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Are you going to order the new iPhone 14?


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Kind of feeling this should have been the year I went Silver again… not a huge fan of the bright white back panel but I adore the pure stainless steel band in contrast with the black screen. I went with silver for my iPhone X.

Depending on the flagship color I might order silver for the 15 Pro Max
 
Funny, I wasn’t going to upgrade this year, I was going to keep my 11 Pro but yet somehow I found myself preordering since the carriers were offering 1000 off. And here I am refreshing like a weirdo the next day. I’ve missed the obsession process of preordering. 🤣
 
Was looking at another forum thread here is apples info on setting up esim on your phone pretty simple if you bought a specific carrier phone from apple it is ready to be activated but for those who got a non carrier specific phone there is info here also:

 
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So, I didn't read page by page. So, if I missed anything major, I'm sorry. It's been a busy morning. I reset and returned the Z Fold 4 (long story short, I don't love Samsung software), as well as grabbed an iPhone SE 3 for $150 from someone locally on Facebook Marketplace. It was an older lady who bought it outright from Apple and didn't realize it was going to be so small? I didn't haggle, I just paid what she was asking. It'll be fun to be on the SE 3 for a few days. It's been a while since I've used an iPhone with a home button!

So, I'm sure like many other people in this thread, I was greeted this morning with a notification from the UPS application that there's a new package coming from Apple and that it's already in transit!

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Was looking at mother forum thread here is apples info on setting up esim on your phone pretty simple if you bought a specific carrier phone from apple it is ready to be activated but for those who got a non carrier specific phone there is info here also:

So do we have to switch to esim before activating the new iPhone?
 
So, I didn't read page by page. So, if I missed anything major, I'm sorry. It's been a busy morning. I reset and returned the Z Fold 4 (long story short, I don't love Samsung software), as well as grabbed an iPhone SE 3 for $150 from someone locally on Facebook Marketplace. It was an older lady who bought it outright from Apple and didn't realize it was going to be so small? I didn't haggle, I just paid what she was asking. It'll be fun to be on the SE 3 for a few days. It's been a while since I've used an iPhone with a home button!

So, I'm sure like many other people in this thread, I was greeted this morning with a notification from the UPS application that there's a new package coming from Apple and that it's already in transit!

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Congratulations!!! Woo hoo. Member of One of the first shipment batches! Expect to route to the CGO airport soon. Hopefully, we can all catch up with you. Otherwise, we will be on a separate flight. There is a chance you guys will depart from CGO before the 2nd wave of shipment makes it to the airport. Hopefully, that's not going to be the case and the plane waits for us.
 
Just out of curiosity how do you know the airports the phones depart from?
They pretty much all come from the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. They depart out of CGO which is the airport in ZZ. Once you get your tracking number you can see the entire trail of breadcrumbs your phone follows to get here. You match flight numbers to departure scans.
So, I didn't read page by page. So, if I missed anything major, I'm sorry. It's been a busy morning. I reset and returned the Z Fold 4 (long story short, I don't love Samsung software),
Did you sell it to @LFC2020? 🤣
 
My other order for a Silver 128gb Pro for my mom has a tracking number.

My 256gb Purple Pro does not, hopefully tonight.
Damn! Mom got lucky with a tracking number. Woo hoo. Happy and safe travels to her. Hopefully, you two will be on the same plane departing together ✈️ 🇨🇳
 
They pretty much all come from the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. They depart out of CGO which is the airport in ZZ. Once you get your tracking number you can see the entire trail of breadcrumbs your phone follows to get here. You match flight numbers to departure scans.

Did you sell it to @LFC2020? 🤣
Hah, I just returned it. I posted it up here on the Marketplace but didn't get any bites!
 
I ordered on Friday and secured a pickup time at my local store in the morning, but now the order status on the Apple Store app states the following:

iPhone 14 Pro, available for pickup null

Additionally on the website it shows:

Your item will be ready for pickup shortly

I have not been charged on my card yet and the phone is currently in the Processing status.

Any ideas on what’s going on with my order? Should I still expect that my phone will be available for my original pickup time at my local Apple Store?
 
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