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iPhone 17 Pro Max ship date?

  • 9/19

    Votes: 86 29.0%
  • 9/25

    Votes: 137 46.1%
  • In Store 9/19

    Votes: 74 24.9%

  • Total voters
    297
In store pick up 9/19 here. Sucks. I usually enjoy tracking its process. Not this year. Silver pro max 256gb. I have a feeling there was a glitch going on. I’d set up the phone multiple times for purchase stating 9/19 delivery and as soon as I added it to my bag and went to check out it went to 9/25 every time. So I chose in store just to be safe. Pretty sure a lot of 9/25 orders will be updated to 9/19.

Oh well. At least I get to take the day off of work. And I’ll get the phone at 830am vs 6pm 😂
 
The shipping dates did not slip for the first orders.
Apple, in their infinite wisdom, still can’t launch a product.
The default shipping date was 09/25 for the ProMax whereas in-store was 09/19.
I validated this launch glitch repeatedly for 22 minutes with all colors of the ProMax after ordering went live.
There are numerous posts from others confirming this experience/information.
I completed my IUP pre-pre-order at 0601 MDT and it was 09/25 delivery.
For humor I purchased a cosmic 256gb 23 minutes after ordering opened and received a 09/19 in-store.
I ordered within 3 minutes of the pre-order time for delivery (17 PM 512 GB Deep Blue) and received a shipping date of 9/25. I just went back online (1 hr 22 min after launch time) and can still preorder the same phone for pick up on 9/19. What Ive been reading is that most of the initial 9/25 delivery dates will change to launch day (assuming you were ordered for delivery within minutes of the order window).
 
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According to the order info, if you do in store for IUP, you need to transfer data and leave your old phone for return. Not like you can just get the new phone and do it all at home like with home delivery. One reason definitely not doing in store. I want to have as much time as I need, and I usually like the advantage of keeping the old phone in case something messes up on the data download.

Hopefully we all get updated to next Friday delivery!
 
Pre-ordered and picked a pick up appointment on the 20th.
The site was flaky as hell, wouldn't let me pick in store pickup and had a lot of issues getting Apple pay to work
 
I didn't get into the site until 15 minutes after, and I was ordering (Pro 17 - Orange - 256GB) for in-store pickup. Both In-store pickup and delivery was available for 9/19 here at my location in the southwest US.

Addition info: I was ordering from the veteran's page, so I couldn't set up my order in advance, and I didn't do a trade-
Thank you for your service!
 
In store pick up 9/19 here. Sucks. I usually enjoy tracking its process. Not this year. Silver pro max 256gb. I have a feeling there was a glitch going on. I’d set up the phone multiple times for purchase stating 9/19 delivery and as soon as I added it to my bag and went to check out it went to 9/25 every time. So I chose in store just to be safe. Pretty sure a lot of 9/25 orders will be updated to 9/19.

Oh well. At least I get to take the day off of work. And I’ll get the phone at 830am vs 6pm 😂
yes.. This happened in the JetBlack iPhone X year.. I got like October 10-17 at check out for preorder and it came about 4 days after launch.. These 9/25 ProMax (256, Orange/Blue) shipping dates WILL get updated.
 
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I ordered within 3 minutes of the pre-order time for delivery (17 PM 512 GB Deep Blue) and received a shipping date of 9/25. I just went back online (1 hr 22 min after launch time) and can still preorder the same phone for pick up on 9/19. What Ive been reading is that most of the initial 9/25 delivery dates will change to launch day (assuming you were ordered for delivery within minutes of the order window).
It’s likely a glitch, no way they sold out that fast for 9/19 delivery within minutes after preorder opening. They will probably move up. I didn’t want to rely on that and since I already have the uw3 scheduled for pick up on the 20th I just did the same time for my phone. At least I don’t have to ship back my trade in and they can just take it upon pick up. I had a case before where the phone was stolen and all Apple got back was an empty box! Luckily they gave me a credit for it but I just don’t want that headache. I could have chosen 9/19 for both but last time I did that on release day it was too busy.
 
I managed to get in 8:02 east coast and ordered 3 phones
* 1 Cosmic Orange Pro Max 256
* 1 Deep Blue Pro Max 512
* 1 Deep Blue Pro 256

I was done with all 3 by 8:05

All of them got 09/25 delivery dates
 
Here in Japan I ordered and had my email by 1 minute past and my Pro Max Blue 512GB is the 26th -1st. The first time in many many years I have missed launch day.
 
256gb pro max blue, 9/25. I was talking to a number of friends and family this morning who ordered, all of us got in pretty quick and we all got 9/25.
However in the past when getting a date later than the following friday the phones for all of us always come on the friday without fail. And my group of friends and family have been pre-ordering these since the inception of the iphone upgrade program.
 
Keeping up my launch day iPhone trend for any I've ordered, very lucky it seems! :)

Collection in store, and the process was very easy compared to the last time I pre-ordered.
 
Picking up my 17 Pro Max 256 GB (Deep Blue) in Store 9/19 after work. Luckily, my job is 15 mins away from the mall where my local Apple store is located.
 
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Ummm, already processing?? Am I getting it on launch day??
 
I was waiting and got in at like 8:05 ish invest coast.
Had a preorder for Deep Blue 17PM 256gb as straight buy with activate carrier later ( even though I am on Verizon) with a trade in.
I got 9/19
 
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