Other USA Apple.com iPhone Air /17/17 Pro/ 17 Max/ Pre-Release, Order And Delivery Thread

[thatJohann]

HYPE!!! Found them on UPS MyChoice

 

[texasturner]

Have tracking numbers but not shipped yet since they dont have the package

 

[Luba]

Easy if you have access to an Apple Store: test yourself after 9/19/25.

Last year i did end up using iCloud restore after trying both phone to phone and encrypted backup on Mac restore.

One advantage to iCloud restore if you can start using the phone as it downloads apps, while it appeared the other restores had to finish before the phone would be in a useable state. My schedule that day did not have enough time for me to let it finish the restores with cables and i kept having to leave the house before it’d completed.

I plan, haha, to not interrupt it this year. lol You know what they say about plans.

What are the pro's and con's of phone-to-phone (Migration) versus encrypted backup on a Mac?

Migration is more convenient and I used it the first year it came out to try out the new technique and have generally kept on using it. Intuitively, I'm feeling an encrypted backup restore using a Mac is more stable and robust??

Anybody here with tech knowledge: is one method more safe, stable, and robust?

 

[PrettyKitty]

Yes, as a "professional" airline passenger, about 2 million miles including many roundtrips to Australia and China, I really enjoy watching and tracking flights.

It was really fun to get my iPhone Xs Max on launch day in 2018, it flew out of HKG to ANC to SFD to CVG. Very important getting the phone delivery to fit my schedule that year as a few days later I flew to HKG and any delay would have meant traveling with my older phone. Having tracked the phone all the way to the US, I noted we flew the reverse path of my phone's journey to me just days earlier.

During tracking I had enjoyed watching the iPhone flights approaches into ANC, and on my return we flew just to the south of ANC. I was able to see the Northern Lights while watching the UPS flights below as they crossed the mountains and dropped over the Cook Inlet to land on 7R. It was fun to know the exact path the cargo planes were taking as I'd watched them so carefully while we were all tracking flights trying to figure out which one our phones were on by departure and arrival scans. And like our phones, I slept the whole way across Canada. lol

So sorry everyone didn't get to enjoy this year's tracking with that long pair of flights from Asia to Louisville. Most people had no idea how long it'd take, and that actually it was a very short 14 hours to get that phone 7000 miles to Louisville!

I had wondered how the tracking would be different this year, but no idea it'd be this different. Apparently the phones don't get assigned and labeled to individuals in China like in previous years. Apparently Apple now splits and labels them once they arrive in the US, like the carriers. That doesn't have to be done a week in advance to show up in UPS app way before delivery. Those labels can be created "last minute" and shipped to "easily" arrive on launch day, maybe routinely is a better word that easily.

iPhones are coming soon, get your backup strategies ready.

I'm coming from android, so I'm watching and reading all the things about switching platforms. I'm so afraid of losing texts. I'm sure it's not as complicated as I've made it in my mind.

 

[Tonykuv]

 

[leesweet]

I use migration and I have all passwords in 1Password (also MFA is in there) and have never had an issue.

 

[Cscottrun]

Something just popped up in My Choice for me. The shipper is "AI" and delivery method is UPS Next Day Air Saver. The weight is 1.1 lbs. Not sure if this is my 17 Pro Max or the new charger I ordered. It is coming from Pennsylvania. Anyone have any idea?

Edit: Was able to work backwards using order numbers as tracking reference information and was able to determine that this is in fact my iPhone and not the charge.

 

[Ninjja]

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[alia]

Yes, as a "professional" airline passenger, about 2 million miles including many roundtrips to Australia and China, I really enjoy watching and tracking flights.

It was really fun to get my iPhone Xs Max on launch day in 2018, it flew out of HKG to ANC to SFD to CVG. Very important getting the phone delivery to fit my schedule that year as a few days later I flew to HKG and any delay would have meant traveling with my older phone. Having tracked the phone all the way to the US, I noted we flew the reverse path of my phone's journey to me just days earlier.

During tracking I had enjoyed watching the iPhone flights approaches into ANC, and on my return we flew just to the south of ANC. I was able to see the Northern Lights while watching the UPS flights below as they crossed the mountains and dropped over the Cook Inlet to land on 7R. It was fun to know the exact path the cargo planes were taking as I'd watched them so carefully while we were all tracking flights trying to figure out which one our phones were on by departure and arrival scans. And like our phones, I slept the whole way across Canada. lol

So sorry everyone didn't get to enjoy this year's tracking with that long pair of flights from Asia to Louisville. Most people had no idea how long it'd take, and that actually it was a very short 14 hours to get that phone 7000 miles to Louisville!

I had wondered how the tracking would be different this year, but no idea it'd be this different. Apparently the phones don't get assigned and labeled to individuals in China like in previous years. Apparently Apple now splits and labels them once they arrive in the US, like the carriers. That doesn't have to be done a week in advance to show up in UPS app way before delivery. Those labels can be created "last minute" and shipped to "easily" arrive on launch day, maybe routinely is a better word that easily.

iPhones are coming soon, get your backup strategies ready.

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't some sort of requirement to ship them as a shipment to Apple, rather than individuals, so that they can be classified as bulk mobile phone import under current tariff laws. There's no tariffs for phones, so to make sure that they don't get hit with anything, they are just being extra cautious and having them completely bulk shipped and sorted inside the border. This is not a political reply - just a potential observation around our current facts.

 

[jphall]

This is my first time every doing in-store pickup.

For those going to the store Friday, have you seen any change from the Processing status? I guess it would make sense that there isn't much movement since it's not being shipped to us. Just curioius.....

My ISPU devices have said "Processing" for some time now, no where to go as the next step is "Ready for Pickup" and that won't happen until it's ready to pickup. lol That'll be Friday if you have a 9/19 appointment. I don't know when it flips on Friday, maybe all at 5am, or maybe all half an hour before appt time? We'll find out soon.

"Please arrive close to your check-in time for the best experience"

 

[jphall]

I'm coming from android, so I'm watching and reading all the things about switching platforms. I'm so afraid of losing texts. I'm sure it's not as complicated as I've made it in my mind.

Welcome and good luck!

Here is Apple's support document on moving. Read the whole thing now and I'd suggest opening all the support links so they are readily available during the process.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/118670

 

[jphall]

I use migration and I have all passwords in 1Password (also MFA is in there) and have never had an issue.

Not matter what device I'm setting up as new or with a Migration, 1Password is the first app I open and log in. I can't imagine how I'd be able to use internet and accounts without it!

I was in on early versions in 2006 when it was just a handful of guys designing and writing the code, and a quite enthusiastic group of users giving feedback as the app developed.

 

[elbeborandy]

Let's be clear about this. It doesn't matter how someone tracks by reference if they already have a tracking number. Once you have a tracking number I believe you can track by reference using your entire order number. We cannot do that if we don't have a tracking number. And the old methods of entering the order number minus that last 2 digits or phone number minus the last 2 digits don't work either.

Your comment doesn’t make sense. I’m sorry, but the system doesn’t know whether you already have a tracking number or not. What are you talking about? Only the user would know that.

 

[mtbenti]

Just got my tax charge for my iPhone 512 pro max orange, still showing Processing in Apple Store app and nothing in UPS yet... but excited to see something happen after moving from 9/25 to 9/19

 

[NotApplicable]

Your comment doesn’t make sense. I’m sorry, but the system doesn’t know whether you already have a tracking number or not. What are you talking about? Only the user would know that.

I think what they're trying to point out is that users trying to find their orders by reference before they show up in MyChoice will be unsuccessful. Some seem to think you'll be able to find it by reference before it's even in the system.

This stems from back in the day, before many people had MyChoice. If you don't have MyChoice, the only way to find the order before Apple sends you the tracking number is to search by reference. So reference works to find it before Apple exposes the tracking information to you (but after it's in the system), but reference isn't a magical thing that will find it before it's in the system at all (which is when it will show up in MyChoice).

So if it's not in MyChoice, a label probably hasn't been created yet. Unless there is something wrong with your MyChoice.

 

[hch3psa]

Ordered through Apple.com. Verizon iPhone PM 512GB with carrier financing. Just got charged tax and moved to preparing to ship. 🙌

 

[jphall]

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't some sort of requirement to ship them as a shipment to Apple, rather than individuals, so that they can be classified as bulk mobile phone import under current tariff laws. There's no tariffs for phones, so to make sure that they don't get hit with anything, they are just being extra cautious and having them completely bulk shipped and sorted inside the border. This is not a political reply - just a potential observation around our current facts.

I think with the India and China manufacturing, and the ever changing tariff "announcements", it appears Apple had to do things differently. lol "Think different", get it? lol

I am really curious about the shipping routes to get them to the US, maybe we'll learn someday.

I think the variety of UPS updates have something to do with the perhaps dozens of shipping locations where the labels are printed and applied to individual iPhones. It appears when all the Apple Store shipped phones had labels applied in ZhengZhou, there was more consistency in the timing of posting updates.

I wonder if the iPhone shipping update server hammering we did on the UPS site inspired changes to how things were done.

I knew this year would be different, but no idea it'd be this different!

Meanwhile, my ISPU still sits at "available soon" and "processing", just like I'd imagine it would.

 

[elbeborandy]

I think what they're trying to point out is that users trying to find their orders by reference before they show up in MyChoice will be unsuccessful. Some seem to think you'll be able to find it by reference before it's even in the system.

This stems from back in the day, before many people had MyChoice. If you don't have MyChoice, the only way to find the order before Apple sends you the tracking number is to search by reference. So reference works to find it before Apple exposes the tracking information to you (but after it's in the system), but reference isn't a magical thing that will find it before it's in the system at all (which is when it will show up in MyChoice).

So if it's not in MyChoice, a label probably hasn't been created yet. Unless there is something wrong with your MyChoice.

Now this makes sense. But saying that it won’t work just because the user doesn’t have a full tracking number isn’t the right way to put it.

For example, in my case, I recently moved, and my address might not match exactly with what I entered in UPS My Choice. That’s how I’d know. It could happen that it doesn’t appear in My Choice but does show up when tracking by reference.

 

[WolfSnap]

Planning on doing an iPhone to iPhone migration using a thunderbolt cable connecting the two devices. I’m hoping that that will be the fastest/easiest option to get things transferred as quickly as possible.

I find it better and faster for an encrypted backup or an iCloud restore. I’ve done all three options over the years, and iPhone to iPhone migration makes me re-sign in to fewer apps than any other option.

 

[Carlos22Dayday]

Just got charged for both of my iPhone Pro Max. Apple purchase with carrier.

 

[4sallypat]

Now this makes sense. But saying that it won’t work just because the user doesn’t have a full tracking number isn’t the right way to put it.

For example, in my case, I recently moved, and my address might not match exactly with what I entered in UPS My Choice. That’s how I’d know. It could happen that it doesn’t appear in My Choice but does show up when tracking by reference.

Here's how an Apple order # can be used to track.
My order of: iPhone + battery + case = 1 order number.

Entered that into the UPS tracking using Reference#.

Got this valid tracking info - it was for the battery & case that showed up yesterday.

iPhone - not showing up in tracking - hoping soon today or tomorrow...

 

[4sallypat]

Planning on doing a iPhone to iPhone migration using a thunderbolt cable connecting the two devices. I’m hoping that that will be the fastest/easiest option to get things transferred as quickly as possible.

I find it better and faster for an encrypted backup or an iCloud restore. I’ve done all three options over the years, and iPhone to iPhone migration makes me re-sign in to fewer apps than any other option.

^^^ THIS ^^^

 

[DeweyCox]

They always keep a bunch of iPhones in Lebanon, TN. 20 minutes outside of Nashville. Ready for launch day. The Kentucky UPS hub is 2 hours up the Interstate. Living in Nashville I have gotten my iPhone 4 and another one a couple of years later. A day early on a Thursday. Both times came home to a box on my porch. You can drive to 5 different states in 2 and 1/2 hours from there.

 

[Nikefn2]

My ISPU devices have said "Processing" for some time now, no where to go as the next step is "Ready for Pickup" and that won't happen until it's ready to pickup. lol That'll be Friday if you have a 9/19 appointment. I don't know when it flips on Friday, maybe all at 5am, or maybe all half an hour before appt time? We'll find out soon.

"Please arrive close to your check-in time for the best experience"

Yeah, the next step had me thinking we won't probably see any action until Thursday evening/Friday morning.

 

[DeweyCox]

My UPS app says my Pro Max is located there. My Watch is coming on the 19th. It says preparing to ship. Not sure from where.