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Which iPhone are you getting

  • iPhone 17

    Votes: 74 5.6%
  • iPhone 17 Air

    Votes: 237 17.8%
  • iPhone 17 Pro

    Votes: 288 21.7%
  • iPhone 17 Pro Max

    Votes: 729 54.9%

  • Total voters
    1,328
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According to my UPS man today, Apple now requires a signature for almost all products. The reason for no online signature option this year is due to the bad guys out there figuring out how to sign for Apple products online and then stealing the Apple packages. So my UPS man said to tell you all to be prepared to need an in person signature for your delivery’s tomorrow.
Yea I was glad my physical therapy appt got cancelled so I can wait for it to come.
 
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According to my UPS man today, Apple now requires a signature for almost all products. The reason for no online signature option this year is due to the bad guys out there figuring out how to sign for Apple products online and then stealing the Apple packages. So my UPS man said to tell you all to be prepared to need an in person signature for your delivery’s tomorrow.

I can confirm this, with my recent online purchase from Apple. The UPS driver left a note even though it had no signature requirement.

This was on a Friday, so I call customer support to complain, and they delivered it on Saturday 😅.
 
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I have a pickup order for a 17PM Deep Blue 512GB. I received an email from Apple about 3 hours ago with an invoice indicating that my credit card has been charged in full for the order. I assume that means my phone has arrived at the store and has been set aside for me to to pick up. Just waiting on the "ready for pickup" email.
 
Wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same. This is odd. Ordered A silver 17 PM 256 GB with confirmation email at 8:03 am ET. Delivery date was 9/25 as a lot of others encountered.

A few days ago, I got two different emails and text messages telling me my order was updated and my phone would now deliver on launch day, 9/19.

Minutes ago, I got another email from Apple, saying my order had shipped and would deliver 9/22. I tapped the tracking number which took me to the Apple Store order page, also saying delivery 9/22. When I tap the tracking number there to review on UPS, the tracking says the label was created a few hours ago and that UPS still does not have possession of my phone.

Where it gets more odd, I refreshed the order page which updated and says delivery tomorrow. But UPS tracking is unchanged.

Normally by this time I would see activity on my phone from China to Alaska to KY etc. but I’m seeing no scans at all for the tracking number. Hoping things are still on track for tomorrow but I’m not optimistic at this point.
 
I can confirm this, with my recent online purchase from Apple. The UPS driver left a note even though it had no signature requirement.

This was on a Friday, so I call customer support to complain, and they delivered it on Saturday 😅.
I live in the middle of nowhere where we don’t even lock our doors and can’t see your neighbors places. If I gotta sign for something, pretty sure those of you in the cities would have to lol
 
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Wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same. This is odd. Ordered A silver 17 PM 256 GB with confirmation email at 8:03 am ET. Delivery date was 9/25 as a lot of others encountered.

A few days ago, I got two different emails and text messages telling me my order was updated and my phone would now deliver on launch day, 9/19.

Minutes ago, I got another email from Apple, saying my order had shipped and would deliver 9/22. I tapped the tracking number which took me to the Apple Store order page, also saying delivery 9/22. When I tap the tracking number there to review on UPS, the tracking says the label was created a few hours ago and that UPS still does not have possession of my phone.

Where it gets more odd, I refreshed the order page which updated and says delivery tomorrow. But UPS tracking is unchanged.

Normally by this time I would see activity on my phone from China to Alaska to KY etc. but I’m seeing no scans at all for the tracking number. Hoping things are still on track for tomorrow but I’m not optimistic at this point.
Yeah same here on my orange 17 PM 512… I’m assuming it’ll be delivered tomorrow, the app says tomorrow, feel like the email when it shipped was just automated cause there wasn’t a scan yet… UPS can sometimes have either delayed scans or if it’s on a pallet no scans till it arrives at the destination hub
 
ISPU of two phones tomorrow with trade-in. Got email 45 minutes ago that trade-in for one phone is in the works. UPS label from CTDI KBB Jeffersonville IN just popped up--I presume this is the trade-in box. I thought those were expected to come via FedEx? Or is it only the return to the trade-in company that goes by FedEx?
 
Wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same. This is odd. Ordered A silver 17 PM 256 GB with confirmation email at 8:03 am ET. Delivery date was 9/25 as a lot of others encountered.

A few days ago, I got two different emails and text messages telling me my order was updated and my phone would now deliver on launch day, 9/19.

Minutes ago, I got another email from Apple, saying my order had shipped and would deliver 9/22. I tapped the tracking number which took me to the Apple Store order page, also saying delivery 9/22. When I tap the tracking number there to review on UPS, the tracking says the label was created a few hours ago and that UPS still does not have possession of my phone.

Where it gets more odd, I refreshed the order page which updated and says delivery tomorrow. But UPS tracking is unchanged.

Normally by this time I would see activity on my phone from China to Alaska to KY etc. but I’m seeing no scans at all for the tracking number. Hoping things are still on track for tomorrow but I’m not optimistic at this point.
I bet a lot of people are gonna wake up to phones on the way, I wouldn’t get too discouraged yet. From what I’ve seen others say and my own experience, it was nothing until suddenly it started moving fast.
 
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Wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same. This is odd. Ordered A silver 17 PM 256 GB with confirmation email at 8:03 am ET. Delivery date was 9/25 as a lot of others encountered.

A few days ago, I got two different emails and text messages telling me my order was updated and my phone would now deliver on launch day, 9/19.

Minutes ago, I got another email from Apple, saying my order had shipped and would deliver 9/22. I tapped the tracking number which took me to the Apple Store order page, also saying delivery 9/22. When I tap the tracking number there to review on UPS, the tracking says the label was created a few hours ago and that UPS still does not have possession of my phone.

Where it gets more odd, I refreshed the order page which updated and says delivery tomorrow. But UPS tracking is unchanged.

Normally by this time I would see activity on my phone from China to Alaska to KY etc. but I’m seeing no scans at all for the tracking number. Hoping things are still on track for tomorrow but I’m not optimistic at this point.
Where does it say the label was created? It could be coming from somewhere in the US which means it's just a short flight from there to your town.
 
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Where does it say the label was created? It could be coming from somewhere in the US which means it's just a short flight from there to your town.
On the UPS tracking page. I’ve preordered every iPhone each year since the 3GS, it’s a bit of a ritual for me now as far as tracking goes. Like I said, normally by this time, tracking is showing the departure scan from China, then the arrival scan in AK, then KY, etc. But all I’m seeing is that the label was created.

Here’s hoping things are just glitching out and I will still get it tomorrow. 🤞🏻
 
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An Apple "genius" once told me that setting up from scratch eliminates the risk of bringing over bugs from the old phone. So I did that a few times, major pain. Now I usually restore from iCloud or phone to phone but I think this time I'll try restoring from my encrypted MAC backup.
Which one will transfer all of the safaris tabs that I have right now?
 
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