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my 7:03 am CT iPhone 16 Pro just switched to preparing for shipment, and my 7:04 am CT iPhone 16 is still processing
 
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Status is changing! Here we go!
 

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It is that time of the day, where we start seeing our orders shift from Processing to Preparing to ship!!

The fun will begin when those of us with the UPS Mychoice Accounts will begin to see our tracking numbers appear over the weekend, then we start seeing posts on people tracking flights!!

I love this week every year!! WHOOP WHOOP!! :)

I ordered the PM in Desert Titanium.
 
I was in the same boat. Didn’t want to wait till October so went with store pick up. I’ve never done store pickup and happy to hear you can just take them and leave and not do the set up there. 😄
i'd bet money that it makes the associates happy when people do that! less for them to deal with on an already busy day!
 
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If you call support, let me know what they say. I can’t call at work.

Update: they told me they can't apply it on their end, I need to cancel and re-order. Luckily - I was able to snag the same model at the same store and can pickup on launch day.

If you end up re-ordering, the app will not let you apply your account balance if you said yes to adding AppleCare. Remove that and it will give you the option.

Now to figure out where option to cancel the previous order went!
 
i'd bet money that it makes the associates happy when people do that! less for them to deal with on an already busy day!
They probably couldn't care less. Instead of him, they're just dealing with someone else. Same difference from their perspective.

One employee can only deal with X number of people during a shift. Whether the number of people in the store is 1000X or 1000x+1, it doesn't change X.
 
Now I need to find some good usb a to usb c cables! need a couple for our vehicles....

plus either the same for work or c to c with a new puck.....
 
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I broke down and ordered the iPhone 16 Pro Max 1 TB Because I kept filling up my phone this time I will not.
surprised the ordering went so smoothly usually we have to wait for 4-6 weeks before delivery but this time I am getting it in 7 days next Friday. Thats awesome.
 
I was charged for my case already and the status has moved to processing
 

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Sweet tim apple, mine is showing preparing to ship!
I wonder how long before it shows up in UPS…
 
I forget how much anxiety (excitement too) I get from these forums. I see everyone going to preparing to ship and I’m frantically checking mine waiting for it to update. Like I have to tell myself “dude, calm down. You ordered two minutes into preorders. It’ll be here.”
I get excited every year. Tracking in this forum with like-minded people is great fun. 😃
 
I did pickup in store on next Friday .

Status still showing order placed .

When will they charge my card ?
 
I ordered for store pickup on Sept 23rd. Hopefully they won't give my phone away over the weekend LOL

Black Titanium iPhone 16 Pro w/ 512 GB
 
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