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The preparing for shipment was only for Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. If your in the United States you will not see movement until Friday or early next Monday. If your in the United States, Friday is when you will see preparing for shipment, next Monday is when you see Shanghai to Anchorage, then Wednesday-Thursday is when you will see your phone going through states towards your local UPS/Fedex location for Friday delivery.


Don't forget getting stuck in customs for a few days :)
 
Part of me knows that my status won't change until Monday or Tuesday. But why am I checking both the order page AND the Support Profile page?
 
Part of me knows that my status won't change until Monday or Tuesday. But why am I checking both the order page AND the Support Profile page?
Force of frickin habit! While we might diss people who are losing sleep on this wait, I think a number of us are still programmed to check at least once a day, to make sure a horrible "delayed" or "cancelled" doesn't show up, then euphoria when "preparing for shipment" pops up.
 
Part of me knows that my status won't change until Monday or Tuesday. But why am I checking both the order page AND the Support Profile page?
Because there might be a slight chance that something will change lol. Im in the same boat as you, hoping for the best but still just waiting and knowing everything is ok.
 
The secret to getting your status on Apple.com to update is to create a new thread here every thirty minutes asking people what will happen next. You got this bud!
So ahead of you ... let me finish this thread creation ... "Credit card ... billed ... and ... still ... processing ... status ... thread".
 
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