Figured I would contribute to the thread...
iPhone 6 Gold 64GB ordered on 10/21. Expected ship date of 10/24 (today).
No info yet, just iconic status C.
I have a feeling these are being shipped out in bulk in 2 day spans...so 10/11, 10/17, 10/21, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/11, 11/17. It probably is more cost efficient to wait until a large amount of phones are in and then they are all shipped at once within two days.
They know they will have a certain amount of each before each ship-out day, so every order that comes in reserves one of those phones that is waiting to be shipped.
Those who ordered very early in September, did so when there were not as many iPhones, so they reserved one when they were in short supply - reserving one in the speculated 10/31 range. So, they have a spot in the 10/31 block, even though there are new iPhones being shipped to people who ordered a long time after them.
Does this make sense to anyone? It's just a hypothesis that I came up with to explain the seemingly irratic shipment of iPhones. It makes sense to me though!