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VZW Order Status Thread

According to the spreadsheet and my lazy quick perusing, not a single phone with a 10/31 estimated ship date has processed/shipped/delivered in any phone configuration.
 
Update: Ordered on 9/21, 16gb sg, est. original date of 24th, received the iconic "s" last night about 9:30pm cst, received tracking number today around 11, still hasn't registered with fed-ex.
 
lmf11Bwife said:
When did you order? 64GBs are a rare species apparently!
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Or the highest demand item against an equal number produced...

Not getting uptight or calling anything inexcusable until promised delivery dates are blown past, which doesn't appear to be an issue yet...
 
Had pre ordered on the 16th in Vzw.com and had. Ship date of 10-31-14 I was tired of waiting and saw a 128 SG plus available on Apple Store bought it and waiting for me to get it now.
 
lmf11Bwife said:
When did you order? 64GBs are a rare species apparently!
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09/28/14, late morning.

Yes, it does seem that way. I understand supply/demand constraints, and reducing costs of doing business. But there is a serious concerns that Apple has lost a large degree of control over their logistics and manufacturing processes. This rollout is worse than the one two years ago when the iPhone 5 was originally released.
 
sboychuck said:
I hear you, and other people do as well. I pre-ordered four 6 Plus's on September 12th and just got my tracking email today for Tuesday delivery. I was starting to think my iPad Air 2 was going to be received first. Phones are next Tuesday, and iPads are by next Friday. It was close. Is your information on the spreadsheet, I just updated mine, and will keep doing so through next Tuesday. It helped me a bit, as well as using Verizon Iconic to keep tabs on my pre-order confirmation. I know it sucks, and it looks like there is light at the end of the tunnel, and it is not a freight train. It will happen soon...
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Yeah I'm on the spreadsheet.
 
Mine is now showing

Order Number: 180946
Tracking Number:

Does that mean it is too late to cancel if I find one in a local store by some chance today?
 
coollikeme said:
Mine is now showing

Order Number: 180946
Tracking Number:

Does that mean it is too late to cancel if I find one in a local store by some chance today?
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Yes, can't cancel a shipped order, which means anything from your status now until it is delivered.

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We should probably have ours Monday or Tuesday
 
wolfsbane58 said:
09/28/14, late morning.

Yes, it does seem that way. I understand supply/demand constraints, and reducing costs of doing business. But there is a serious concerns that Apple has lost a large degree of control over their logistics and manufacturing processes. This rollout is worse than the one two years ago when the iPhone 5 was originally released.
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Yeah I seriously don't remember the iPhone 5 being this insane....I mean I know the 16GB models were out of stock but the 32GB and 64GB models were always readily available IIRC...now it seams like the 64GB model is really popular to a degree we've never seen or maybe Apple thought everyone would go 16GB and made way less 64GB's and it just happened to be a different tide this year....
 
jlat96 said:
Apple just kind of does what they want. If they want to put the phones in their stores, they will. No, it's not fair, but that's the price we pay for not ordering through apple. I've learned a valuable lesson for next time though....
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Yup. Straight full retail for instore pickup or online preorder next time through Apple next time.
 
nateo200 said:
Yeah I seriously don't remember the iPhone 5 being this insane....I mean I know the 16GB models were out of stock but the 32GB and 64GB models were always readily available IIRC...now it seams like the 64GB model is really popular to a degree we've never seen or maybe Apple thought everyone would go 16GB and made way less 64GB's and it just happened to be a different tide this year....
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Somehow my family managed to catch 4 iPhone 5s in the store on the day of release. Ever more, one of the phones was broken, and they were able to give us a replacement from the back. They didn't even think about having it shipped
 
polysaturate said:
Yes, can't cancel a shipped order, which means anything from your status now until it is delivered.
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Oh great, so they finally ship it, but it will not get here before my Straight Talk expires tomorrow and I will have to pay $45 to renew just for to keep my number for a few days. Apple has really disappointed me. There is no defending their underproduction when it happens year after year. Their products are okay, but they have some serious issues with being consumer friendly.
 
coollikeme said:
Oh great, so they finally ship it, but it will not get here before my Straight Talk expires tomorrow and I will have to pay $45 to renew just for to keep my number for a few days. Apple has really disappointed me. There is no defending their underproduction when it happens year after year. Their products are okay, but they have some serious issues with being consumer friendly.
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Same thing happens every year. Same thing with the iOS release. My phones are 3 for 3 on being broken by the iOS authentication server not responding. Yet everyone just passes it off because "it's just an apple thing"
 
nateo200 said:
Yeah I seriously don't remember the iPhone 5 being this insane....I mean I know the 16GB models were out of stock but the 32GB and 64GB models were always readily available IIRC...now it seams like the 64GB model is really popular to a degree we've never seen or maybe Apple thought everyone would go 16GB and made way less 64GB's and it just happened to be a different tide this year....
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They eliminated the 32Gig units, and 16Gigs are no longer enough to hold music, photos, and other data comfortably. So the 64 Gigs are a good "middle of the road" unit. The other alternative is to rely on iCloud drive, but not everyone wants to do that. Some say they seriously underestimated the demand for the larger 6 Plus, but IMO, this should not have been a surprise. And how can you underestimate this? Many iPhone users have been talking and contemplating shifting to Droids for years, just because of the larger screens. Again, this should have been better thought out in the development and planning stages of logistic levels and manufacturing capacity for initial rollout.
 
No change on my Plus, but I did order another iPhone for my brother. It is an iPhone 6 128GB SG. The rep gave us free overnight shipping and a $15 bill credit every month. They said there was no backorder and they will ship it today. I still have to wait till 11/7 for the Plus...but I'm at least glad to receive my brothers and get to pretend it's mine lol

Orders:
:apple:iPhone 6 Plus / 64GB / Silver
Ordered: 10/16
Expected Shipping Date: 11/7

:apple:iPhone 6 / 128GB / Space Grey
Ordered: 10/17
Expected Shipping Date: 10/17
 
wolfsbane58 said:
They eliminated the 32Gig units, and 16Gigs are no longer enough to hold music, photos, and other data comfortably. So the 64 Gigs are a good "middle of the road" unit. The other alternative is to rely on iCloud drive, but not everyone wants to do that. Some say they seriously underestimated the demand for the larger 6 Plus, but IMO, this should not have been a surprise. And how can you underestimate this? Many iPhone users have been talking and contemplating shifting to Droids for years, just because of the larger screens. Again, this should have been better thought out in the development and planning stages of logistic levels and manufacturing capacity for initial rollout.
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That sucks. How did you resolve the issue? I have been lucky with upgrading my IOS at least. Though I also think the Imessage issue where customers that leave Apple have to disable their device in Itunes to make sure their text messages to Iphone users go through (some claim they still have the issue after doing this). I know some would say Apple does not need to care about former customers, but former customers can always be customers again in the future if you are nice.
 
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