iPhone 5s Now Shipping Within 2 to 3 Weeks

[hyhybt]

It's kind of annoying that I ordered on 9/22 and my estimated shipping date is no better than if I just ordered today. What happened to those three weeks?

No, you're still three weeks ahead of them in line.

I ordered mine about 4:25 AM the 20th, and it shipped the 9th and has made it as far as Kentucky so far. If they're quoting 2-3 weeks for *new* orders, that means they're making them about as fast as they're selling them, but not enough faster to catch up any... but they'd surely still ship yours before one exactly like it for someone who just ordered today.

 

[applegigs]

people still crying on not getting their iPhones .. try waiting until launch day 25-th of October.. Denmark

 

[eim23x]

I was able to get on launch day at Verizon a iPhone 5s 64GB Space Gray with no issue

my main goal was iPhone 5s 32GB Gold so i order it on Verizon
site it said Nov 4 from time i order at Launch date at 10am.

Order Location: D771001
Order Date: 09/20/2013
Ship By: 11/04/2013

 

[juanmanas]

Too late, you already did. Thanks for playing, please try again, and next time come prepared with something more original the the cop-out personal attack "troll". It fell out of fashion among people with a modicum of functional brain cells many years ago.

I deserve it. I fed the troll. I will punish you with the whip of my indifference

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Has it happened before that phones have not been delivered two weeks after having been ordered by customers?

Im afraid so. It happened to me with the 4s...

 

[Michael CM1]

I ordered my 32GB Silver AT&T model a couple of days ago. I checked my order status Friday and saw it with a delivery date of Oct. 25. I just got an email this morning saying the damn thing had shipped -- yeah, shipped. The estimated date given by Apple was moved to Oct. 22. I checked the UPS tracking and it says by the end of the day Oct. 17.

SO everybody who is waiting might want to check tracking. This is moving way faster than I thought it would when I made the purchase.

 

[croooow]

Plus no one will be able to tell if I have an iPhone 5 or a 5s from a distance.

Why does it matter? You care what strangers think of your phone? Anyway, having a new iPhone in July 2007 was very impressive, having a new iPhone in 2013 is not.

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Funny how the haters all came out of the woodwork to trash my comment, yet it's the second-most liked comment out of all 55.

That matters about as much as a "First" post, But it was "liked" because you mentioned the iPhone 6 which will be a popular topic for the next year.

I am one of the nine "likes" and one of the "trashes" so what does that prove?

 

[paulsdenton]

In Australia, the cheapest 5s is $869 on the apple store, such a joke. How anybody would ever even consider buying one outright here is a bit beyond me.

For something I use constantly every day I don't know why anyone would hesitate unless they just didn't have the money. Mine was $299 plus an early upgrade fee of $300 plus state tax of 6%. This is really not a fortune in the scheme of things.

If you want the best then you have to pay the price. If you will settle for something less, then pay less. It's a choice not a value judgment.

 

[cteel2004]

2-3 weeks are a conservative estimate. I ordered a 16gb space grey model on the 10th through the Apple site. Initially they said it would be shipped a week later (the 18th) and delivery about a week after that (I'm in Texas).

Last night, however, I received notification that UPS now has the phone and that its on its way out of China and will be here by the end of business on the 17th.

 

[ValSalva]

2-3 weeks are a conservative estimate. I ordered a 16gb space grey model on the 10th through the Apple site. Initially they said it would be shipped a week later (the 18th) and delivery about a week after that (I'm in Texas).

Last night, however, I received notification that UPS now has the phone and that its on its way out of China and will be here by the end of business on the 17th.

Keeping expectations low and then over-delivering keeps customers happy.

 

[Fanaticalism]

I've always heard that because there is less sales commission made on the iPhone, salespeople are naturally driven to pushing any/all other cell phones. I've never heard the bit about "not mentioning specs" but if Apple chooses to not market itself based on specs in the Verizon store it would make sense to me.

Not "less sales commissions made on the iPhone", no commission...

As far as specs are concerned, I'd agree they not relevant when speaking of the iPhone as the devices success stems from both integration of both... I am gonna stop right there before I sound like the commercial! My point is, if a customer wants to know, they should be able to tell them.

I read a review of the newest galaxy phone has 3 gigs of RAM (!) which is nuts, yet it apparently still lags and crashes under its own weight, so what's the point of all these specs anyway if it takes 2 minutes for the photos gallery to open?

The lag is due to Samsungs horrendous skin. Why in the world they don't bother correcting it, I have no clue. Instead of focusing on refinements to the OS with every bump in specs, they focus on what useless features they can add to make customers go "wow", in those 5 minute in store demos.

 

[SPUY767]

Not "less sales commissions made on the iPhone", no commission...

As far as specs are concerned, I'd agree they not relevant when speaking of the iPhone as the devices success stems from both integration of both... I am gonna stop right there before I sound like the commercial! My point is, if a customer wants to know, they should be able to tell them.



The lag is due to Samsungs horrendous skin. Why in the world they don't bother correcting it, I have no clue. Instead of focusing on refinements to the OS with every bump in specs, they focus on what useless features they can add to make customers go "wow", in those 5 minute in store demos.

Samsung is trying to sell the sizzle, Apple is selling the steak.

 

[Conrad Joe]

Wait, what? Lol... because Apple is bleeding margin.

Apple has the most stringent requirements of third party retailers:

1.Those who are commission based don't make a commission when they sell/activate an Apple product.

2.If they are elgible for an employee discount, they don't get one if they purchase an Apple product.

3.If a carrier doesn't sell enough iPhones, tough luck, they have to keep their agreement (because Apple won't let them sell their product any other way) and buy more from Apple.

When VZW started carrying the iPhone, direction from the top was that they were under no circumstances to speak about specifications when a customer inquired about different phones compared to the iPhone (this may still hold true today). To extend off my 3rd point, if a carrier is down on iPhone sales, direction was to push the iPhone (like that is even necessary considering how well the iPhone sells itself) for fear of not backlogged inventory.

Sorry
/rant

It is still better to buy directly from Apple so that they make full profit instead of some carrier grabbing part of it.

 

[panzer06]

There are space grey and silver 16GB Verizon 5S in Miami Beach Apple Store. Also saw some in stock at a T-Mobile Store in Daytona last week. You just never know what store will randomly have some in stock.

Cheers,

 

[kas23]

A sneaky way of saying our October shipping.... is now also first week of November

October is the new November.

 

[Vancitizen]

I ordered a silver 64 and a space grey 64 on Oct 10. They shipped from Zhengzhou on the 12th and are scheduled for delivery in Vancouver BC on Oct 17.

 

[calaverasgrande]

It's kind of annoying that I ordered on 9/22 and my estimated shipping date is no better than if I just ordered today. What happened to those three weeks?

seriously
I ordered on the 21st (had to change my billing address to one they would ship to). I spent a week and a half waiting with no update.
Then I canceled my order, placed a new order for in store pickup, and had a phone that day.
I'm not going to be one of those smug unhelpful people that tell you to just do what I did. I recognize that some of us work long hours and/or do not live within reasonable distance of an Apple store.
Instead I'll point out that it is absurd that a company as large as Apple mismanages orders so badly.
I would understand if Verizon and AT&T had phones available at retail locations and Apple did not. Maybe there is a contractual obligation?
But why do Apple stores have phones and Apple's online store does not?
no logic.

 

[pianophile]

20 Days

Got my 5s in 20 days from order (Sep 20) to delivery (Oct 10).

 

[paulgarb]

Walked into Glasgow Apple Store Thursday Oct 12, walked out with 64GB Space Grey. Learned my lesson with iPhone 5 - ordering online is for people with more patience than me. Set up yesterday afternoon (restore) with no issues.
BTW - I love it!

 

[Macboy Pro]

It's kind of annoying that I ordered on 9/22 and my estimated shipping date is no better than if I just ordered today. What happened to those three weeks?

I ordered at 1pm ET on 9/20 (first day) and I got an email that mine will ship October 24-28th. LOL Other then hype a product, I am not sure this does anything but upset customers.

 

[WardC]

Yeah...time to order one so I can see it crash every 5 seconds....beautiful blue screens and lightning fast, rapidly quitting apps. WOW.

 

[MH01]

Yeah...time to order one so I can see it crash every 5 seconds....beautiful blue screens and lightning fast, rapidly quitting apps. WOW.

I think the reality the die hard fans on MR prefer to so subscribe to is that 64 bit iPhone is the second coming your statement is the reality of a switch from 32 bit to 64 bit someone over looked the main problems in all this 3rd party software, aka apps

 

[pjtoadie]

If anyone is looking to use the in store pickup you should check this out:

http://iphone-check.herokuapp.com

You can now sign up for email alerts when the 5s model you want is in stock at your nearby stores.

 

[Xerotech]

At least it's finally picking up.

 

[weckart]

I picked up a 64gig Space Grey the morning they went on sale, took all of 30 minutes and I didn't have to sleep out over night or any crap.

The color doesn't matter as mine is currently in side one of these... and yes it's orange!
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I almost clicked on buy at Amazon on one of those a couple of days ago but double checked the negative reviews and compared with reviews at other retailers. All seemed to concur: The Otterbox will scratch up the sides of your iPhone - both from the hard plastic interior and from dust and grit ingress.

 

[teresakt]

Waiting for my carrier, Telus Mobility to get my Gold32 in I'm top of the list at least but still not knowing when. It was supposed to be for my birthday Oct 5. So looking more like Christmas......