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New iPhone and Apple Watch Orders Begin Shipping From Apple Ahead of Friday's Launch Date
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I hope so but I haven't seen anything official so I'm not holding my breath.
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I would be shocked if T-Mobile actually did that. It sounds like bad information.
Ordered iPhone 11 Pro directly from Verizon around 8am EDT on 9/13. Already shipped and is sitting in PA waiting to be delivered on Friday. Verizon has never caused me any problems FWIW.
Hi everyone!
Ordered myiPhone 11 Pro Max 512GB midnight green exactly when stored opened online.
Status today is still "preparing shipping" grrrrrr.... but with arrival date 20th of September so this friday. How can that be?
I am definitely nervous!
Cheers from Switzerland
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That sucks! cheers from Switzerland
Orders will be in "preparing for shipment" until late Thursday. It's always been like that because they want everyone to ship at the "same time" so to speak.
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Ohhhhh yeah! This happens when the phones get stuck at customs. I haven't seen where it delays the shipping. Most of those emails are generated based on UPS systems, not Apple.
[doublepost=1568743577][/doublepost]Hey yall! Breeaaaattthhhheeeee! If you've ordered a phone in the past then you know we won't see "shipping updates" until late Thursday. The phones will come when they come! LOL!! I love my fellow Apple people! We need a reality show hahahahaha
UPS said You’re package may be delayed “. Still shows the 20th. 11 Pro, 512GB Midnight
Yeah all of those messages are auto generated. That's why I try to stay off of UPS and Apple during launch week because the auto messages will frustrate you.
Whoops spoke too soon. UPS! Using the extra digits helped find it.
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Double whoops - this thread. Mine actually UPS.
It may be due to the tariffs than now need to be paid. There w
You probably requested the change after your order was already being prepared to ship. The time window allowed for order or shipping changes is usually pretty narrow.
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Not necessarily. The shipping address is independent from the credit card's billing address (i.e., you can have an order shipped to an address other than your credit card's billing address, in which case you will have to enter the billing address separately for verification purposes). Unless both the shipping and billing addresses are the same, the shipping address isn't used for card verification purposes.
My Sprint Order of my 11 Pro Max also first showed the United States. Mine hasn't updated since but makes sense the carrier versions are already in the States
Actually they probably are not. What you got was the label for UPS in the states. The phones are all still coming from China, What you are waiting on is Apple to ship it to your carrier's awaiting label here in the US.
Nice find! This is exciting as from my previous experience I see some of us that ordered via At&t will get our tracking numbers tomorrow once the shipments have come off of the plane(s) and added into the FedEx system. This is when the shipping labels are created. Then they will ship out Thursday via overnight for delivery on the 20th.
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Just left Incheon, KR. Stayed there 18 hours. If I recall past years it should hit Alaska next.
My iPhone has departed Incheon. It was scanned out at 4:21 AM (tomorrow) KST. Searching on FlightAware, there's only one flight that departed around that time with a destination of Anchorage. It's Atlas Air 8160. This appears to be a contract flight (at least by UPS, but could have more carrier's palettes, too.) This flight's takeoff was scheduled to depart at 4:22 KST and was marked as departed by the airport at 4:20 AM. (And there wasn't another flight from the airport within many hours on either side.) FlightAware says the flight departed fifteen minutes early. So, unless the iPhone is going somewhere else, this is likely my plane.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI8160
I got that too. In fact, it looks like mine has bounced back and forth between Zenghzhou, China and Incheon, Korea. I’m surprised they’re doing individual shipments from China. Why not ship these things on pallets to a warehouse in the US and then distribute them to the end customer?
We do get prime, just not the one day variety. Although, on more than one occasion, I've ordered with free Prime shipping, and it's on my doorstop the next day.
Apple Store Anchorage will have on launch day, just not at home orders. (Well, mine at least. I don't live in ANC, can't/won't speak for everyone else). No biggie, of course. I'm not going to get hot under the collar about it.
Congrats! At least yours looks like it's moving. My UPS ship screen looks the same this evening (Tuesday, 9/17) as it did early Monday morning. Still stuck in Zhengzhou and no date change or movement. Still on track to deliver for the 20th though.
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T-Mobile definitely charged me. But the phone hasn't shipped. Nor has my order status changed from "Pre-ordered"
Yep, that was definitely the flight. iPhone is now in Anchorage.
It sounds like you may be one of the few who receive theirs a day or so early! Good luck! I'm hoping mine starts moving again overnight (Pacific Time).