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I am so excited. Just checked my order status and it is still processing. Thank goodness. I was afraid it might be preparing for shipment or shipped and I was going to have to learn how to track airplanes. So glad I don't have to worry about that yet.

Said no one ever. OMG Apple. Please ship my dang phone.
 
So even though I always back up via iCloud I can still back up via iTunes on my laptop? I would do that for initial back up if you're saying that works. Also, in case it matters: my iTunes account is attached to a different email than email for my iCloud account. I think it all backs at the same place but honestly it always confuses me. LOL
Yes, you can back up to your laptop independent of, and in addition to, your iCloud backup. Be sure and select the option to encrypt the local backup as this insures that passwords are backed up. I don't think that having different iTunes and iCloud accounts matters for the local backup as my wife has this configuration and I always backup and restore locally on her iMac when she gets a new iPhone.
 
Yes, you can back up to your laptop independent of, and in addition to, your iCloud backup. Be sure and select the option to encrypt the local backup as this insures that passwords are backed up. I don't think that having different iTunes and iCloud accounts matters for the local backup as my wife has this configuration and I always backup and restore locally on her iMac when she gets a new iPhone.
Thanks!
 
So glad the #801 crew mostly got their phones! I was out of town this weekend but managed to see the package in Louisville on the move and received that Saturday delivery email from Apple. I was able to get them to deliver it to a UPS Store near my house yesterday.

Tomorrow at 8am (maybe I should wait until 8:01 haha) I get to pick up my 7+! Gonna bring my Macbook Pro to work so I can set it up while I'm working. ;)
 
South San Francisco, CA, United States 09/24/2016 1:13 P.M. Out For Delivery Today

My package is still out for delivery. Its 7:04pm here any chance i get it today? or is it to late?
My phone shipped to my workplace in San Francisco on Saturday. I saw from the tracking my phone made it to Oakland, but there was no indication it was "Out for Delivery". So about 5PM on Sat. I see that there was a delivery attempt made at 2:30P. Sure enough I checked security footage at work remotely and the UPS truck pulled up and went to the door but I wasn't there to sign for it.

Grr... I never thought they would even try to deliver on Sat. since many here said that only Apple would have to authorize it and I never made that request nor did Apple e-mail me. Well I should get it tomorrow (Monday). Had the tracking worked right I would have got it Saturday which ticks me off. Here I thought I would have it shipped to my work but that ended up screwing me this time.
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Departed this morning and still hasn't arrived at a destination. I live 25 miles away from Oakland. Hopefully it's not going back to China or Korea.

LOL, I hoping the same thing. I'm in SF and usually UPS makes one more transfer to SF before it goes out for delivery. This time I guess it went straight out for delivery from Oakland on Saturday. Bad new was I had it shipped to my workplace and was not there. If only the tracking had worked properly I would have the phone already!!!
 
Whew, FINALLY reserved a black 256 7+ for tomorrow, hopefully when I go to pick it up, I am still able to cancel my order and everything goes smooth so I can be DONE waiting for a shipping notification. As much as I enjoy hanging around this thread, I'll be extremely happy to get the hell out of here
 
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Still processing, i ordered it on September 9th, iPhone 7 plus rose gold, 128 gb from tmobile ordered through apple. Oct 4th-11th ETA.
 
I would almost rather wait in line then ever go through a UPS disaster like this again. :(
 
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