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That's the order they shipped, I guarantee you the iPhones that got shipped yesterday/two days ago were made in the same timeframe/batch as the ones getting shipped tonight.

But... its not the first batch stateside which is what I'm talking about.
 
I consider my iPhone from the first batch being in went into "preparing for shipment" right in the beginning like everyone else's.

I'll tell you what. We're the first batch of iPhones made, and prepared to ship. We were not in the first batch of them to make it overseas.

No confusion, just straight up definition.
 
In case you all are annoyed like I am with the local times on the UPS site, or for people in the batch shipping out next, I made a schedule.

This starts off with the second batch in the warehouse, so adjust those dates if you're a batch ahead or behind, also I've converted the time to EDT (EST in daylight savings) so you can subtract hours if needed.

China 09/22/2013 7:08 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2013 2:42 A.M. Origin Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2013 7:30 A.M. Departure Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2013 8:00 A.M. Arrival Scan
ZhengZhou, China 09/24/2013 4:48 A.M. Departure Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/24/2013 6:40 A.M. Arrival Scan
Incheon, Korea, Republic of 09/24/2013 10:58 A.M. Departure Scan
Takes this flight: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...255Z/RKSI/PANC
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/24/2013 5:09 P.M. Arrival Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/24/2013 6:46 P.M. Departure Scan
Takes this flight: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...248Z/PANC/KSDF
Louisville, KY, United States 09/25/2013 12:45 A.M. Arrival Scan

Very nice!
 
When I got out of bed this morning I had no intention of getting an iPhone 5S. Due to finances I was going to wait for the iPhone 6.

That all changed after I had accidentally dropped my iPhone 4S (which qualified for an upgrade) and the back glass smashed on pieces.

So off to the Apple Store I went...

My original plan was simply to get my 4S swapped and wait for the iPhone 6 before upgrading. When I told the Apple Genius this was what I wanted to do he told me that AppleCare wouldn't approve a swap because the price of repairing the backplate glass would be $20.00 cheaper. So, I said no problem.

So, after that was done I thought to myself find out how much is the trade in value of my iPhone 4S.

The salesperson told me my White iPhone 4S 64GB would get me $205.00. So, I'm thinking ok that is 1/2 the price of the $399 iPhone 5S 64 GB. Maybe now I can afford an iPhone 5S?

So after that, I say to myself go the extra mile, for the hell of it and ask what is the availability of the Gold iPhone 5S (I could always come back in how many weeks he tells me they'd be coming in and trade then). The salesperson then asks me what storage and carrier would I be interested in?

I tell him 64GB AT&T. (Reason for AT&T is I still want my Unlimited Data from my first iPhone, the iPhone 3GS.)

He comes back from the stockroom and tells me "You're in luck we have all 3 colors for the AT&T 64GB!"

I almost fell on the floor!

Everyone here has been writing that the Gold is NOWHERE!

So you got a guy here who this morning had no idea he be getting any iPhone 5S and now long and behold he not only has an iPhone 5S but it's the most rare one, the Gold iPhone 5S and he got it for friggin 1/2 price!

FYI: The Apple Store I went to is: Apple Store; Coconut Point, Estero, FL

Damn good stuff! I have a condo down in estero!
 
5s 64gb space gray delivered at 2pm today. Typing this out on it. FedEx shipped Saturday.

Nice upgrade from 4s. Slow mo video is cool, neat with kids. Fingerprint sensor is fast enough to be useful. Siri is fast. Internet blinks up, but that is likely LTE I'm seeing most.

Auto exposure in pano is awesome. Long awaited. HDR pics are instant which is huge upgrade from 4s.
 
Mine was in Anchorage AK 3pm est today. I'm expected to receive it tomorrow.

Standard shipping, 32gb silver. Confirmation was sent at 303am est.
 
32GB Slate Grey 5S ordered 9/21 from AT&T shipped 9/23

I ordered a 32GB Slate Grey iPhone 5S 2 days ago from AT&T. The order confirmation said it was expected to ship between 10/1 and 10/10. That was a bummer! But less than 48 hours later, on 9/23 I got another email saying it had already shipped and was expected to be delivered on 9/24. Surprised and delighted, I am.
 
Stuck in preparing for shipment hell!

Well, I'm still stuck in preparing for shipment! Ordered from the iOS app at about 12:02am pacific, ATT 64GB Space Gray - got my order conf at 12:04am. Gotta be pretty early, don't ya think! Kinda frustrating…
 
I ordered a 32GB Space Gray TMobile - order completed by 12.05, got the email from Apple at 12.09. And even though the screen showed Sept 23-27th when finishing the order, when I went back to check the order status it had slipped to October 7-10

And of course it's stuck in 'Processing'

Pretty peeved - if I had known it was going to be delayed, I wouldn't have paid for expedited shipping. Not that Apple cares ...
 
if I had known it was going to be delayed, I wouldn't have paid for expedited shipping. Not that Apple cares ...

Call or chat with them - say the same thing (nicely) and they will refund your shipping.
 
I would bet everyone who is still preparing for shipment will have flipped over in the morning.
 
Im in the 1-3 day shipping group and I ordered 2 16gb tmobile iPhones, one gold and one space gray. My order has been stuck at preparing for shipment since saturday night. Has anyone else ordered 2? Hopefully it will ship tonight since its the 3rd day.
 
Im in the 1-3 day shipping group and I ordered 2 16gb tmobile iPhones, one gold and one space gray. My order has been stuck at preparing for shipment since saturday night. Has anyone else ordered 2? Hopefully it will ship tonight since its the 3rd day.

That's where I'm stuck at. I don't think tonight is the 3rd day.
 
My 5s is somewhere over Montana on the way to Louisville. Just a few more hours. I'm like a kid on Christmas morning.
 
Any updates from the "Available to ship: October" group?

They're coming in October. No, no update yet.

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I'm only counting business days (Friday and Monday).

Well I mean Monday was Sunday night and Tuesday will tonight. And so last friday was the thursday we placed orders. So tonight would be the 3rd day of work for china if you include china, but since technically they weren't given a whole day, they can probably get away with being shipped tuesday night and being ok.

Sorry that's really wordy.
 
I think that all of us in the 1-3 day shipping group should see our orders change tonight. Everybody else who ordered in our group already had theirs shipped. Its only logical that the only ones left to ship are ours and then apple should move on to the next group, of 7-10 or say days.
 
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