iPhone 12 Pro iPhone in China. Going through clearance process. UPS submitted documentation to a government agency?

[steal]

Finally out of China and on US soil.

8:40 AM - Arrived at Facility - Anchorage, AK
10:51 AM - Departed from Facility - Achorage, AK

Hopefully it will be delivered on Tuesday or Wednesday. My 6s Plus is on it's last leg.

Looks like my iPhone is flying with yours lol

 

[Shadowbech]

I ordered my iPhone 12 pro max on 11/7. It finally shipped on 11/21 then entered the "clearance in progress" stage on 11/23. UPS had originally said 11/25 would be delivery date and Apple tracking said the 30th. It was stuck in that stage till 12/4-12/5 when it finally got released to UPS from customs. Apple customer support gave me the excuse of Thanksgiving and Black Friday including Covid-19 delaying the process for something ordered a day after it was out for preorder. Now it is in Anchorage and I'm hoping to get it tomorrow or Tuesday (UPS estimates Tuesday).

Slim chance for a Monday, unless your tracking says it departed anchorage. Likely Tuesday for sure.

 

[steal]

Slim chance for a Monday, unless your tracking says it departed anchorage. Likely Tuesday for sure.

I'd be definitely fine with Tuesday after all this waiting. Almost pulled the plug on going to the store and getting one and returning the one being shipped. Also, it does say it departed from Anchorage so slim chance indeed.

 

[5105973]

I ordered my iPhone 12 pro max on 11/7. It finally shipped on 11/21 then entered the "clearance in progress" stage on 11/23. UPS had originally said 11/25 would be delivery date and Apple tracking said the 30th. It was stuck in that stage till 12/4-12/5 when it finally got released to UPS from customs. Apple customer support gave me the excuse of Thanksgiving and Black Friday including Covid-19 delaying the process for something ordered a day after it was out for preorder. Now it is in Anchorage and I'm hoping to get it tomorrow or Tuesday (UPS estimates Tuesday).

Goodness you had quite a wait! Yikes! I waited 10 days for my silver 12 Pro Max to just get manufactured and it didn’t happen so I said what the heck, change the color and the storage. I waited another 10 days or so for that gold phone to roll off the assembly line.

I really wasn’t following all these discussions about delays. I just looked at estimated delivery times on the site and took them at face value. Had I known more details about the chaos of these holiday order delays I probably would have waited another couple of months for everything to settle down.

But I thought it would be fun to play with the new phone during the holiday break. And it would be nice to have the extended return time in which to evaluate the phone. Instead I’ll be lucky to have a couple of days with it before my 11 Pro is required to be sent to Apple for trade.

 

[Mico219]

Finally its in Anchorage, AK, United States.

 

[steal]

Goodness you had quite a wait! Yikes! I waited 10 days for my silver 12 Pro Max to just get manufactured and it didn’t happen so I said what the heck, change the color and the storage. I waited another 10 days or so for that gold phone to roll off the assembly line.

I really wasn’t following all these discussions about delays. I just looked at estimated delivery times on the site and took them at face value. Had I known more details about the chaos of these holiday order delays I probably would have waited another couple of months for everything to settle down.

But I thought it would be fun to play with the new phone during the holiday break. And it would be nice to have the extended return time in which to evaluate the phone. Instead I’ll be lucky to have a couple of days with it before my 11 Pro is required to be sent to Apple for trade.

Honestly next time I get a new iPhone, either I'm waking up early to pre order to get it the following week, or just wait out the few months to pick them up in store.
It's also my first time pre ordering so the experience hasn't been too great lol

 

[ProVideo]

8:35PM - Your package was released by customs agency.

I guess that means it has made it to Louisville, even though it doesn't say so. Also weird that I haven't gotten any emailed updates from UPS since way early this morning for the courier notice, which the update they sent me wasn't even registered on the tracking on the web or app.

Now says delivery by 12/08.

 

[steal]

8:35PM - Your package was released by customs agency.

I guess that means it has made it to Louisville, even though it doesn't say so. Also weird that I haven't gotten any emailed updates from UPS since way early this morning for the courier notice, which the update they sent me wasn't even registered on the tracking on the web or app.

Now says delivery by 12/08.

Hmm that's interesting, I haven't gotten any update like that, still says in transit from Anchorage with estimated delivery 12/8.

 

[Shadowbech]

8:35PM - Your package was released by customs agency.

I guess that means it has made it to Louisville, even though it doesn't say so. Also weird that I haven't gotten any emailed updates from UPS since way early this morning for the courier notice, which the update they sent me wasn't even registered on the tracking on the web or app.

Now says delivery by 12/08.

Yea my guess is that tomorrow you'll get the Import scan and then on its way out for 12/8/2020.

 

[5105973]

Honestly next time I get a new iPhone, either I'm waking up early to pre order to get it the following week, or just wait out the few months to pick them up in store.
It's also my first time pre ordering so the experience hasn't been too great lol

They’ve had this model in stock at two Apple stores within driving distance of my house on different days. But the stores are in malls and my husband and I are not taking that chance at our ages.

We’ve ordered iPhones during the holidays before and it has gone smoothly so I guess this is a Covid snafu combined with parts shortages

Fortunately I just saw the status change and my phone finally popped loose! It’s cleared the final hurdle in China. Now I’m waiting to get notice of it heading to UPS.

My husband keeps threatening to wrap it when it
and stick it under the Christmas tree and making me wait until December 25th.

I don’t think so!

 

[Niyos]

Goodness you had quite a wait! Yikes! I waited 10 days for my silver 12 Pro Max to just get manufactured and it didn’t happen so I said what the heck, change the color and the storage. I waited another 10 days or so for that gold phone to roll off the assembly line.

I really wasn’t following all these discussions about delays. I just looked at estimated delivery times on the site and took them at face value. Had I known more details about the chaos of these holiday order delays I probably would have waited another couple of months for everything to settle down.

But I thought it would be fun to play with the new phone during the holiday break. And it would be nice to have the extended return time in which to evaluate the phone. Instead I’ll be lucky to have a couple of days with it before my 11 Pro is required to be sent to Apple for trade.

You can get the trade in period adjusted by calling Apple.

 

[5105973]

You can get the trade in period adjusted by calling Apple.

Thanks! I hope I don’t have trouble getting through to them when I call.

Whoa my iPhone is in Korea! I don’t remember that being a usual stop for them. I’ll have to check everyone else’s posted travel logs.

Lol too bad I can’t ask the phone to take photos and bring back souvenirs from all these places I wish I could visit.

 

[Niyos]

Thanks! I hope I don’t have trouble getting through to them when I call.

Whoa my iPhone is in Korea! I don’t remember that being a usual stop for them. I’ll have to check everyone else’s posted travel logs.

Lol too bad I can’t ask the phone to take photos and bring back souvenirs from all these places I wish I could visit.

No I called last week went right thru and I asked that very same question about the trade in. As a matter of fact I'm calling them today.

 

[Shadowbech]

Thanks! I hope I don’t have trouble getting through to them when I call.

Whoa my iPhone is in Korea! I don’t remember that being a usual stop for them. I’ll have to check everyone else’s posted travel logs.

Lol too bad I can’t ask the phone to take photos and bring back souvenirs from all these places I wish I could visit.

Yea there are typically two ways it can go. From Zhengzhou to Korea to Anchorage then to Louisville, KY. Other one is Zhengzhou to Anchorage then to Louisville, KY. Mine has gone from Zhengzhou to Korea then to Anchorage.

 

[5105973]

I’m so confused. I’m seeing my status that my phone is arriving TODAY by end of the day.

But the paper trail shows it leaving Korea 12:11 am Korean time and it’s now 6:12 am their time. And of course there’s nothing about it arriving in the USA anywhere.

I guess it’s getting here by teleportation or magical unicorn delivery. This is probably the weirdest delivery I’ve ever tracked.

 

[Shadowbech]

I’m so confused. I’m seeing my status that my phone is arriving TODAY by end of the day.

But the paper trail shows it leaving Korea 12:11 am Korean time and it’s now 6:12 am their time. And of course there’s nothing about it arriving in the USA anywhere.

I guess it’s getting here by teleportation or magical unicorn delivery. This is probably the weirdest delivery I’ve ever tracked.

Would be dope if it actually teleported and magically just show up at your door by the end of day today.

 

[steal]

Mine still hasn't updated and says it left the facility yesterday from Anchorage and is estimated to come to tomorrow so I guess we will see.

 

[Ash0581]

Does it always have to stop at Louisville KY after Anchorage AK before the final destination? I live in California.

 

[Shadowbech]

Does it always have to stop at Louisville KY after Anchorage AK before the final destination? I live in California.

Yes as WorldPort main HUB is in SDF (Muhammad Ali International Airport) Louisville, KY and all Import scans are done there. Unfortunately that's how it is I guess.

 

[5105973]

Okay so apparently my phone has been at Anchorage all day. I just got a notice for delivery reschedule, the phone was unable to be loaded on the plane as scheduled.

Is that a nice way of saying a Polar Bear ran off with it? Hmm

It’s rescheduled for tomorrow. That seems much more feasible given there was zero additional location data recorded after it arrived in Anchorage.

 

[steal]

Okay so apparently my phone has been at Anchorage all day. I just got a notice for delivery reschedule, the phone was unable to be loaded on the plane as scheduled.

Is that a nice way of saying a Polar Bear ran off with it? Hmm

It’s rescheduled for tomorrow. That seems much more feasible given there was zero additional location data recorded after it arrived in Anchorage.

I wonder if that is the same case for me, I still haven't gotten any update on where my phone is and was last seen in Anchorage. I'm hoping to get it tomorrow assuming they just haven't updated any recent scans.

 

[5105973]

I wonder if that is the same case for me, I still haven't gotten any update on where my phone is and was last seen in Anchorage. I'm hoping to get it tomorrow assuming they just haven't updated any recent scans.

It probably is at the Louisville hub. Sometimes I don’t see the reports updated until I’ve already signed for the phone! Then all the information comes out in one big info dump.

 

[merc0899]

Mine was in Alaska customs from China and I received it from Alaska to Ohio at my house in less than 24 hours. It was insane! I just chose normal shipping too. I didn’t think it was physically possible, but it happened.

 

[Ash0581]

Mine was in Alaska customs from China and I received it from Alaska to Ohio at my house in less than 24 hours. It was insane! I just chose normal shipping too. I didn’t think it was physically possible, but it happened.

So yours didn’t have to go to Louisville before Ohio? Mines stuck in Alaska now.

 

[merc0899]

Ya idk here is the tracking. I was impressed.