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How does the format of your phone number in your apple profile impact how you should use your phone number in the tracking reference number? Does anyone know?
 
Mine shipped also. Got an email this morning.

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ordered 9am est one white one black 16gb 4s ups/fedex show nothing apple site says preparing for shipment
 
Anybody get a tracking number that lives in the Bay Area Ca? Ordered mine at 1:57 am PST. Tried both UPS and FedEx and still nothing. Been preparing for shipment since yesterday morning.

Thanks, Jerry
 
Here's exactly what to do for anyone struggling (UPS only!):

Phone number (enter in the 'Shipping Reference' spot): Enter it with no spaces/dashes. Ex: 8176665654
ZIP: Enter your ZIP.
Country: (Presumably) the US.

The phone number is from your APPLE ID THAT YOU USED WHILE PRE-ORDERING THE IPHONE. NOT THE PHONE NUMBER YOU'RE UPGRADING OR THE ONE TIED TO YOUR CARRIER!

This fixed my problem and it is working now.

Mine is showing delivery for the 14th by the end of the day :/ I was hoping to get it in a day early like pre-orders have in the past. Otherwise I would have just bought it in store...
 
Anybody get a tracking number that lives in the Bay Area Ca? Ordered mine at 1:57 am PST. Tried both UPS and FedEx and still nothing. Been preparing for shipment since yesterday morning.

Thanks, Jerry


I'm in the Bay. I ordered mine at about 2 PM at the Apple store while I was hanging out in downtown Walnut Creek. I was able to get my tracking info from ups last night. My apple status still says preparing for shipment.
 
Apple shows Preparing for shipment but with UPS reference # check see below

Location Date Local Time Activity
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong 10/10/2011 9:23 P.M. Departure Scan
10/10/2011 4:51 P.M. Arrival Scan
Shenzhen, China 10/10/2011 1:50 P.M. Departure Scan
Shenzhen, China 10/09/2011 7:10 P.M. Origin Scan
China 10/09/2011 5:32 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
 
None of the UPS or Fedex tricks are working for me. Oh well!

I ordered through AT&T and the good news is that my order status changed a bit earlier this morning. It no longer says I have any back ordered items. I imagine stuff will start popping up later today.
 
Confirmed Fri before 10am

Ordered one for my wife since her iP4 is cracked (nice glass huh)

I have FedEx tracking number and arrival date of 14th before 10am ...

All Thanks To AT&T.

I wouldn't be surprised to see it Thursday since that's what happened last year. I have ordered three years in a row with AT&T and always had it early.

AT&T is the BEST of ALL carriers, I've used the rest... they just suck.
 
Ordered a VZW iPhone through apple.com at 10AM on preorder day.

Delivery still says 14th but it's also still stuck at preparing for shipping.
 
Iphone 4S enroute

Departed from HK @ 9:23pm 10/10 via UPS....
Flight tracker (UPS Flight 5X 059) shows touchdown @ 3pm (Alaska Time)
 

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Ordered one for my wife since her iP4 is cracked (nice glass huh)

I have FedEx tracking number and arrival date of 14th before 10am ...

All Thanks To AT&T.

I wouldn't be surprised to see it Thursday since that's what happened last year. I have ordered three years in a row with AT&T and always had it early.

AT&T is the BEST of ALL carriers, I've used the rest... they just suck.

Where'd you get your tracker number? ATT.Com, ATT Premier or something else?
 
Anybody get a tracking number that lives in the Bay Area Ca? Ordered mine at 1:57 am PST. Tried both UPS and FedEx and still nothing. Been preparing for shipment since yesterday morning.

Thanks, Jerry

I'm in the Bay. I ordered mine at about 2 PM at the Apple store while I was hanging out in downtown Walnut Creek. I was able to get my tracking info from ups last night. My apple status still says preparing for shipment.

I'm in Contra Costa County as well. Ordered from apple.com on Friday at 5:50AM PDT and got my shipment notification this morning at around 12:15AM. It has just departed Hong Kong en route to the U.S. It originated in ShengZhen, China
 
I'm in the Bay. I ordered mine at about 2 PM at the Apple store while I was hanging out in downtown Walnut Creek. I was able to get my tracking info from ups last night. My apple status still says preparing for shipment.

This is why I NEVER order an iPhone from Apple

They are terrific, the very best online store for ordering Macs and other items, but when it comes to iPhones, no one is as fast as AT&T.

I ordered one for my wife and I already have a confirmed FedEx delivery time for Friday before 10am.

I would not be surprised if it arrived early, on Thursday of this week since that's what happened last year they were early by one day prior to release day.

My friends that decided to get theirs at the Apple store were pissed to see I already had my iPhone 4 and didn't have to stand in line.

FedEx is so far superior to UPS, plus I get it before 10 am instead of having to wait all day.
 
Two out of three of mine have shipped. I'm assuming they're both 32gb and the last is the 64gb. I just searched on UPS's website so I can't tell which is which at the moment. Apple still says it's "processing". According to UPS they shipped 3 hours ago.
 
UPS and FedEx aren't showing my order. Apple.com shows "Preparing for Shipment" as the status and "Delivers Oct 14th" for the delivery date. I ordered the phone at 3:45AM Eastern on Friday and it's a White 32GB on AT&T.
 
This is why I NEVER order an iPhone from Apple

They are terrific, the very best online store for ordering Macs and other items, but when it comes to iPhones, no one is as fast as AT&T.

I ordered one for my wife and I already have a confirmed FedEx delivery time for Friday before 10am.

I would not be surprised if it arrived early, on Thursday of this week since that's what happened last year they were early by one day prior to release day.

My friends that decided to get theirs at the Apple store were pissed to see I already had my iPhone 4 and didn't have to stand in line.

FedEx is so far superior to UPS, plus I get it before 10 am instead of having to wait all day.

I guess it depends where you are. UPS is superior where I am. Fedex actually shutdown all its kinko's/delivery stores because they weren't generating enough business. Come to think of it I rarely see a FedEx truck anymore. I'm located in central jersey/shore area.
 
Ordered from apple.com at 5:30am eastern Friday morning. Still no shipping email or info from UPS along with FedEx. :( Still says "Preparing for shipment" on Apple's website.
 
I have nothing from UPS and nothing from FedEx. Apple.com shows "Preparing for Shipment" as the status and "Delivers Oct 14th" for the delivery date. I ordered the phone at 3:45AM Eastern on Friday and it's a White 32GB on AT&T.
I'm in the exact same boat. Same phone, same network, same store, same order time and same no damn tracking number.
:rolleyes:
 
This is why I NEVER order an iPhone from Apple

They are terrific, the very best online store for ordering Macs and other items, but when it comes to iPhones, no one is as fast as AT&T.

I ordered one for my wife and I already have a confirmed FedEx delivery time for Friday before 10am.

I would not be surprised if it arrived early, on Thursday of this week since that's what happened last year they were early by one day prior to release day.

My friends that decided to get theirs at the Apple store were pissed to see I already had my iPhone 4 and didn't have to stand in line.

FedEx is so far superior to UPS, plus I get it before 10 am instead of having to wait all day.

If you ordered through ATT and NOT through Apple, you should realize you are THE first person to get the tracking number from ATT.

Did you use Phone, ATT.com or Premier?
 
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