Well, hey, I had the October 4 - 10th shipping, ordered about 12:30am PT launch day (Apple's site not working well). No change, used istocknow.com at 1:05pm today to find the EXACT model I wanted (AT&T iPhone 7 Plus, Black, 128GB) in store 10 minutes from me. Made the reservation, and had the phone 25 minutes later. The purchasing process took under 60 seconds. I then cancelled my online order (so hey - someone will get an online order a little faster!).
All the while, there was a huge line out the door of Apple of people trying to get one.
All the while my order never moved from processing.
All the while people here are still waiting.
I'm glad I got my iPhone, but quite frankly the way Apple handled this is a TOTAL MESS. It's just BS, and it's embarrassing.