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If will buy iPhone 5 at the price of $649 without the 2 year contract it will be Factory unlocked?it will work around the world?

From what I have heard, if you buy a verizon phone then it is unlocked. I have seen a youtube video of someone with a iphone 5 verizon phone that put an At&t sim in the phone and it worked
 
Anyone else stuck in korea since 9/25 8:30 P.M??

Me.

UPS tracking is still showing "On Time" with a scheduled delivery of tomorrow (27th) to Texas. If it is really still there, I have my doubts about getting it tomorrow. I fell into the Expedited ship group rather than Express.


Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/25/2012 8:30 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 5:16 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 6:50 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 6:20 P.M. Departure Scan
 
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My only update is my delivery date disappeared

ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 7:35 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 11:00 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/22/2012 9:24 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 7:18 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
 
Ordered mine around 7am EST on 9/14 with two week notification and 10/5 delivery. Received email from Apple 5:16am EST this morning that its been shipped with est 10/3 delivery. Tracking number is live and shows:



Location Date Local Time Activity
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 5:35 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 10:19 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/26/2012 4:58 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
 
Yeah, I just checked, and it now says

Louisville, KY, United States 09/26/2012 2:02 A.M. Arrival Scan

I've been trying to use that FlightAware site to see any flights going from Louisville to Houston and I've found a few, but have no idea if any of them are the ones for my phone or not.

It seems just going by an estimate that I should get it Thursday. Unless I'm lucky and it gets to Houston by this morning and gets sent out, but I'm doubting that.

The way it appears to have been working, those of us on UPS 65 that arrived in Louisville last night need an import scan indicating the shipment has cleared customs. If there are no glitches, that should happen some time today. Once the shipment has cleared customs, the individual phones will be sorted by destination and put on overnight flights for delivery Thursday.

Anyone from Tuesday night's UPS 65 have an import scan yet?

I'm sure there will be a lot of happy people dropping off this thread today. Thanks for sharing your tracking progress. It has made it much easier to figure out what has been going on with the shipments.

Enjoy your iPhones!
 
Has anyone figured out why some of these go to S. Korea and some to Hong Kong? Seems like the ones that go to Hong Kong take longer.
 
Gainesville, FL, United States 09/26/2012 5:12 A.M. Out For Delivery

It's been fun guys. Thanks for making this entertaining
 
I've been reading this forum for a few years now, but I've been so frustrated with this entire process I finally registered.

I ordered at 9am Newfoundland time, which is 7:30 EST on the 14th.

Mine originally said delivery for the 9th, which I thought was odd, as my phone as always been grouped with the 5th delivery folks. I'm just wondering if there are any others who had the 9th date and are shipping to eastern Canada.
 

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Anyone else taking this journey?

Location Date Local Time Activity
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 5:31 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 7:15 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/25/2012 7:00 P.M. Departure Scan
09/25/2012 2:41 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/25/2012 6:36 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
 
My only update is my delivery date disappeared

ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 7:35 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 11:00 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/22/2012 9:24 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 7:18 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS


Same for me.. Ups chat promised me I would get phone today in ATL but who knows..

Ups chat said today..
My choice said Thursday,
apple's email said Friday
My tracking did say a delivery date of Thursday but no date this morning lol
 
Anyone else taking this journey?

Location Date Local Time Activity
ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 5:31 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/25/2012 7:15 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/25/2012 7:00 P.M. Departure Scan
09/25/2012 2:41 P.M. Origin Scan
China 09/25/2012 6:36 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Looks like my iPhone is riding with yours.
 
From what I have heard, if you buy a verizon phone then it is unlocked. I have seen a youtube video of someone with a iphone 5 verizon phone that put an At&t sim in the phone and it worked

From what I've read, it has something to do with the FCC rules when Verizon bought spectrum.
 
My only update is my delivery date disappeared

ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 7:35 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 11:00 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/22/2012 9:24 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 7:18 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

I am in the same boat as you.
 
Same for me.. Ups chat promised me I would get phone today in ATL but who knows..

Ups chat said today..
My choice said Thursday,
apple's email said Friday
My tracking did say a delivery date of Thursday but no date this morning lol

Mine says the same, ups chat and the tracking site says will get delivered to Toronto, Canada Thursday. Not sure if this batch missed a scan or not, I've seen packages which later delivery dates ship out of China and mine has been sitting there for 3 days...
 
I am in the same boat as you.

Screwed up things keep happening... here's mine:

ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 5:31 P.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/24/2012 11:50 P.M. Departure Scan
09/24/2012 7:46 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/24/2012 4:26 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 7:35 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 11:30 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/22/2012 8:07 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 7:17 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

I left Korea with the batch that got to Louisville at 12:41 AM on the 24th, but now I'm back in China? WTF? I had a delivery date of today, and now it's gone from the tracking page...
 
Any one else worried?

"UPS News & Information
Important Information - Severe Weather
Severe weather in Louisville, Kentucky, has caused disruption to package movement in the U.S. As a result some shipments may experience unavoidable delays.

Please continue to track your shipment for updated delivery status."

From live chat
 
Screwed up things keep happening... here's mine:

ZhengZhou, China 09/26/2012 5:31 P.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/24/2012 11:50 P.M. Departure Scan
09/24/2012 7:46 P.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/24/2012 4:26 P.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2012 7:35 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2012 11:30 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/22/2012 8:07 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/23/2012 7:17 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

I left Korea with the batch that got to Louisville at 12:41 AM on the 24th, but now I'm back in China? WTF? I had a delivery date of today, and now it's gone from the tracking page...

Faaaark

Just did my daily ritual of looking for new tracking info and have the same. If anyone in the same boat gets an answer from UPS please post it here.

This can't possibly be right :(
 
Mine says the same, ups chat and the tracking site says will get delivered to Toronto, Canada Thursday. Not sure if this batch missed a scan or not, I've seen packages which later delivery dates ship out of China and mine has been sitting there for 3 days...

I'm just wondering if we will see an "out for delivery" scan for those that still say Zheng zhou.. I'm hoping the next scan I see will be delivered :)
 
I haven't read the whole thread.. but any German Telekom customers here?

I ordered on the 14th and 7.30am (32GB Black) - and it's still just showing (order in progress). Their other page shows wk40/41 as delivery date :(

sucks... as others that ordered after, are already getting theirs... :mad:
 
Arrival scan in CLK, HK 9/26, 10:30am

Scheduled for delivery on Monday 10/1, by end of day

What do I have to do to get it Friday? :,(
 
Just checked ups. 10/1 delivery now after they said 9/28 yesterday. This is awesome. Getting my phone a full week after people who ordered 3 hours after me. Thanks apple and ups!
 
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