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iPhone 5 delivery date 9/19??
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Right, but the vast majority (me included) had theirs held until delivery day. The early delivery was the exception, not the rule.
Seriously? They process millions of packages per day each.
Also, you're right. Nothing like having something early, but that wears off once everyone gets their hands on it.
UPS/FedEx will "sit on" it per Apples' instructions and it will be delivered no earlier. This same thing happened with the iPad and previous iPhones but they were NOT delivered early.
Read this article to see this has happened before.
I seem to recall some time ago a MacRumors Forum member bragged about being a law student and how he had this legal document written up and was going to demand the release of his product prior to release date because it was delivered to the carrier holding spot prior to release date...
funny how all that bravado disappeared and we never heard how that turned out, because believe me, we all already know how it turned out...
funny how all that bravado disappeared and we never heard how that turned out, because believe me, we all already know how it turned out...
Yeah, I got my iPhone 4 a day before in store launch and walked into the local Apple store the morning of launch day past about 500 people, not to show off but rather to check out the bumpers/cases. If looks could kill...
It sounds like others are getting improved delivery dates as well. If mine improves any further i'll post it up!
You will not have it this day. Stop being ignorant. The iPhone will be held by the delivery hub until 9/21.
The only ignorant one here is you, and your inability to comprehend that the world isn't black and white.
I'm glad we have someone who can see into the future to answer everyone's questions!
did you hear them laughing at you before they hung the phone up or did you miss it? LOL
whoever you spoke to has no clue what they are talking about
Who cares, at the end of the day its just a phone. If you get yours 2 days before I get mine after ordering at 12:10am this morning I could honestly care less.
There are far better things to worry or bicker about than a damn phone that gets refreshed every year.
My confirmation email is 12:01am. Even then I was probably several thousand out and my shipping says 9/21. I highly doubt the first 1000 get anything. However, items have slipped out before and you may indeed get it a day or two early, but it's not because of a reward from apple.
Every year people get their hopes up. Every year it never comes early. If you like getting excited (and not having it come through), then more power to you. There's also the lottery...
Unfortunately, if they really gave you this info, they gave you bad info. When you order, someone is not sitting at a computer screen waiting for your order and then print out a label and stick it on a box and then send it on. Lots and lots of iPhones come in from overseas and then get sent to local hubs at a few spots where labels are put on them. They don't do it by order. They have a list of names with scheduled delivery dates that are spit out and put on by computer by phone type. It scans a phone then finds the next listing in an area for that type phone and puts a label on. Then they are all already sorted by area and can be sent on to the next hub where they end up Thursday evening and get put on a truck for delivery on Friday. This has been the same way for years for all phone launches like this, not just Apple.
Sure a few fall thru the cracks and get sent out early but 99.99% dont.