So, the long story short is that it appears a LOT of phones either “cleared” customs in China and sat in pallets in a warehouse for 3/4 days before being picked up by UPS but UPS was giving ETAs like they had already been loaded on a plane or they hadn’t actually cleared customs and only did so today. My Oct 6th-11th that turned into an Oct 1st, that was supposed to be delivered Monday is now moving again and should be here tomorrow, Thursday.
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iPhone 13 Pro Max Please post your updated iPhone 13 Pro Max Oct 6-11 shipping estimates
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Near as I can tell there is one UPS plane that left hour after “arrival” Now I did not find a plane that matched or even showed in time from China to Incheon however. No UPS planes show in China so it could be this one below UPS99 times close if they switched some packages. No departure scans yet which we do sometimes miss and show later. At least it is moving
Yep this appears to be case, they left China and were in Incheon Korea hour and half ago. About hour or so after arrival a UPS plane left there although our phones do not show a departure (we shall see). Mine arrives tomorrow also now, even though apple still is conservative for me and says Friday.
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Looks like the next batch is assembling for shipping soon. Hopefully it will not take as long as the batch on Saturday did that seems now to be arriving Thursday here.
my guess, only UPS flight now on the way from INC to ANC. Hope i did the copy and paste correctly.
5X99 (UPS99) United Parcel Service Flight Tracking and History 29-Sep-2021 (ICN / RKSI-PANC) - FlightAware
Track United Parcel Service (5X) #99 flight from Incheon Int'l to Anchorage Intl
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That’s the one I am focusing on currently although after couple hours no departure scans however that happens especially if it was a quick stop. The bigger mystery is what flight did it take from China I find no clear plane that left in time mentioned in scans as it departed to Korea.my guess, only UPS flight now on the way from INC to ANC. Hope i did the copy and paste correctly.
5X99 (UPS99) United Parcel Service Flight Tracking and History 29-Sep-2021 (ICN / RKSI-PANC) - FlightAware
Track United Parcel Service (5X) #99 flight from Incheon Int'l to Anchorage Intl
Finally some movement!
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Mine is preparing to ship!! I think today is the day that the rest of us with 10-6-10/11, will see this status change, and thus will be the beginning of our iPhone delivery journey! Awesome and good luck to everyone!
Ok we have departure at 9:44 PM KST, a UPS plane left about 18 minutes after that. Pretty likely that is the plane UPS99. I also found that a bit over hour after it arrives in Anchorage there is a. UPS flight to Louisville that arrives at
10:51PM EDT Wed (third screen dump) noted in red circles. Once again tracked my plane down, something only obsessive apple iphone nerds do while waiting for new toys LOL.
10:51PM EDT Wed (third screen dump) noted in red circles. Once again tracked my plane down, something only obsessive apple iphone nerds do while waiting for new toys LOL.
Yes lots of movement. The first batch of us have left Korea on way to Anchorage and my last detective post shows the UPS plane flying there (UPS99) and a plane waiting hour after arrival for Louisville so some of our phones could be in Louisville tonight around just before 11 PM EST. What movement do you see beyond preparing to ship. Watch close seems to be lots of movement in all aspects of this group probably different shipments but it’s movement congratulations
Just here to tell you all that you are in for a treat whenever your iPhones arrive. The 13 Pro Max has quickly become my favorite model of all time in less than a week. I am usually just excited to try out whatever the flagship new feature is and then get used to it and don't think about it much anymore after that. 13 Pro/Max feels different. I think this might be one of the models that years later people are like, "Are people EVER going to upgrade their iPhone 13s?"
Yep appears so the phone is on way to Anchorage as we speak now, and looks like the plane that takes it to Louisville today is waiting for its arrival based on times I see but at any rate things are finally moving for some of us in this thread.Looks like some of you guys will get them tomorrow
Wow! I like this reflection of ownership, thank you for sharing that!
That is good to hear, I wanted the 1TB of memory (take lots of photos and such even though I have them sent to a small iCloud server to populate across devices). But the camera improvements really drew me this time and the return of a nice Macro feature was especially attractive to me. I agree and after the aggravation of missing opening day at 5 past hour when I could get in to complete my preapproval order and then sitting in China for 4 days at airport it was maybe most stress since the time they almost got stuck in Taiwan with typhoon two years back or so.
All this has finally gotten me to wonder why I go through all this. Of course I say that and then they do something with the coming 14 pro max LOL and they get me again. But I will think long and hard about it and perhaps take a year off IUP and just keep 13 ProMax if I like it as much as you do. Time will tell the phones are getting to point that improvements are hard and the return of the touch screen would not do it for me I deal fine with the Face ID and with mask entering my ID code, pretty minor issues in my book. There simply is not much more they can do unless of course they one day can make full SLR capabilities LOL
Ditto. Mine just changed to preparing to ship this morning also.
Gosh what is your scan showing? Still stuck in ZhengZhou at the so called depart stage? Or does yours not show the “ Your parcel has been released by the government agency. ” after arrival at “ The package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release. ”. Mine had that early Saturday CDT (Illinois) and was stuck til this am at that status at 5 AM CDT but 3 hours later it showed it had departed ZhengZhou and arrived at Incheon, Korea. And now it has left there over two hours ago on way to Anchorage on a UPS flight I found. Maybe yours did leave but if the paperwork was not released? That is very strange…..keep watching your scan maybe it will populate with similar data. I find that at some levels in company (lower levels) they do not have much info and give all kinds of pat answers.
The sprint rep says its the Giveback Kit and Device. I think he's wrong though lol. Package seems extra light (.90lbs) and that was an incredibly quick turnaround
My "shipping kit" from Verizon was about the same weight. I started the process Friday and it arrived yesterday. They want the trade ins fast so they can turn them back around and credit your account, so they have to get the shipping materials out fast.The sprint rep says its the Giveback Kit and Device. I think he's wrong though lol. Package seems extra light (.90lbs) and that was an incredibly quick turnaround
Well further mystery on the flight from Korea (UPS99) that has my iphone. Sometimes I cannot find stuff on web version of flightaware. But the app shows that UPS99 leaves around 2 plus hours later for Louisville. So there is a flight that leaves hour after its arrival in Anchorage so depending on if phone moves or now I will either be in Louisville around 11 PM EST or if it just stays on UPS99 then just before 1AM. It’s only 3.5 hours to my place so the scheduled delivery tomorrow afternoon is feasible they can get it pretty fast to me if they need to. But definately by Friday if it takes too long to leave there for Thursday delivery. Would be nice to start playing with my toy tomorrow LOL
I think they just switch crews and fuel it up for a quick stop on the way to Louisville. Tracking will confirm that in a handful of hours.
