That’s what’s happened for as long as I can remember. It just depends on when Apple lifts the embargo.
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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)
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Hmm, I wonder if going to Canada makes a difference as far as it taking a different path. I never saw Kunshan City, CN on the tracking before. It's always been ZhengZhou, CN to Incheon, KR to Anchorage, AK, to Louisville, KY and then separates on planes or trucks to different hubs. I ordered mine from Apple at 7:03 CST with delivery 9/20. Anyone else have a Label Created scan with that city or a different one?
I was thinking last year I couldn't get it to come up in there, but I did get a number in UPS MyChoice.
Yep, this was case for my iPhone 14 delivery order in 2022. My phone (non-carrier activate later) was with a batch that was already pre-staged at a regional hub in the US (Ontario, CA); the retail store ones are palletized separately from the delivery ones. Tracking wise, it looked like mine wasn't with the rest of the flights flying out of China. The first scan finally showed up the day of delivery, and it was UPS overnight express from that hub. Thus people shouldn't freak out if they don't see any originating scans out of China.
Hoping they don't load the iPhones like last time around. ![:eek:]( "Eek! :eek:")
No idea but someone else in the Canadian pre-orders thread posted a screen of their tracking and it’s the exact same scan as mine.
Maybe that’s where they’re coming from this year, or that’s just the first scan we are seeing.
There was actually an article in the…. I think Washington post…. about us several years back! Several of our posts were quoted! lol!
I shipped mine to work, so MyChoice is not an option for me this year because it’s a business address. Gotta hope that my order number works as a reference number and pulls something up. Fingers crossed.
I’m sure UPS drivers hate new iPhone season 😂
I’m in Canada, but wanted to share here that I ordered a Pro Max 256GB in Desert Titanium and I can see tracking in UPS My Choice. Scanned in Kunshan City, CN. Delivery date of Sept 20!!
And our local UPS Stores close at 7pm. So curious if they actually could have the phones available for me before they left for the night... . With how late the trucks are, I wouldn't want to trust that I'd get the phone.
Curious if anyone has experience with that, if I could get the phone at 6:30pm at the store I'd probably have it before the brown truck rumbles down our street.
I mentioned it before, when I've had a Next Day UPS package the same day as the iPhone delivery, I've gotten the phone way earlier than when the phone was the only package.
Could be the possibility that Canada (as well as everywhere else outside the US) still has iPhones with SIM card slots, so it‘s possible Apple is manufacturing those models at a different plant.
There will be a charge hold on your credit card by early next week. That will disappear in a day or two. Your card will be fully charged for the iPhone after picking it up from the Apple Store
Yeah, in the past I've had much better luck just waiting to get the tracking number on UPS MyChoice. I remember a couple different nights going to bed and by the time I woke up there was another scan.
I'm doing ISPU this year because it's also my local Mall's Grand opening for that same day. I have an 8:15 p/u time, so I should be one of the first in the store.
I've been to two Apple Store grand openings, camping out overnight or getting there at 3-4am and getting in line. It's like this forum but IRL if you can imagine. To your "social experience" bullet there. Lots of energy, Apple Store employees cheering and welcoming you in...they also hand out special t-shirts to commemorate the opening. This is the first time I can have my daughter join in on the experience, too. It's not a zoo at all.
My store is in a suburb of Los Angeles, so I'm hoping to see some Apple influencers maybe. Tim Cook has opened the Grove store along with the cast of Ted Lasso. Santa Monica has had some of the Apple Fitness instructors there (their studio is in the same city). I think iJustine live in Santa Monica / Venice Beach type area.
Did anyone in the US get an Origin Scan yet? I'm thinking those will still say ZhengZhou, CN.
They will have at least some stock in stores for walk ins. Wouldn't want to count on getting exactly what I want on Launch Day, but it is possible.
Where is your watch coming from and what is the weight? I have something showing up but don’t know what it is.
Apple has beta versions for 18.0 (at this point known as the RC, but there will be final version by next Friday) and 18.1 for the new iPhone 16 models. Set up the new iPhone as new, install appropriate beta to match old phone, and then restore from backup of the old phone on the same version of the beta. It sounds complicated but is not that hard to do, especially as there will be the final 18.0 that will need to be installed anyway.
It is also possible that the new phone will recognize that it needs to update no matter what the old phone is running, and will know what OS to install.
I'm sure there will be youtube videos and MacRumors articles about the process before you need to do it.
edit: good point about the 18.1 being Developer only at this point, but who knows what this week holds for Public Release and Public betas.
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18.1 won’t be available until next month. At least the non public beta.