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

[ShadowGuardian87]

Thanks for checking! Sheeeesh Mid-October. That's insane. That was another thing I mentioned here that they will instantly be back-ordered. Seems to be that case.

Yea it’s been while since I been in the new iPhone mix but I don’t think I seen phones go this fast in many years.

 

[Shadowbech]

That’s why I stress so much about pre-ordering well in advance because you just never know. What’s expected to happen? 95 million orders secured by Apple and still back ordered. It’s the worst nightmare. Who wants to wait that long!

Yea by that time, time to eye on the next generation.

 

[Foobus]

I posted earlier but I had the same thing happen and contacted Apple Support. The model I wanted was (and is) still in tock for the 16th so they told me I should just cancel and re-order. I did, and for the second time it showed me 9/16 at checkout and then 9/23 afterwards so something weird is going on with the orders. I'm getting the 1TB so there's plenty of availability even in-store but it keeps pushing the shipping date back when I order for delivery

Yes. It appears that you either are the unluckiest of us all, or Apple has chosen a random chunk of addresses in the US that just can't have a phone until 9/23, and must be serviced by the nebulous "postal service". Perhaps some of us have made disparaging comments on the forums one too many times...

Your story, and all of the more detailed ones posted here today, again make me think that this is a glitch in the system. Many people have reported order times that should translate easily into 9/16 deliveries, hours before the ship dates slipped for their phone. They also report that they were promised 9/16 during the order process, even to the point that no choice of shipping was offered (which is true of launch day deliveries - it is free and whatever Apple needs to get it to you that day.) The apparent randomness of who was "chosen" to get "Postal Service" delivery, and the fact that all of these are 9/23 - not earlier, not a date range, not later - also would be very strange if Apple was in fact using USPS, as they don't hold packages. And while orders do go into Preparing for shipment days before actually shipping, if these really are from a batch of phones not yet manufactured, why shift over 14 days early? That is completely outside of launch day behavior over the years. If this is actually a new planned and thought out method of delivering phones, then Apple Logistics is being run by a mostly tipsy orangutan.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

What saved me was not participating in the preorder thread. I didn’t see not one post

Well yeah... that's what you missed out on. That time will never come back. So stick with annual upgrade with the craziness like me.

 

[StaceyMJ86]

I know it will...I was trying to figure out if anyone who shows "Postal Service" shows their iPhone coming in Informed Delivery.

It should start showing sometime next week. Usually 3 days before delivery day.

 

[dmdcash]

FYI my pick up in store just changed to "processing"....

 

[Cyberguycpt]

Must be because everyone loved the flagship color purple lol

Nah. Lol. It probably was the Dynamic Island or the 48 MP camera.

 

[iHeartsteve]

Yea by that time, time to eye on the next generation.

Went to Verizon store today to question them about the esim situation and they had no idea what I was talking about. They just said to come the 16th and they’ll set up my new iPhone. Is this so they can charge me set up fee?

 

[afallnstar]

Once it moves to PFS you cannot cancel the order anymore. It won’t allow it. Due to the fact, a tracking number and label have been assigned. You can only cancel it under the “processing stage”.

It's my second order (selected in store pickup) that I can't cancel. it's still showing as Order Placed.

Honestly with supply chains the way they are you migjt be be able to post it on eBay for like double the price

Fair point...hate to do that to someone that wants the phone for retail on launch day though.

 

[cthompson94]

FYI my pick up in store just changed to "processing"....

lucky! Maybe that mean good news coming to me soon, my in store is still showing "order placed"

 

[dweb619_2]

Starting to see some movement on day one.

 

[jk73]

Probably reported by plenty of others already — I'm 20 pages behind and not going to try to catch up — but my ~8:25 am "arrives on 9/23 by postal service" has updated to "preparing to ship," so the date and shipping method appear to be a glitch.

Best of luck to everyone.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

If this is actually a new planned and thought out method of delivering phones, then Apple Logistics is being run by a mostly tipsy orangutan.

😭😭😭

If Apple does pick USPS as the main carrier I’m so ready to email Tim Cook. He better feature my letter at the Fall Apple Event in 2023.

 

[Shadowbech]

Went to Verizon store today to question them about the esim situation and they had no idea what I was talking about. They just said to come the 16th and they’ll set up my new iPhone. Is this so they can charge me set up fee?

hmmm..did you had to enter your verizon account detail when you pre-preordered?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Starting to see some movement on day one.

Movement with the Apple Watch as well. Very nice! Congrats

 

[MatthewStorm]

This was theeeee absolute most difficult pre-ordering experience I’ve had…and I upgrade every year. The TL;DR is that I still managed to get what I wanted, a Dark Purple 128gb 14 Pro with release day pickup. The too long version is that it took forever, and I currently have 2 orders for it. I did the pre-pre order through the app so I could speed through my worst-case scenario order if needed, and it turns out I did. I had 1) military discount, which you can’t get through the app (nor can you use it with Apple Card financing, but I’ll come back to that), and 2) a $354 Apple Account balance that I wanted to use. Well, my first attempts were through the website, which I couldn’t even access until ~8:15EST. While waiting for that, I tried several times to complete the “Get Ready” I’d done through the app. Kept getting to payment and it failed authorization…for all 3 methods I attempted. One I could understand (my Discover tends to err on the side of caution and send a text asking if I attempted a transaction), but the other 2 should have had no problems. One was my Apple Card that has a zero balance (but is still active)! Apple Pay wouldn’t work. Credit cards wouldn’t work. When I finally got in through the app…same thing. Finally about 8:50 I was able to get it through in the app; not ideal as it was the monthly financing which I didn’t want to do because I couldn’t get the $100 mil disc nor use my Apple Account balance. But I’d rather do that than nothing. Even after placing that order, I tried several more times to place an order through the military storefront and that FINALLY went through about 10:50. And still for Sept 16 pickup. That was my ideal situation as I was able to get the $899 price and use my $354 balance. The other piece is that we will be traveling; we check out of our hotel in Orlando that day to head to TN. The earliest I was able to get for pickup by that point was 2:45pm but I did order a watch yesterday with an 11:00 time slot so hopefully they’ll take pity on me and give me both then or my husband is gonna be PISSED that we’re not at least 3 hours down the road by then 😂

I think it really blows chunks I can't use my military discount with financing.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

My iPhone 13 Pro Max is running very hot right now lol I can feel the heat coming out from back of the phone.

 

[naturalstar]

😭😭😭

If Apple does pick USPS as the main carrier I’m so ready to email Tim Cook. He better feature my letter at the Fall Apple Event in 2023.

Tell ‘em! We do not accept this! 😤

 

[iHeartsteve]

hmmm..did you had to enter your verizon account detail when you pre-preordered?

No, my phone number appeared in the box where u choose which carrier

 

[whiteshadoww]

All of us with the same story, and Postal Service 9/23 sure hope that is the truth....

Curious how many minutes after launch did you make the order and what time did you receive the email conf?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Tell ‘em! We do not accept this! 😤

We’re not going to accept this and tolerate it. I may start a petition or something. But I strongly believe all iPhones will be delivered by UPS. Time will tell.

 

[Brad7]

My iPhone 13 Pro Max is running very hot right now lol I can feel the heat coming out from back of the phone.

It knows its replacement is on the way and is angry. 😆

 

[magicschoolbus]

It's my second order (selected in store pickup) that I can't cancel. it's still showing as Order Placed.



Fair point...hate to do that to someone that wants the phone for retail on launch day though.

Ya I agree I hate scalpers but if you can’t cancel— I’m sure someone will take it off your hands

 

[MatthewStorm]

It could be because of the Holiday coming up for Harvest Moon. There's an extra day off. So maybe Apple is pushing it through. The logistic team in China has all of this planned out. They go by it accordingly.

Hahahaha! It's Moon Festival not Harvest Moon. Hahaha.

 

[valinda]

hmmm..did you had to enter your verizon account detail when you pre-preordered?

I like to go to myVerizon online and do the chat. They may know more.