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[Merged] The Official iPhone 3GS "I Have a Tracking Number" Thread!

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digipete said:
You will not see your phone until Friday.
Apple WILL NOT release their phone to the general public before it is released in their retail stores. Why do you think the 7:00am opening.
The PR from their store, not your driveway is what they want the press to see.
And the East coast will see it first.
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It is out of Apple's hands. UPS has it now, Apple has no power over it now.
As I said before if UPS says:
"Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 06/17/2009"
Then that is when UPS plans to deliver it. They don't care what Apple says, they have all the power at this point and if Apple forgot to schedule a delivery date of 06/19, the it is their loss and there is nothing they can do at this point.

There is a reason you don't see anyone's delivery date for the 15th or the 16th. The delivery dates for homes and the stores are the 17th-19th.

Apple will not risk it being held up and shipping the week after. There would very disappointed people. This is why the need more than an 8-10 hour delivery window on Friday. They will deliver between the 17th and the 19th.
 
i wanted to order from apple, but apple said i had to go to att if i was ordering one through a new line being added to a family plan. i went to att even though i really didnt want to, and they had no idea how to do a pre-order they had to call and find out. Finally they found out and told me i could only have it shipped to their store. i was like WTF. all they could say was sorry. i called att and they said that each store has their own policy and they couldnt do anything about it unless i just went to another store. This really blows because now i have to go stand in line at 7am before work for god knows how long when it could have just been shipped to work like a bunch of guys on here have.

any one have any ideas how long we might have to wait if we had it shipped to the store?
 
In another turn of events, anyone else on the Hong Kong flight lose their scheduled delivery date on the UPS page?
 
I ordered right after the keynote from apple and it JUST went prepared for shipment.

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How Freakin' Ridiculous is this entire thread? I mean come on. Just be patient, it's a virtue.

Who the hell am I kidding? WHERE THE HELL IS MY IPHONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!:mad:
 
jhiner said:
I ordered mine last Friday from an AT&T store in my town. I have a tracking number, but every time I try to track it, it says not found. So maybe it isn't in transit yet.

Also, does anyone know how activation works in the AT&T Store? I really don't want some AT&T lackey unboxing my phone before I do. Do have to take it out of the box in the store?
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Or can I do it through iTunes after I bring the phone home?
 
jerrycrum said:
Mine looks just like yours. all the same exact times and everything. except my scheduled delivery date is the 18th. I'm in california so the different state is prolly why it has a different delivery date i'm asuming. I have no idea how the packages departed before they arived though. haha that one is new to me. :rolleyes:

p.s. why does it say the product is "world ease" ?
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someone answered that upthread with a link... ups bundles all the phones together into one shipment so it clears customs faster!
 
I'll say it again like I've said it twice already.

I called UPS, they said it must clear customs and it'll be here the 18th before 10:30am even though the tracking says the 17th.
 
I ordered on June 9th from Apple and have not received a shipping confirmation, looks like I'm not the only one. SMFH
 
Rayfire said:
It departs first before it arrives, you're fine.

Technically it has departed from HK already on its way here, then you'll see an arrival scan.
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this is world ease:
UPS WorldEase®: Multiple Shipments, One Customs Clearance

Multiple shipments to different destinations within the same country? Clear Customs quickly with UPS WorldEase®!

UPS WorldEase is a fully automated solution that allows you to group up to 10 different shipments destined for a single country in order to clear customs as one transaction. The consolidated shipment is then split and delivered to multiple consignees by UPS. It is a fast, reliable service that complements the UPS Worldwide Express portfolio.

The benefits of using UPS WorldEase are countless. Apart from streamlined documentation, easier handling and lower freight costs brought about by consolidating the shipment, you also enjoy faster service, as all 10 consignees can get their goods customs cleared at once rather than separately.

All the more reason to ship with UPS!
 
Has anyone who ordered recently seen their iPhone ship?

I just ordered mine last night and it still says "Delivery by June 19th"

Has anyone who ordered in the past couple days received a shipping notification?
 
dflynn4 said:
check this link ...iphones are coming early

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/721680/
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There is no fact in that article... Its based on posts of users here. No one has actually seen their phone yet, or can say for certain that it will be arriving early.

**** On the matter of activating your phone, I recently spoke with Apple:

You are chatting with John T, an Apple Expert
APPLE: Hi, my name is John T. Welcome to Apple!
ME: Hello
APPLE:Hi... How are you today?
ME:Great, thanks
APPLE:How can I help?
ME: I purchased the iPhone 3G S yesterday (monday) and I was curious about two things.
APPLE: Sure.
ME: 1) When I receive it via pre-order will I be able to activate it from my home? Or will I need to go to AT&T or Apple?
ME: 2) Will it arrive to me by the 19th still, as advertised?
APPLE:Yes you can activate at home, and it will be there on the 19th.

There you go. Activate from home.
 
UPS Flight

Alright I've gone total geek here.

It looks like UPS has one flight today going from HKG to ANC

http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightTracker/flightTracker.do?id=162860506

That flight arrives in ANC around 1PM local time. Flight tracker doesn't show the departure info because they can't/don't track europac flights. When it hits US airspace it should say something. I think thats as close to real time as anyone will get.
 

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tgildred said:
I just had a very pleasant 50 minute phone call with ATT, transferred three times, they were going to transfer me again, but the woman put me on hold while she just checked with the other department herself. And I STILL don't feel like I have a straight answer. They were all nice enough, but I definitely get the sense they have no idea what was going on.

She told me that it won't ship out until friday, to arrive sometime the next week. I don't even care about that so much anymore, I just wanted to know why my order status still says, "we expect to begin processing it shortly." They say it will ship Friday, though. So... I guess we'll see. I don't know why every time I place an order more complicated than "pizza" it turns into a struggle. :p
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I was beginning to think you had fallen into the AT&T hole. And yeah, I know I'll get my phone when I get it. There isn't anything I can do about that. But I'd like to see some change in my status or something lol
 
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