorrow and at the sort facility by late friday if we are lucky. Hoping for a monday delivery.
 
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My iPhone 5 16G was pre-ordered from Apple on September 20th. (late I know) Shipping was 3-4 weeks. Still nothing, and I'm past my 4 weeks.
 
VMMan said:
10/10/2012 Departed ZhengZhou, China
10/10/2012 Departed Incheon, Korea, Republic of


Estimated delivery date is now Monday 10/15.
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FYI, I still haven't received mine yet, but it looks like it was made in week #40.

You can look up the serial # of the iPhone that you will be receiving at:

https://daw.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebOb...618204c476572a1b5e5fb3518&path&language=US-EN

Then check for the week it was produced at:

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
 
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