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Preparing For Shipment status at Apple
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mine says preparing for shipping as well 
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white 16gb model from AT&T.
Shipping to East coast, USA
.white 16gb model from AT&T.
Shipping to East coast, USA
You don't really believe that do you ?
No, but I was curious as to the answer
EDIT: Sometimes, I hate the the auto-correction "feature" of Lion - I didn't catch it in time, but I've corrected the "correction"
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You don't really believe that do you ?
Why not? I expect that actual shipping will begin soon, if not right now. They aren't going to wait to ship one million phones on Wed or Thur. The Fri holds will still be affect, no matter how early it ships.
It would make sense that those who ordered earlier are showing preparation for shipment. As one user pointed out already, they're probably just going down the list of orders.
UK here, still processing
Ordered a 32GB White as soon as the Apple Store went live about 8:30-8:40AM (UK)
Ordered a 32GB White as soon as the Apple Store went live about 8:30-8:40AM (UK)
It does not matter.
It really does not matter when your status changes to "prepared for shipping" or even "shipped." Most everyone will get them on the 14th. I am sure maybe a few will get it early. The thing to remember is that these phones will be shipping from multiple places. Some will come from China and others will come directly from the States or other places in Europe. For this reason, some people will see that their phones will have shipped before others etc...We will all get them on launch though.
It really does not matter when your status changes to "prepared for shipping" or even "shipped." Most everyone will get them on the 14th. I am sure maybe a few will get it early. The thing to remember is that these phones will be shipping from multiple places. Some will come from China and others will come directly from the States or other places in Europe. For this reason, some people will see that their phones will have shipped before others etc...We will all get them on launch though.
Usually they (Sprint) ship Fedex. Where are you reading that the shipping will be done by UPS? I will be happy if they do ship UPS because he doesn't come until after I get home from work!
Unfortunately the FedEx and UPS guys both come to my house by 8AM.
ACKK!! I need to be up by 6AM on the 14th.
Siri : wake me up at 6AM on the 14th.
Im new to Sprint so the customer service lady gave me the site to track my order and said once it ships, the UPS tracking number will populate in the tracking spot. So she may or may not know what shes talking about
UK here, still processing
Ordered a 32GB White as soon as the Apple Store went live about 8:30-8:40AM (UK)
It will be different in the UK as they normally ship them from the UK rather than individually from China like in the US. So it may not go to Preparing for Shipment until Thursday and you would still get it Friday.
In fact the UK store never used to even have the preparing for shipment status, it just went straight from processing to dispatched unless you checked the status from the US store.
Mine is still processing (16GB White Verizon), but I just received this email from Apple.
Dear Apple Customer,
Thank you for your recent iPhone purchase at the Apple Online Store.
We would like to let you know that every iPhone comes with one year of
hardware repair coverage through its limited warranty and up to
90 days of complimentary support. AppleCare+ for iPhone extends your
coverage to two years from the original purchase date of your iPhone
and adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each
subject to a $49 service fee.
We noticed you werent given the opportunity to add AppleCare+ to your
iPhone. If you would like to extend your coverage for only $99, please
reply to this email.
Thank you for shopping with Apple.
Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team
Dear Apple Customer,
Thank you for your recent iPhone purchase at the Apple Online Store.
We would like to let you know that every iPhone comes with one year of
hardware repair coverage through its limited warranty and up to
90 days of complimentary support. AppleCare+ for iPhone extends your
coverage to two years from the original purchase date of your iPhone
and adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each
subject to a $49 service fee.
We noticed you werent given the opportunity to add AppleCare+ to your
iPhone. If you would like to extend your coverage for only $99, please
reply to this email.
Thank you for shopping with Apple.
Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team
Exact same here on the email but black colored iPhone instead of white. Same GB size though.