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September 24th deliveries possible?

Steve686

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I'm interested to hear opinions on whether Apple would authorize deliveries on September 24th or not to people who are going to be adversely affected by the pope's visit this week.

I also would wonder if Apple could end up changing all US only deliveries to the 24th. After all. Made by Apple in California. :)

Just would like to hear some good theory either way.
 
Steve686 said:
I'm interested to hear opinions on whether Apple would authorize deliveries on September 24th or not to people who are going to be adversely affected by the pope's visit this week.

I also would wonder if Apple could end up changing all US only deliveries to the 24th. After all. Made by Apple in California. :)

Just would like to hear some good theory either way.
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Delivering on the 24th would impact Washington DC deliveries negatively.
 
Steve686 said:
Of course.

Question being. What do they do about those affected? I don't believe they have emailed anyone in the zip codes at this point about an alternative?
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Doubt it but then again, I believe the 4S was delivered a day early to some Verizon customers back in 2011.
 
Ain't gonna happen. There are rumors that FedEx and UPS incur penalties if any iPhones are delivered early.

As noted above, the three companies involved are about the best at logistics.
 
cousintim said:
Ain't gonna happen. There are rumors that FedEx and UPS incur penalties if any iPhones are delivered early.

As noted above, the three companies involved are about the best at logistics.
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how would it hurt Apple if they let the phones get delivered earlier?
 
It wouldn't hurt Apple. In fact, it would help them by reducing the load on their servers on the 25th.
 
It's probably more likely that the affected areas will have Saturday deliveries, perhaps having the extra costs paid for by Apple to keep their fanbase happy. It's also likely that UPS will have the packages a few days in advance of the release (orders have already started shipping) so as much as I doubt it, perhaps they could break the rules and deliver on Thursday to prevent an uproar. Very doubtful though.

Not being from the US, I'm not entirely sure how big these ZIP codes are in terms of area. For example... Has the pope essentially shut down the whole of Manhattan or just a small corner affecting a handful of people?
 
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DynamicSausage said:
Not being from the US, I'm not entirely sure how big these ZIP codes are in terms of area. For example... Has the pope essentially shut down the whole of Manhattan or just a small corner affecting a handful of people?
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Looks to be a fair chunk of Manhattan, from about Central Park on south, although not all of that area, more of the east side than west side.
 
Steve686 said:
I'm interested to hear opinions on whether Apple would authorize deliveries on September 24th or not to people who are going to be adversely affected by the pope's visit this week.

I also would wonder if Apple could end up changing all US only deliveries to the 24th. After all. Made by Apple in California. :)

Just would like to hear some good theory either way.
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Not going to happen. Great wishing though.
 
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cousintim said:
Ain't gonna happen. There are rumors that FedEx and UPS incur penalties if any iPhones are delivered early.

As noted above, the three companies involved are about the best at logistics.
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I work for one for one of those big carriers & apple doesn't want anything out before release date. There strict guidelines long in place. There is no way any of these carriers would want to risk anything that could damage their accounts with Apple.
 
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