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Just chatted online with another Apple specialist who was much more helpful than the previous one. I feel much better now. I am sharing part of her response to help all of us.

"Thank you very much for your patience! I am looking at your order now and I do see here that your new iPhone 7 is currently being prepared to ship and is scheduled to be delivered between September 30th - October 6th* but since the order is already prepared to ship I would expect it much sooner. The order should be shipping out tomorrow or Tuesday and will be delivered within 2-3 business days after it ships so congratulations! Once your order is shipped you will receive an email with your tracking information and at that time is when you will be charged! Just remember a signature may be required upon delivery or once the order has shipped you can go to apple.com/orderstatus and pre-sign!"

"Since you are already enrolled in the iPhone Upgrade Program you would not be able to enroll again unless this order was returned." (This was in response to me asking if I could enroll a pickup phone in IUP also - no need to now).

Looks like most of us should see movement in next 24 - 48 hours!!!!

* I had original Oct. 4 - 10 dates but they were changed when I chatted with Apple Specialist on 9th and explained I had work trip starting Oct. 3.
 
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From previous years, does the credit card charge typically mean 'actually' shipping ? Or is it normal for them to charge the card several weeks prior ? Thank you !
 
Screenshot please. Thx!
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Well finally i got tired of waiting for my change in status of order of iP7+ Mblack 128G 9/9 ordered around 2:30am CDT. I was able to reserve and did a device only(full price) purchase and pickup a Verizon iP7+ MB 128G after reserving and picking up from an Apple store. Since i don't have a store nearby i had to drive more than 1hr but in the end it was worth it :)
Cancelled my online order of T-mobile unlock model as soon as i pickup from store.
 
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Yay!!! That's fabulous news!!! Just so I can compare your situation to mine, what was time stamp on your preorder email, what is your carrier and when did you switch to Preparing for Shipping? I preordered at xx:13, 7+ 128 GB Jet Black (AT&T), switched to PFS around midnight of 16th.

At&t & I got the email at 2:27am cst.

I checked around noon and it had switched to preparing for shipping, but it still said processing so I didn't get my hopes up.
 
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At&t & I got the email at 2:27am cst.

I checked around noon and it had switched to preparing for shipping, but it still said processing so I didn't get my hopes up.

Another question lol what was the email the Shipping notification was sent from? Just want to have it in my VIP list...
 
For your shipment does it show it already in the States or is it in China atm.
Right now when I try to track it, is says unavailable. Maybe because the tracking number was just created? I'll check again in the morning.
 
Just checked. Still at PFS. CC charged on Friday 9:30pm. No new info.

9/9 00:11am JB1287+att full price
 
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