I ordered three minutes before him (11:58 pm 9-8) and nothing but the junk mail text since that night.
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Carrier iPhone 7/7+ AT&T Pre-Order Thread
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Me too! I just got a shipping confirmation for my 256 7+ MB. Ordered 9/9 at 2:54 est
wow. Good for you, that is great news!. I guess those of us who ordered either just before or just after midnight pacific aren't getting ours before everyone else. Stunning. Maybe we got lost in the "Routine Scheduled Maintenance" debacle later that night.
I placed two orders, one for myself and one for my wife.
Mine: iPhone 7 PLUS 256GB - Black
Order date: 09/09/2016 at 10:07:02 AM EDT
Shipping date: 09/23/2016 To 09/30/2016
Status: Website and *6737# both still say "Preparing to ship"
Wife: iPhone 7 PLUS 256GB - Silver
Order date: 09/09/2016 at 10:19:13 AM EDT
Shipping date: 09/23/2016 To 09/30/2016
Status: Got a shipping confirm late Sunday, was picked up by Fedex in Texas yesterday and delivered in NJ today
Both of us got the txt earlier. Wife got it at 1:15PM ET (after receiving the delivery). I got mine at 1:51PM ET. 3hrs later now and nothing has changed on my order.
Mine: iPhone 7 PLUS 256GB - Black
Order date: 09/09/2016 at 10:07:02 AM EDT
Shipping date: 09/23/2016 To 09/30/2016
Status: Website and *6737# both still say "Preparing to ship"
Wife: iPhone 7 PLUS 256GB - Silver
Order date: 09/09/2016 at 10:19:13 AM EDT
Shipping date: 09/23/2016 To 09/30/2016
Status: Got a shipping confirm late Sunday, was picked up by Fedex in Texas yesterday and delivered in NJ today
Both of us got the txt earlier. Wife got it at 1:15PM ET (after receiving the delivery). I got mine at 1:51PM ET. 3hrs later now and nothing has changed on my order.
I am very surprised. Just got my shipping notification. It shipped today and will be here tomorrow, shipped by Fed Ex overnight from Texas. 7 Plus, Black, 128 gb, ordered 9/9 4:21 am, paid in full by credit card. Now waiting on the one from Apple to ship.
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Has anyone who ordered a 7+ 128 on 9/10 or later gotten a back ordered or shipping status yet? I ordered a 7+ 128 black at 2pm on 9/10 with an estimate of 10/7-14 with no updates at all. Just wondering because all the updates for the phone I ordered are for those who ordered right after pre orders opened.
Looks like I might be waiting until October after all.
Looks like I might be waiting until October after all.
That I am not sure when your credit card is charged - at the time of order or at pick up. The moment it's charged your payment option cannot be changed unless you return in boxed condition.
Congrats...just part of ATT's first come, last served system.
Has anyone who ordered a 7+ 128 on 9/10 or later gotten a back ordered or shipping status yet? I ordered a 7+ 128 black at 2pm on 9/10 with an estimate of 10/7-14 with no updates at all. Just wondering because all the updates for the phone I ordered are for those who ordered right after pre orders opened.
Looks like I might be waiting until October after all.
Mine was around 2 PM on 9/9 and I am still waiting
Then this is just a random shipping system. There is no rhyme or rhythm to how these orders are going out. Who the heck is running this clown show?
Has anyone who ordered a 7+ 128 on 9/10 or later gotten a back ordered or shipping status yet? I ordered a 7+ 128 black at 2pm on 9/10 with an estimate of 10/7-14 with no updates at all. Just wondering because all the updates for the phone I ordered are for those who ordered right after pre orders opened.
Looks like I might be waiting until October after all.
Ordered mine on 9/11 with estimated shipment date beginning 10/14.
That's why I've been annoyed - if I place an order for the same model on apple.com Right Now, I can even get it delivered one week sooner than this date.
As I stated before, there is no "DeliveryGate" or other such thing.
Apple does not know how any of its products/services will actually sell once they're released. That's why there's always this issue. I was much earlier in virtual line when the iPhone 6 Plus came out two years ago, and we went through the exact same thing with AT&T.
When Apple creates a new device like the iPhone 7, it's a completely market-untested device in that they don't know for sure how many units they'll actually need by launch date. Now, one could throw in a bit of Sony-ism and suggest that Apple is purposefully holding back its own production yields to produce such demand. Personally, I think this is unlikely, especially with news out last week that Apple decided to increase production yield to 100 million units by year's end; that sounds more like a response to demand, not a creation of it.
While it would be fan-freakin'-tastic for Apple to have nearly all available inventory for nearly all available preorders, nobody has that kind of magic ball into which they could find such definite numbers for which they'd produce units.
Welcome to reality
Mine:
2 IP7+ BLK 256GB, ordered 9/9 8:30am/12:30pm ET, 9/23-9/30
UPDATE to my original post. Just received a shipment notification e-mail. FedEx tracking number, although not yet showing available in their system.
Spoke with an AT&T employee who said they don't know what caused this mass text or why it went out. But that they are getting a lot of calls about it and are escelating it to find out what happened.
This is from a friend who I used to work with there (I used to work at an AT&T call center during the iPhone 5S launch time frame) and still have family and friends there.
Buddy of mine told me it's not known why it went out, but they got bombarded with calls and are trying to find out. I know this isn't much news or really any news at all. But this is good enough confirmation for me that it has absolutely nothing to do with our orders and those who got the text and later had their status change to back order would have had that happen regardless and this has NO say on when the rest of us will get our devices.
This is from a friend who I used to work with there (I used to work at an AT&T call center during the iPhone 5S launch time frame) and still have family and friends there.
Buddy of mine told me it's not known why it went out, but they got bombarded with calls and are trying to find out. I know this isn't much news or really any news at all. But this is good enough confirmation for me that it has absolutely nothing to do with our orders and those who got the text and later had their status change to back order would have had that happen regardless and this has NO say on when the rest of us will get our devices.
Peaked out of my fox hole and didn't see my Jet Black. Back in it I go
@Ronnoco and I will be holding this thread down to the very last post. That's an AT&T guarantee
@Ronnoco and I will be holding this thread down to the very last post. That's an AT&T guarantee
Earlier dates was already covered by 9to5mac.com (likely among others) late last week, if I recall.