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Other 📱📱U.S.A. - Apple.com - New iPhone 16/Plus/Pro/Pro Max US Pre-Orders, Orders, and Delivery Status Thread (2024)

stingazg said:
Still preparing to ship on Apple, but thanks to UPS My Choice, it shows that my order is in transit from Zhengzhou, I don't expect to see anymore updates from UPS until Tue/Wed as my phone passes through customs and gets to Louisville
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julit0 said:
Apple won't update their order status to "Shipped" until your phone clears customs in Kentucky at the UPS Hub. Everything going on now is ahead of Apple's updates, and just using UPS status updates.
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Boom! Thanks.
 
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JF0rd said:
Is anyone actually seeing their order go to “shipped” on Apple.com or the Apple Store app? I see my shipment using the order number (minus the last two digits) on UPS.com as a reference number but Apple.com still hasn’t said it’s shipped.

What’s this mean? Just a label is printed? Hasn’t actually been put on a plane?
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It's been asked and answered multiple times in this thread... phones won't show "shipped" on the Apple order page until at least Wednesday, but more likely, on Thursday - when they actually clear customs in Louisville (UPS WorldPort hub).
 
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There's some movement on my Canadian black Pro Max pre-order. It departed Shanghai. I think it could be this flight, bound for Anchorage. Departure scan at 11:40 p.m. on the 16th there. I could be completely wrong re the flight.

First scan since the 14th, when it arrived in Shanghai.
 
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HeyMazza said:
Hi! I don't know if this question has been asked already - but if I pre-ordered for pick up at my local store, I won't get tracking or anything right? I think that's what I read somewhere but wasn't sure.

Got charged from Apple yesterday.
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Okay, I understand now. Your local store is your Apple Store, not your local UPS Store. No tracking if picked up at Apple Store.
 
CodeSpyder said:
Did you contact UPS and ask them to deliver it to your local store? If so, you should still get tracking info, but isn't it too early to make that request?
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the app shows Change Delivery Options, but options are "currently unavailable" for my delivery. I am hoping they give specific timing of changes, I've never chosen a UPS Store with the concern that I'd not get the phone until Saturday, or the following Monday. I have preferred to use the UPS CC, which I'm still hoping I can somehow select before Friday morning.

edit: I see that you (@HeyMazza) were referring to Apple Store, not UPS Store. This info is still relevant for people who have UPS tracking numbers and might want to change the delivery to a local UPS Store.
 

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frost_horizon said:
Btw, I see people discussing cases. I’m not advocating, but want to share my experience.

I had aluminum iPhone XR and had very bad experience using it without case. One minor drop and it had dent on a side.
But since I switched to iPhone 13 Pro Max (Blue Sierra), I decided to use it without case because I liked the color. And I used it without case (just with screen protector) for 3 years, and I can say that experience was awesome. It is so lighter and thinner without case. I dropped it multiple times on different surfaces through these years, but this thing is TOUGH. It has some scratches on a frame, but no dents, glasses are perfectly fine and overall the phone still looks great. I plan to use my new 16 Pro Max Desert Titanium without the case too.
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Dropped my 15pm off my lap at my desk at home onto a vynl tile floor, about 2.5’, and it shattered the back.
 
My 16 pro max still shows 20th but I have no shipping confirmation. If they push it out, I will get a different phone and return it when it actually arrives. I'm not waiting until October.
 
ArchEtech said:
My 16 pro max still shows 20th but I have no shipping confirmation. If they push it out, I will get a different phone and return it when it actually arrives. I'm not waiting until October.
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You won't see "Shipped" status until the phone clears customs in Louisville, either Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Does it say "Preparing to Ship" in the Apple app, and Sept 20 arrival? If so, sign up for a few UPS MyChoice account, get the UPS app, log into your MyChoice account, and the tracking from China should show up in there.
 
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SisterBlue22 said:
You won't see "Shipped" status until the phone clears customs in Louisville, either Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Does it say "Preparing to Ship" in the Apple app, and Sept 20 arrival? If so, sign up for a few UPS MyChoice account, get the UPS app, log into your MyChoice account, and the tracking from China should show up in there.
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Yep thats exactly what it says.
 
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So everyone knows, you won't be able to get UPS to release your package early. The iPhones are all together at the sorting facilities separate from other packages. I tried many years ago, asking them to release it because the facility was 8 miles away from my house. Offered to pick it up there. It's not going to happen. The package arrived to the UPS facility on a Monday and sat 8 miles away until it was delivered on Friday.
 
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SOOOOOOOOOO. going back to ISPU..... do you think that just picking up and leaving vs picking up and setting up and doing trade in would make a difference on trying to get in earlier?

i just want to pick up our phones and go! i want to set them up at home and bring our current phones back for trade in later....

i know in the past that pick up to just leave is super quick... like 5 minutes! sooooooo that being said do you think they'd be more likely to let me in earlier than 10:45 so I can get home before UPS comes with my watch!?

and yes... i would ask really really nicely! and i would just leave and go shopping elsewhere if they said no....
 
frost_horizon said:
Btw, I see people discussing cases. I’m not advocating, but want to share my experience.

I had aluminum iPhone XR and had very bad experience using it without case. One minor drop and it had dent on a side.
But since I switched to iPhone 13 Pro Max (Blue Sierra), I decided to use it without case because I liked the color. And I used it without case (just with screen protector) for 3 years, and I can say that experience was awesome. It is so lighter and thinner without case. I dropped it multiple times on different surfaces through these years, but this thing is TOUGH. It has some scratches on a frame, but no dents, glasses are perfectly fine and overall the phone still looks great. I plan to use my new 16 Pro Max Desert Titanium without the case too.
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I’m the world’s biggest klutz, so I need something with a grippy bumper.
 
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greytmom said:
I don’t like Apple’s cases. They have a cut out at the bottom, and I want something that wraps all the way around.
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It’s perfect, they don’t make the iPhone too bulky and they are tested for extensive drop. My apple cases break before the iPhone gets a dent or scratch.

But ever since they gotten rid of leather, i‘ve gotten Bullstrap or nomad.
 
caligurl said:
SOOOOOOOOOO. going back to ISPU..... do you think that just picking up and leaving vs picking up and setting up and doing trade in would make a difference on trying to get in earlier?

i just want to pick up our phones and go! i want to set them up at home and bring our current phones back for trade in later....

i know in the past that pick up to just leave is super quick... like 5 minutes! sooooooo that being said do you think they'd be more likely to let me in earlier than 10:45 so I can get home before UPS comes with my watch!?

and yes... i would ask really really nicely! and i would just leave and go shopping elsewhere if they said no....
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I think it all depends on how busy the store is.

I have never done in-store setup.
 
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