Lol I meant to type 9/16. Thanks for the catch. I’ll edit my postLaunch day is 9/16...if you're getting it on the 17th, you'll be a day late.
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Other 2022 iPhone 14/Plus/Pro/Pro Max/ US Pre-Orders, Orders, and Delivery Status Thread
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I believe it was one of the empty charter flights that picked up batches of the iPhone. It was a very special flight just for the iPhones. The flight made it rounds of waves through China and Korea. I remember tracking it destination by destination.
Pre-ordered the Pro Max 128gb Purple and Series 8 watch for my mom to replace her 8+ and ended up with 3 orders as the Apple site was not confirming/completing the orders and I kept refreshing and going through the process again.
I had to wait until 2 of them went to Processing later in the day and then I was able to cancel two of them and keep the one that delivers on 9/16.
Should be a nice upgrade for her.
Decided to stick with my 12 Pro Max for another year as I don’t see a big enough jump and the 12 PM still serves my needs.
I used to upgrade every year just to upgrade but found that I really did not notice a significant change in user experience moving from iPhone to iPhone every year.
Guess I’m at the point where I got with building computers in that building a new PC every year became pointless as the marginal improvements/upgrades did not make a significant improvement in my user experience, other than going from mechanical hard drive to SSD a few years back.
I’m looking for something like HDD to SSD type of user experience upgrade that is noticeable in how I use something every day.
There’s always next year….
I had to wait until 2 of them went to Processing later in the day and then I was able to cancel two of them and keep the one that delivers on 9/16.
Should be a nice upgrade for her.
Decided to stick with my 12 Pro Max for another year as I don’t see a big enough jump and the 12 PM still serves my needs.
I used to upgrade every year just to upgrade but found that I really did not notice a significant change in user experience moving from iPhone to iPhone every year.
Guess I’m at the point where I got with building computers in that building a new PC every year became pointless as the marginal improvements/upgrades did not make a significant improvement in my user experience, other than going from mechanical hard drive to SSD a few years back.
I’m looking for something like HDD to SSD type of user experience upgrade that is noticeable in how I use something every day.
There’s always next year….
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I’m confused on seeing Postal Service, because we don’t hold packages at the station unless a customer specify that they want their package held, held other wise we deliver them, even if it’s before the estimated date of delivery. That would mean if someone was lucky to have a iPhone coming through USPS, and it arrived at the delivery station on 9/15, that phone would be delivered that day, so that we don’t fail our scans for that day. That’s why I think Apple will use UPS and FedEx since they have to hold devices for delivery until the 16th.
said:I’m confused on seeing Postal Service, because we don’t hold packages at the station unless a customer specify that they want their package held, held other wise we deliver them, even if it’s before the estimated date of delivery. That would mean if someone was lucky to have a iPhone coming through USPS, and it arrived at the delivery station on 9/15, that phone would be delivered that day, so that we don’t fail our scans for that day. That’s why I think Apple will use UPS and FedEx since they have to hold devices for delivery until the 16th.
While the flight tracking is definitely an exciting time, I am not gonna miss 2 years ago when I had to chase down my UPS guy who drove by my house and almost didn't deliver my phone after I'd waited all day.
Granted this was a pandemic release but even still...in-store pickup for me thank you.
Granted this was a pandemic release but even still...in-store pickup for me thank you.
Folks. It is almost 6:00 AM in China and workers may have started an early shift or coming in. It would be nice if we get assigned to a tracking number sometime later this evening! There is hope! Otherwise, It may be tomorrow.
256 GB SG 14 Pro Max…postal service shipment by 9/23. I SWEAR when I preordered this morning it said delivery 9/16.
Hoping this doesn’t end up being the case as I sat and refreshed the Apple Store app for 5 minutes after preorder opened before it would let me in and order. Confirmation email at xx:07 AM.
The delay getting to the store happens every year (presumably because I’m on the east coast?) but this is the first time the delay caused a no-launch-day delivery date. I’m guessing the chip shortages are playing a hand.
Hoping this doesn’t end up being the case as I sat and refreshed the Apple Store app for 5 minutes after preorder opened before it would let me in and order. Confirmation email at xx:07 AM.
The delay getting to the store happens every year (presumably because I’m on the east coast?) but this is the first time the delay caused a no-launch-day delivery date. I’m guessing the chip shortages are playing a hand.
Spoken by a hard USPS worker! A Master!
LOL, but there were no scans inbound/outbound from ANC-those populated the next day after everyone split up in SDF. That was a stressful time. Thankfully, time zones work with us in this case!
I wish Apple would give tracking info for in store pick ups as well. I am pretty sure Apple Stores are also getting their shipment of phones from China as well. But I guess if people knew when apple stores are getting their shipments of phones it could lead to safety concerns or thefts I guess.
It would be the earliest for sure if we started seeing tracking numbers today. Don't we usually start seeing them Mondayish?
You did. It was 9-16. Apple changed it on you. I believe it’s a glitch. Same thing happened to me.
It really was. I strongly believe it was a charter flight that is authorized to be hidden approved by the FAA. (Federal Aviation Administration).
Plus it would be an extra effort for them just so we can play along in this thread lol!
Hopefully the my photo stream works better on the 14 pro then it did on my 12 pro. I’ve had a ticket open with Apple for over a year. They acknowledge the problem but no idea how to fix it. An early software update broke it. Works fine on my other devices.
I know MPS is old but I like it
I know MPS is old but I like it
Most likely yes. Sunday is a holiday in China. So, no movement. So It will be Sunday evening (USA, PST) when progress will start to be made.
Thanks. I don’t get it either. This is the 2nd time I’ve preordered and didn’t get in until after 10 minutes and got a launch day delivery date.
No issues for me with iOS 16 and ordering... did the pre-work yesterday and the app opened right up at 5am for me to order
Hope no planes with precious cargo tip over this year.
Apple will never allow that. You mentioned it. Safety concerns. This is an agreement between Apple Retail Store and Apple Corporate. The consumer is not involved until Apple Retail Store gets it and signs the waiver away. Once the pallets of iPhone/orders are released to Apple Retail Store they are responsible for it. Thus, they start to contact the consumers. There is alot of liability and process involved.
Glad to hear I’m not crazy. Sneaky bastards even used a dynamic date in the confirmation email because it too says 9/23.