Some iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro Pre-Orders Now 'Preparing to Ship' Ahead of September 22 Launch

[Syk]

I’m assuming you don’t live near an Apple Store? What about an AT&T/Verizon/your carrier store?

No no Apple Store, well little bit over an hour away. Yeh there's a Corp AT&T store here but I bought outright. I'm on FirstNet. There's a UPS Hub here that has a customer section.
Also not sure I could redirect it anyway. I tried to do it one time with my PS5 and said it wasn't allowed by shipper.
I'm off Friday so I'll just sit around and check the app from time to time

 

[tridley68]

Very pleased to announce both of my iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB Natural Titanium + Blue has been moved to, preparing to ship as well. 😌

My white pro max 1tb took till after 12pm CST to finally get to prepare for ship cant wait

 

[Veilofsun]

Ours two 15PM are preparing to be shipped!

 

[PantherKang]

I ordered on Apple's Veteran And Military Store and was surprised how quick and easy it was. The store opened at 7:06 AM, CT, and my order for two blue 512GB pro maxes was confirmed at 7:13 (yes, I was a little slow as I wanted to make sure I had everything right. It also took a little longer because Apple wouldn't let me order two carrier phones on one order. I had to go back and select to connect to a carrier later for one of the phones (driving to the AT&T Store to activate one of the phones is a minor inconvenience). After that, I was surprised to still get a Sep 22 delivery date. I also saw a couple hours ago that both of my phones are preparing to ship. That's a good sign that they really will be here next Friday. Good luck, everyone.

Same.

 

[macpro2000]

3 of my 4 have shipped.

 

[madrigal77]

My blue 256 PM will be here in the 22nd. My wife's 128 natural pro won't be here until October 5th. I was all ready to go at 5am, but could not get into the store until 5:20 because both the app and website were down. I thought she'd be pissed about the extra wait, but she just said "That's fine. I really like my purple one anyway" (she has a purple 14 Pro) 🤣

 

[WRX-SRQ]

Dear god, stop the presses! They're preparing to ship!


And then sit there for a week before they deliver. We do this every year folks, this isn't worthy of a post.

 

[MNGR]

Very pleased to announce both of my iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB Natural Titanium + Blue has been moved to, preparing to ship as well. 😌

ditto

 

[dukebound85]

It does stand to reason that eventually some of these phones would ship.

lol right?

here's hoping some arrive early as have in years past

 

[MNGR]

Apparently I read that if you ordered in the first hour with one or combo of the following options, the order process wouldn’t be as fast as without and you would get more errors in the process.
1. Finance
2. Trade in
3. upgrade

I did my upgrade at about 8:25 am eastern. Only took 2 minutes once I got in. 1TB PM BLUE
Delivery scheduled for Sep 22

 

[dukebound85]

The confirmation email for my order says, "Thank you for your order." So, I guess once your "Pre-order" is submitted, it becomes an order.

especially since they have now been paid for

 

[AppleDumplings]

Apparently I read that if you ordered in the first hour with one or combo of the following options, the order process wouldn’t be as fast as without and you would get more errors in the process.
1. Finance
2. Trade in
3. upgrade

Can confirm that despite choosing my model and renewing my iUP loan prior to this morning, I ran into multiple errors. Arrival date of Oct. 4-9. Guess it was my turn for the less than ideal ordering process. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Momof2.1107]

Apparently I read that if you ordered in the first hour with one or combo of the following options, the order process wouldn’t be as fast as without and you would get more errors in the process.
1. Finance
2. Trade in
3. upgrade

I can confirm that for me. I did a trade in and kept getting an error message. It took about 5 minutes for me to be able to process my preorder. This has been the worst preorder with Apple, I’ve ever had.

 

[Momof2.1107]

Didn't know it was coming UPS. I thought it would be FedEx. That means it will probably be the end of the day.
I wish I could just have them hold it at the local Hub and I go pick it up from there.

Once it hits the US and before it leave KY, you can submit it through UPS. I always pick mine up at the hub first thing in the morning when they open up.

 

[Syk]

Once it hits the US and before it leave KY, you can submit it through UPS. I always pick mine up at the hub first thing in the morning when they open up.

So I can go in the app and hold it at the hub for no extra fee?
I'll have to give that shot.
Will the app say held at UPS or something?

 

[Jim_MAY]

I promise to emit less carbon if Apple lets mine arrive early.

As Apple stated to Mother Nature at the event, we are starting to ship by ship. Is that a UPS ship?
Please spare me all the self virtues. I love Apple. But don’t tell me your almost carbon neutral when 95% of all Apple products are made in China.

 

[Momof2.1107]

So I can go in the app and hold it at the hub for no extra fee?
I'll have to give that shot.
Will the app say held at UPS or something?

I can’t remember if it’s a fee ($5) or not because I have a premium membership.

 

[maverick2007]

Mine isn't coming until week 2nd October. Local store (Cardiff) not stocking. Hard to believe. The whole thing is nuts - just make enough already!!! Not impressed. Still waiting for the Apple order to go through as I financed through Barclays (that has gone through).

Bet it gets pushed back again.

It’s called artificial scarcity. Panic people with less inventory to create virtual demand! There’s nothing new in this phone which rivals are delivering since 5 years. No innovation, now fanboys will thumb down this post

 

[JamesBonding007]

My wife and I skip this year after upgrading yearly since the 4s.

The camera is EXACTLY the same as the IPhone 14 Pro Max (except the new 120mm fixed lens!!). All features shown are SW related and could be brought into a 14 Pro, too. Disappointing release this year.

 

[Surenspam]

My wife and I skip this year after upgrading yearly since the 4s.

The camera is EXACTLY the same as the IPhone 14 Pro Max (except the new 120mm fixed lens!!). All features shown are SW related and could be brought into a 14 Pro, too. Disappointing release this year.

For yearly upgrade it doesn’t make sense. I’m coming from a 10s, big upgrade !

 

[Infinitewisdom]

Man I love this time of year even if I have no need for a new iPhone. LOL

 

[jbachandouris]

Apparently I read that if you ordered in the first hour with one or combo of the following options, the order process wouldn’t be as fast as without and you would get more errors in the process.
1. Finance
2. Trade in
3. upgrade

Nope. I placed a preorder with IUP. There is both financing and trade in baked into that transaction. Mine has an in store pick up at 8am on launch day. Ordered 2 minutes after store opened.

 

[Zest28]

It’s called artificial scarcity. Panic people with less inventory to create virtual demand! There’s nothing new in this phone which rivals are delivering since 5 years. No innovation, now fanboys will thumb down this post

It can also decrease demand.

I think I will only buy the Apple Watch Ultra 2 this year, as I‘m not going to wait 2 months for the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

 

[KPOM]

The 15 Pro 256 GB was still available for in-store pickup on 9/22 when I checked this evening.

 

[KPOM]

Dear god, stop the presses! They're preparing to ship!


And then sit there for a week before they deliver. We do this every year folks, this isn't worthy of a post.

Maybe they are actually on a ship this year. 🤣