Other 2022 iPhone 14/Plus/Pro/Pro Max/ US Pre-Orders, Orders, and Delivery Status Thread

[HopeWV]

So your promised delivery date is September 23rd?

Up until I clicked check out it said 16th. After I hit pay it changed it to postal service on the 23rd

 

[Tom G.]

I ordered at 7:02 central time and received my confirmation email at 7:03. Silver iPhone Pro Max 256GB. I ordered a clear Mag Safe case for it and it will arrive Tuesday.

 

[rjjacobson]

When it was 5:03AM PST. I was freaking out and totally scared. Hoping I get in. Finally, the Apple App store opened up just fine, and ordered 2 brand new iPhones. God is great!

Yeah, well as you may remember last year it took me til 10 past even with refreshing and all and I was delayed by two weeks but ended up only a few days late in end. I have never gotten right in before so new experience. At least current card now is good for 4 years so I am good til through iphone 18 iUP LOL

 

[CarolG]

I wouldn't stick with Apple. AT&T can be very unreliable.

I found that AT&T overpromised and underdelivered. I now always stick with Apple. I got burned at AT&T

 

[BradLA]

I did NOT get good sleep last night. Anyone else? Thankful I was able to get 3 more hours of sleep after ordering.

Checked my Apple.com order to see if it was there, and all looks good!

 

[MM301]

Mine was 9/16 but now says 9/23 via postal service. Odd. Not sure whether to call now based on another poster’s success or let it play out. Doubt it’s really going USPS!?!

 

[MozMan68]

When you plan days in advance, have your pre-order ready, get into the store right on time and order…..and then notice a millisecond later that the shipping address is the house you just moved out of….

I know I can update it hopefully at some point later today, but not letting me now.

 

[iHeartsteve]

Hi. Longtime lurker in these threads... I had my preorder set up yesterday. This morning I woke up at 4:50 am, got into the store on the phone app at 5:01 am, ordered my purple 14 Pro 256 with in-store pickup on launch day. I waited until the email came through at 5:08 am, and went back to sleep.

This morning my order is in processing and shows as "standard delivery." I really don't want it delivered to my house. I'm much happier with store pickup.

Should I be worried?

This happened to other people in another thread. People like me pushed the button place order for in store pick up then in confirmation email it got changed to delivery.

So instead of the computer just picking the next available time slot, it slipped to delivery.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

When it was 5:03AM PST. I was freaking out and totally scared. Hoping I get in. Finally, the Apple App store opened up just fine, and ordered 2 brand new iPhones. God is great!

I went with Satan, the Lord of Darkness for my iPhone this year.

 

[LasersGoPewPew]

I thought BTS was Team Samsung. You always see them on commercials rocking Samsung phones. Bruhhhhhhh, Purple is mine and mine only. Sorry! You snooooze, you looooooose. Did you eat a donut yet?

and they look amazing! 😍

and stop trying to get me fat lol

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

and they look amazing! 😍

and stop trying to get me fat lol

Ever heard of a Keto Donut?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I went with Satan, the Lord of Darkness for my iPhone this year.

Maybe that is why people seeing "Postal Service" message.

 

[StaceyMJ86]

You had the opportunity to do that ahead of this morning. So no one is going to be sympathetic.

In his defense, I know he already had that set up but probably experienced a glitch which made him reenter some information. It didn’t go smoothly for everyone.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Yeah, well as you may remember last year it took me til 10 past even with refreshing and all and I was delayed by two weeks but ended up only a few days late in end. I have never gotten right in before so new experience. At least current card now is good for 4 years so I am good til through iphone 18 iUP LOL

Atleast this year you won't be tracking your iPhone all by yourself. We will all be with you, together! It will be a journey.

 

[StaceyMJ86]

Ordered at 5:04, delivery date is a week late. 512gb Purple. And delivery by Postal Service? What!? This launch was a disaster.. I opted for the new color because I took a risk. Guess it came with a consequence.. sigh.

Where do you live? I’ve not known USPS to deliver Apple phones. I work for USPS and I haven’t seen an iPhone for delivery.

 

[Shadowbech]

Finally now showing up on For You Section

 

[Chele]

Well ... this is going to be me every day for the next week:

This is a self portrait of me next week. It'll be "Aww, still in ZZ"

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Up until I clicked check out it said 16th. After I hit pay it changed it to postal service on the 23rd

So sorry. Check out this post below. See if it helps. Maybe they will change your shipping?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/u-s-a-apple-com-new-iphone-14-plus-pro-pro-max-us-pre-orders-orders-and-delivery-status-thread-2022.2357188/post-31428980

 

[rman0726]

I think it's better to order through your carrier. Less people ordering, less problems. Year after year Apples website has issues, and year after year people still order there. Yes alot of people have a smooth process, but why take the chance you are one of the ones who do not?
I was on ATTs site at 7:55, and done by 8:01. Every year for the last five years. Got my phone on launch day every time.

I prefer Apple because they are much more likely to take care of you in a prompt fashion than your carrier if something happens. If something happens to your phone during shipping, Apple will have stock to take care of you within a day. Their phone support will actually work with the store to get you taken care of. If something happens during shipping with AT&T, you will get absolutely no support in store. They will tell you that your order was online and that you have to call them up. And then after calling them up, you will just get run around between a bunch of support agents that have no clue how to help.

Plus I haven’t had a single issue for years. I pre-fill out the model I want and my information on Wednesday, open up the Apple store app at 8am, and within a minute or two, it’s up and I click two buttons to place my order. It literally could not be easier.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Where do you live? I’ve not known USPS to deliver Apple phones. I work for USPS and I haven’t seen an iPhone for delivery.

@StaceyMJ86 Maybe you can educate us about this Postal Service controversy. What is this?

 

[gmanist1000]

Just got a banner in settings to prep for the new phone!

 

[boxermansr]

Sometime in the past half hour or so I was charged (maybe?). I used my Apple Balance (had just under 2k from gift cards amassed all year) and my balance is now less the cost of the 128GB Pro Max and AppleCare (and taxes). 😆

 

[LasersGoPewPew]

Ever heard of a Keto Donut?

 

[StaceyMJ86]

I can't complete my order because Apple isn't recognizing my T-Mobile account as active (no clue why). And I don't wan't to go through the T-Mobile site directly because they are asking for a $200 down payment... Might have to brave in store on launch day and hope for the best?

I understand the lower monthly device payments, but T-Mobile should give customers the option to make a down payment, if they want lower monthly payments. I couldn’t deal with their device payments, so I switched to Verizon and started paying outright with Apple. Best decision I ever made.

 

[wateroperator1776]

When you plan days in advance, have your pre-order ready, get into the store right on time and order…..and then notice a millisecond later that the shipping address is the house you just moved out of….

I know I can update it hopefully at some point later today, but not letting me now.

Just lurking this thread as I do every year. How are you able to preorder or have preorder ready yesterday? Isn’t that only possible at 5AM today?