iPhone 13 Pro Will UPS ramp up resources for Launch Day?

[adam1080]

I'm no shipping logistics expert, but I have to assume UPS's delivery volume increases significantly on iPhone launch days.


As with every aspect of life in this world for the past 18+ months, delivery companies and their reliability took a big hit during the pandemic.

I wonder if they are ramping up their bandwidth and resources in the days leading up to and following next Friday?


I moved and bought a new house during the pandemic, and unlike most, I moved from a small town to the biggest city in my state. In other words, this is the first iPhone delivery at my new address. (I fully realize my upcoming complaint is trivial and stupid in the grand scheme of things...) My annoyance stems from the fact that every other iPhone launch, I was able to walk into the local UPS distribution bay doors and have them go get my phone off the truck at 6:30am. That, or I would have it delivered to my office which always arrived by 9am(now WFH, hours away).

Its 5:30 pm and I am still waiting for my new iPhone case(went out for delivery at 8am this morning) that shipped last night(just like my phone will next Friday). I have had so many packages get lost, or delayed for days even when they are "Out for Delivery" with UPS just not caring in the slightest when they actually deliver a package. I'm concerned that behavior will apply to my(and other people's I guess...) iPhones.

I just want my toy when I want it...


- Spoiled Baby

 

[eyoungren]

I can't speak to how they will treat the package. Every place is different it seems. I worked for UPS for seven years (met my wife there) but I usually ship FedEx. The UPS guy in our area never knocks. Which was highly irritating while waiting for the delivery of 2x512GB iPhone 11 Pro Max's in February. Just left them on the porch!

Anyway, the way Apple does this is that some time in May or June as the new iPhones roll off the line they get shipped to the US. Once they get here Apple strategically locates storage for all those phones around the major UPS and FedEx hubs. UPS Worldport is highly automated and handles hundreds of thousands of packages a day and Apple is an important customer to UPS. If your package doesn't ship on time then UPS (and FedEx too) get penalized by Apple.

Whether your driver gets it to you in a decent time frame though, I can't say. I would expect however, with the volume of packages going out on launch day UPS will probably have a second driver riding along to handle the load. But… 🤷‍♂️ who knows.

 

[Fred Zed]

I'm no shipping logistics expert, but I have to assume UPS's delivery volume increases significantly on iPhone launch days.


As with every aspect of life in this world for the past 18+ months, delivery companies and their reliability took a big hit during the pandemic.

I wonder if they are ramping up their bandwidth and resources in the days leading up to and following next Friday?


I moved and bought a new house during the pandemic, and unlike most, I moved from a small town to the biggest city in my state. In other words, this is the first iPhone delivery at my new address. (I fully realize my upcoming complaint is trivial and stupid in the grand scheme of things...) My annoyance stems from the fact that every other iPhone launch, I was able to walk into the local UPS distribution bay doors and have them go get my phone off the truck at 6:30am. That, or I would have it delivered to my office which always arrived by 9am(now WFH, hours away).

Its 5:30 pm and I am still waiting for my new iPhone case(went out for delivery at 8am this morning) that shipped last night(just like my phone will next Friday). I have had so many packages get lost, or delayed for days even when they are "Out for Delivery" with UPS just not caring in the slightest when they actually deliver a package. I'm concerned that behavior will apply to my(and other people's I guess...) iPhones.

I just want my toy when I want it...


- Spoiled Baby

No they won't ramp anything up. They'll just play the COVID card again should delays arise.