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Watch Ultra 3 pre-order - anyone still "processing"?

AnInanimateCarbonRod

AnInanimateCarbonRod

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I pre-ordered a black Ultra 3 + AirPods Pro 3 immediately after the event on Tuesday with a 9/19 delivery on both, but my order status hasn't changed from "processing". I saw quite a few people on other threads saying theirs moved to "preparing to ship" from Thursday onward, but it seems like I'm stuck/fallen behind. I haven't seen any authorization reach my credit card yet, either.

Anyone else in the same boat as me? Not sure if geography matters, but I'm in Canada.
 
If it helps, I'm also in Canada and ordered the same two products but on different orders. My black Ultra 3 has been preparing to ship since Wednesday but the AirPods Pro 3 are still at processing with no charge from my CC for those yet.
 
gstevie said:
Remain calm. If it says delivery for 19th Sept, you’ll get it on the 19th. You don’t need to watch the order page refreshing every 5 minutes. This isn’t Apple’s first release day for a range of products - they have it under control.
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I'm not panicking, don't worry - just curious. I'm used to seeing at least the credit card charge a little sooner than now.

curdy said:
If it helps, I'm also in Canada and ordered the same two products but on different orders. My black Ultra 3 has been preparing to ship since Wednesday but the AirPods Pro 3 are still at processing with no charge from my CC for those yet.
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Interesting - I did them as the same order. I wonder if that's making the difference.
 
Also in Canada. Ordered AW11 and AirPods Pro 3 on the 9th as separate orders. The AW11 moved to "preparing for shipment" within 30 mins of placing the order. AirPods Pro 3 are still on "processing".

If it says on the 19th, it will very likely come on the 19th.
 
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UK here, AWU3 Hermes.

Bought immediately after the keynote Monday, paid £1000 in vouchers/Apple Balance and £300 on debit card. The Apple balance was immediately zero and my debit card got charged on late Friday. Now PFS
 
My two went PFS within an hour or so after ordering on announcement day.

I wouldn't worry though, they look to be prepositioned in the U.S. so might not see any movement until Thursday.
 
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Mine is due to arrive on Friday, Sept 19 (I'm in the US), and is still listed as preparing to ship. I'm guessing that it will ship Wednesday or Thursday? Whatever, I'm sure it's arriving Friday. My only issue is that I may have dinner plans around 6 pm Friday and it may not arrive by then...
 
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Ordered within an hour of the event ending. Still processing. I’m in the US. I’m not stressing over it, just fun to watch the movement. I tend to obsess over the tracking of all my packages.
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Ordered within the hour of the presentation, Apple Card already fully charged, 3% cash back and now showing in my installments.
But it's not scheduled to be delivered until 9/24.

Whereas my iPhone 17 Air has not shown up in the installments but that's due to be delivered on the 19th.

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AnInanimateCarbonRod said:
I pre-ordered a black Ultra 3 + AirPods Pro 3 immediately after the event on Tuesday with a 9/19 delivery on both, but my order status hasn't changed from "processing". I saw quite a few people on other threads saying theirs moved to "preparing to ship" from Thursday onward, but it seems like I'm stuck/fallen behind. I haven't seen any authorization reach my credit card yet, either.

Anyone else in the same boat as me? Not sure if geography matters, but I'm in Canada.
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I'm in the US, but I'm in a similar boat except with the Apple Watch S11 and the Ultra 3. I ordered the Ultra 3 right after announcement and then the S11 a few hours later. The S11 has been showing preparing to ship since last Wednesday and I see a tracking number in the UPS app. My Ultra 3 was showing "available soon" until yesterday afternoon when it finally changed to preparing to ship. As of this morning, I didn't see a tracking number in UPS, so I checked Apple again and now it's back to "available soon" and I still have the option to edit/cancel. Delivery date still shows 9/19 for both, but it's getting down to the wire for the Ultra 3 to be delivered on time, they only have about another 24 hours to finalize it and it's already been over a week. It's weird.
 
Steveconrad72 said:
Ordered within an hour of the event ending. Still processing. I’m in the US. I’m not stressing over it, just fun to watch the movement. I tend to obsess over the tracking of all my packages.View attachment 2549286
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Same here. The weird thing is that my Ultra 3 order changed to preparing to ship yesterday, but now today it’s back to processing. I also ordered an S11 a few hours after my ultra 3 and that one showed preparing to ship on 9/10 and I see a tracking number in my UPS account.
 
Ordered September 9. Still "processing". Still says they're going to deliver it tomorrow (September 23). 😂

Logistics fail.
 
mkldev said:
Ordered September 9. Still "processing". Still says they're going to deliver it tomorrow (September 23). 😂

Logistics fail.
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How would it be a logistics failure if Apple hadn't even handed it over to UPS ?
What was their original delivery committment ?

Mine is still processing for 9/24-10/1 delivery.

Looking more like 10/1 delivery since it's not even gotten to the Preparing to Ship status....
 
Ordered Sept 9, black on black (titanium). Has been sitting in preparing to ship for a week with an eta of Oct 9.
 
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