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There is absolutely no reason they couldn't supply the Apple Stores around the world with display models last Friday so I can see the piano black version before I decide whether or not to upgrade.

Pissed off with this ****ing **** every year.
 
I ordered a 7 in Jet Black, 128GB. It wasn't showing a shipped status or tracking number in my Apple order...However, it is showing up in my UPS My Choice profile with the same origin at Zhengzhou China, with a delivery of 16 Sep. I was even able to change delivery to hold at the UPS facility cause I'm never home when "Brown" comes by. Don't want there to be any issues in picking this bad boy up!
 
I ordered a 128gb silver plus through Apple. On Saturday it showed preparing for shipping. Today it is back to processing items. Still shows deliver 9/16. Very weird. Hopefully we see some movement tomorrow.
 
Are you sure? The Apple Store app shows all my products, but My Support Profile only shows my iPhone and watch. My iPad Air 2 and Mac mini are both missing, despite being bought new and registered with my Apple ID
The only products that automatically show up in my support profile are those which I bought from Apple. Those that I bought from other vendors I have to manually add.

My 7 plus is showing in my support profile.
 
Wish I had known I was going to pay off this Verizon 6s last week and give it to my mother. Verizon saw a hairline crack at the bottom of my glass below the screen and was like nope try again can't do whatever their terrible trade in plan is called. I'm wondering what stock at Apple will look like launch day.
 
Has anyone seen their IPhone 7 show up yet in the support profile site? Seems like the only ones showing up are the Pluses.

Yes! I ordered a jet black 7 128gb and mine is showing up with UPS. I went to the UPS site and tracked it by "reference number." I typed in my telephone number as the reference number and that worked. Good luck!
 
I think what we're finding out (the hard way) this time is, the Apple Upgrade Program is a nice convenience for casual users who want a new phone every year, but aren't in a huge hurry to be near the front of the line / get it on the first day. Would have been really good for them to have pointed this out at signup time - or maybe they'll see this is a problem and get it sorted for next year.

We (you're all self-selected as tech nerds - you're seeking out the comments in the forum section of a Apple rumors site) care a lot about getting the new shiny the first day. Surprisingly, the majority of iPhone purchasers don't share the "must buy the first day" gene (otherwise they'd sell billions this quarter and none the rest of the year). (As well, I don't have a horse in this race - not in the AUP, and unlikely to buy an iPhone 7 soon, still rocking an iPhone 6 - but I like observing what Apple does.)

Well, actually you might think of the AUP as kind of a loyalty program considering that most of the subscribers are really keen on having the latest and mightiest iPhone. It also helps apple to plan demand. Wouldn't it be a nice touch to be sending a new and shiny iPhone to ur loyal customer on the launch day (or even one before) with a nice little card saying "thanks for being such a great customer"?
Just a thought...
 
mine is showing up! shipped from china...does anyone know if we can have package held and UPS location or does it have to be delivered to home?
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I ordered a 7 in Jet Black, 128GB. It wasn't showing a shipped status or tracking number in my Apple order...However, it is showing up in my UPS My Choice profile with the same origin at Zhengzhou China, with a delivery of 16 Sep. I was even able to change delivery to hold at the UPS facility cause I'm never home when "Brown" comes by. Don't want there to be any issues in picking this bad boy up!

Awesome! i was just wondering if i would be able to hold at UPS facility! I always have my packages held there to avoid missing UPS! My only other question is if it DOES come early would we still be able to pick up early or will there be a note to say "don't deliver till the 16th" lol
 
Anyone with a iPhone 7 plus, jet-black, 256 GB and shipping on the 16th?
I want to feel the envy ...
 
Case is "preparing for shipment," 7 plus is "processing items," both to be delivered Friday. Woohoo!
 
I ordered my Plus Jet Black 256GB at 7 minutes after pre-ordering started (the store opened at the 6th minute) and my shipping time is in November.
 
I ordered my Plus Jet Black 256GB at 7 minutes after pre-ordering started (the store opened at the 6th minute) and my shipping time is in November.
Well I only have a guarantee from my operator (Vodafone Germany), that I won't get it before the 27th of september 2016 - they certainly don't offer tracking and other decadent stuff.
 
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Well I only have a guarantee from my operator (Vodafone Germany), that I won't get it before the 27th of september 2016 - they certainly don't offer tracking and other decadent stuff.
The supply constraint on the Jet Black Plus is crazy and will likely attract a lot of scalpers holding onto their orders or stock for the first few weeks.
 
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My order was shipped today Apple Store Sweden (Y)
Black 256GB.. Jet Black is a no no for me... all the scratches just look at it, no hell i want that! Black is da **** :)
 
My GF paid for the iPhone 7 Plus I ordered, and the reason it went from Preparing to Ship and back to Preparing, was it got flagged because my ATT/shipping info didn't match her billing information. She got a call on Sunday from Apple asking her if she was the name on the billing account, and if she ordered an iPhone. She said Yes to both and they said thanks. Didn't ask to verify anything else, said it was a weird call. Order went back to preparing for shipment, still on target for 16th. :)
 
My iPhone is also on Korea now. My spouse thinks we are all nuts for spending this much time tracking our phones. :)
 
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