One I ordered from the Apple store at literally 3 minutes after they were first available to order went to "processing" about 30 minutes or so after I ordered it. It's still that way as of right now. Which is about 32 hrs from this message.
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One I ordered from the Apple store at literally 3 minutes after they were first available to order went to "processing" about 30 minutes or so after I ordered it. It's still that way as of right now. Which is about 32 hrs from this message.
Good to know...I figured they're probably still playing catchup due to onslaught of orders...it's supposed to ship by 9/24, but didn't know if they'll go out today, etc. I know last year with the iPad 4's, Apple's site was still playing catchup but there was a thing if you put your phone number or something into FedEx's site, you could track your order that way too.
I'd never heard of that before - if you have a link for that (beyond just saying fedex.com, like a specific one), I'd love to go take a look.
So, just an update... I was able to place an order Thursday night at around 9:30pm EST through AT&T's premier storefront. Ordered a 64GB space grey 5s.
Upon checkout it said shipping estimates were 7-14 days.
Little while later i got order processing email, stating expected ship dates were now Oct 21-30th.
late friday 9:00 pm, received a shipment notification email, said if you ordered an iphone, could take up to 72 hours for tracking becomes available. For the fun of it, i went to fedex tracking and tossed my number in there, and said it will be delivered Monday, and it is already at the local fedex facility.
All said, i think the shipping estimates are all messed up, and a lot more people might be getting a positive surprise on ship date....
Upon checkout it said shipping estimates were 7-14 days.
Little while later i got order processing email, stating expected ship dates were now Oct 21-30th.
late friday 9:00 pm, received a shipment notification email, said if you ordered an iphone, could take up to 72 hours for tracking becomes available. For the fun of it, i went to fedex tracking and tossed my number in there, and said it will be delivered Monday, and it is already at the local fedex facility.
All said, i think the shipping estimates are all messed up, and a lot more people might be getting a positive surprise on ship date....
Me too. Mine was "processing" this morning (Saturday), and it changed to "preparing for shipment" within the last hour or two.
My guess is it will go out tomorrow (Sunday, which is Monday in China) and I'll probably get it before the end of next week.
Glad I ordered it online - looks like there were hardly any gold ones in the stores!
Ordered mine through Verizon's site early Friday morning, and still in the processing state...still curious if that's true or not...tried calling *611 as some have said you can get a tracking number that way, but still kept getting directed to talk to a rep, where I'm guessing there's a huge wait time. Does anyone remember the trick to look up your order on FedEx/UPS? Did it have something to do with entering your phone number? Order number? I couldn't remember.
In the last 30 minutes (7:45PM Central Time), mine went from processing to "Preparing for Shipment". w00t!
My order just went to "preparing for shipment." White and Silver iPhone 5S 16GB T-Mobile (Unlocked).
Last fall I ordered JUST a lightning to USB cable for my wife's iPhone 5 to have a spare, and it shipped from China. It got to Dallas Texas from China in three days. I was quite surprised at that for JUST A CABLE. We'll see.
Once some of us start getting actual tracking numbers, we'll find out for sure.
Once some of us start getting actual tracking numbers, we'll find out for sure.
They definitely send them on a plane - I read recently that Apple just reserves entire airplanes and fills them with pallets full of iPhones. And that's assuming they are still in China - they may have already flown them to distribution centers in the US. I guess we'll see once some tracking numbers start going out.
I doubt they even bother to differentiate between "expedited" and "regular" shipping when they are moving the first huge batches of them. I bet we'll get them faster than they told us in our confirmation emails - I least I hope so!
Generally that's my experience too.
But, with the iPhones they've gotten to my area early but were held by FedEx until Friday's release date. (I did get it early once!)
Not such an issue this time since they're already out.
Gary
That happened to me too - I don't remember which iPhone it was, but it was tracking to be delivered a day before official launch and then the status came up something like "delivery hold placed by shipper" or some such. I was bummed
This time they'll get here as soon as FedEx or DHL or whoever can!
A month wait for one ordered around midnight?!
Late Friday night I got a shipment notification, and a tracking number on Saturday morning. I'll get my 5s on Monday, apparently. I guess AT&T was being overly cautious with their shipping estimates.
Well I got UPS shipping info. My silver 32gb will arrive end of the day Tues. I live in Tampa
I notice the status order page went down at Apple this am. I figured it was to update shipping and it has for mine. We are getting shipped notification with tracking now
I notice the status order page went down at Apple this am. I figured it was to update shipping and it has for mine. We are getting shipped notification with tracking now
UPS? Don't like that. It's always been Fedex in the past, and I've found they treat their packages better than Fedex does - at least around these parts.
I ordered from Apple on Friday at 02:59 (eastern) and today got my shipping notification saying "delivers on Sept 26" (Thursday). Woot!
The original shipping estimate was Sept 30 - Oct 2, as it seems everyone saw when ordering at Apple online immediately. I hope Apple and UPS are correct!
[64gb silver/white AT&T 5S, btw]
The original shipping estimate was Sept 30 - Oct 2, as it seems everyone saw when ordering at Apple online immediately. I hope Apple and UPS are correct!
[64gb silver/white AT&T 5S, btw]
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Because no one feels like buying a phone they have been selling all along?
That was the smoothest order I've ever done with Apple, great job with the servers!
Just got my shipping notification from Verizon! Should be delivered by Wednesday!
Space Grey, 32 gb
Space Grey, 32 gb
The date of this article tells me it's not current, but it's an interesting picture/story given the discussion in this thread:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2012/09/21/a-sea-of-iphone-5s-at-shipping-facility/
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2012/09/21/a-sea-of-iphone-5s-at-shipping-facility/