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Anyone with the unfortunate Oct 6-11 shipping estimates seeing any change? Preparing for shipment? Updated dates?
I’m sure am hopeful Apple will surprise us with something better than that estimate.
 
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super anxious to see the charge hit my apple card but nothing yet. I feel like once that charge comes through it will ship shortly after
 
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Nothing for me yet and I’m in that boat. iPhone 13 Pro Max 256gb Sierra Blue.

I keep checking for pending charges but…nothing.
 
256 gb Sierra blue as well. No change. Maybe by end of following week. Sure hope it’s not Oct 11 lol
 
I've found that those shipping dates are fairly accurate, and maybe if anything, you might see the phone a day or two earlier. Good luck.
 
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I've found that those shipping dates are fairly accurate, and maybe if anything, you might see the phone a day or two earlier. Good luck.
I would normally agree, but the way the dates slipped were kind of different this year, all pro max models slipped at the exact same time, regardless of color or storage option, this makes me hopeful that they may actually have some inventory. It doesn’t make sense to sell out of everything at once. I’m prepared to wait, but am still a little hopeful.
 
When I originally ordered it was listed as October 6-11 and then it updated to Preparing and changed to delivery this Friday.

We’re you part of the Apple Card or iUP issues that happened? Just curious as those are the only ones I’ve heard getting moved up because of that mess instead of the rest of the orders.
 
Two phones coming in at my house. My better half ordered the Sierra Blue Pro Max in 128GB, I ordered a Graphite Pro Max in 256 GB. Both of us were caught up in the iUP fiasco, but got our orders in about two minutes apart. We both initially had Oct. 6-11 delivery.

Hers was updated on Saturday to 9/24 delivery, but mine has been holding on 10/6 - 10/11 throughout. Can confirm that there's a pending charge for her phone, so it should be moving. However, I haven't been able to find her phone using track by reference, so I'm unsure if it's actually moving or it's a glitch. Apple Store app says she's on track for Friday but still shows as preparing to ship - which isn't unusual from what I gather.

I might hit up the local Apple store over the weekend and try my luck with any in-store stock. If I strike out this weekend, then I'll ride out the wait.
 
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Yep I was hit by the Apple Card issue but Sunday it flipped from Oct 6-11 to Sept 24. I can see it has shipped but still in China. I hope others get theirs Friday also! 🥰
 
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Do we get to experience the tracking g fun all the launch day people are having too? I have one for delivery Friday and one in this window and I wasn’t sure if we’ll follow a similar path from China or something totally different.
 
This should answer the questions. I am an IUP and ran into errors for about 30 minutes including getting the loan was denied screens. Finally came here and saw others simply changed their cards and sure enough it went straight through. My order was officially placed at 8:34AM and came with a date of October 6-11. The change had to happen sometime before Sunday afternoon cause I logged on to check the tracking on a MagSafe case and happened to notice the date on my phone as 24th. I do not see any pending charges still and unfortunately can’t get the tracking number because my delivery is to my business address which UPS My Choice doesn’t support. It is still at Preparing to Ship on Apple Store and the date still says Friday.
 
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Just a quick update I was able to find my phone using this link from a different thread Track By Reference and see my phone is almost here and definitely on time for Friday. No charge yet but I’m sure they’ll get their money at some point.
 
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This should answer the questions. I am an IUP and ran into errors for about 30 minutes including getting the loan was denied screens. Finally came here and saw others simply changed their cards and sure enough it went straight through. My order was officially placed at 8:34AM and came with a date of October 6-11. The change had to happen sometime before Sunday afternoon cause I logged on to check the tracking on a MagSafe case and happened to notice the date on my phone as 24th. I do not see any pending charges still and unfortunately can’t get the tracking number because my delivery is to my business address which UPS My Choice doesn’t support. It is still at Preparing to Ship on Apple Store and the date still says Friday.
Thank you for this detailed account of what happened. Well I think those that were tied up in the iup glitch will get their phones on the 24th, as they should. I think next week is when this thread will get interesting for the rest of us. With iPhone launches, apple will move heaven and earth to surprise and delight customers and they have incredible contracts in place with carriers to do so. If that inventory is available and it can be shipped sooner, Apple will make it happen, I’ve seen it happen several times over the course of these launches. Fingers still crossed for everyone’s deliveries showing up a bit early.
 
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This will be my first iPhone and this delay is "putting me off" on ever pre-ordering a phone again. I placed my order at 0851 EST on September 17th and my delivery is scheduled for Oct 6-11 for the silver pro max 512 gb. I haven't seen where any orders are scheduled to deliver next week, which seems odd to ship on 24th, skip a week, and then resume shipping for the tentative October 6-11th dates. This just seems like a fiasco to me. IDK...I've never experienced anything like this. It's disappointing as I thought Apple would be better prepared. **Update** just received notification that my phone is preparing to ship.
 
This will be my first iPhone and this delay is "putting me off" on ever pre-ordering a phone again. I placed my order at 0851 EST on September 17th and my delivery is scheduled for Oct 6-11 for the silver pro max 512 gb. I haven't seen where any orders are scheduled to deliver next week, which seems odd to ship on 24th, skip a week, and then resume shipping for the tentative October 6-11th dates. This just seems like a fiasco to me. IDK...I've never experienced anything like this. It's disappointing as I thought Apple would be better prepared. **Update** just received notification that my phone is preparing to ship.
Whoa! Congrats on that update. Nothing here. Coming from someone who has purchased every single iPhone, yes, even the first gen day 1, I have never seen anything like this before either. Very strange for them all to slip together and skip a week. I am very excited for you, that you got some change in your shipping! What is the new estimated date? Thanks for updating us.
 
No change in delivery date. Still 10/6-11. I've been stalking the order status page because I'm kinda excited to try this phone. I've been on Android since they came out; but, all in on macbooks. Just makes sense to have a phone that I can access info stored on my MacBook pro.
 
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This will be my first iPhone and this delay is "putting me off" on ever pre-ordering a phone again. I placed my order at 0851 EST on September 17th and my delivery is scheduled for Oct 6-11 for the silver pro max 512 gb. I haven't seen where any orders are scheduled to deliver next week, which seems odd to ship on 24th, skip a week, and then resume shipping for the tentative October 6-11th dates. This just seems like a fiasco to me. IDK...I've never experienced anything like this. It's disappointing as I thought Apple would be better prepared. **Update** just received notification that my phone is preparing to ship.
Awesome!!! I'm patiently waiting after pre-ordering on Sept 17th @ 11:00AM EST (Arrives Oct 11 - Oct 18)
 
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Awesome!!! I'm patiently waiting after pre-ordering on Sept 17th @ 11:00AM EST (Arrives Oct 11 - Oct 18)
If I had known it would be like this, I would've placed my order at 0801. I'm too impatient...plus, my S9 is starting to mess up. It's like Android knows I ordered an iPhone.
 
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