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Are you going to order the new iPhone 14?


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Well, I got hosed by UPS. Delivery date of the 16th. On the 14th I requested a hold on the package at the CC so that I could pick it up in the morning, rather than wait for home delivery, which is usually at 7ish at night in my neighborhood. Friday morning, the tracking showed ā€œrequest for hold acknowledgedā€ and ā€œout for deliveryā€. So, which is it? I called the customer support line. It took a while to get past the robot voice and to a human. I was informed it was being held. About a half hour later tracking changed, showing ā€œbeing held for pickupā€. Great! Iā€™m on my way. I get there, they canā€™t find my package. Iā€™m there close to an hour while they make calls and search in their building, as well as the loading docks facility next door. No package. They blame the facility across town where the package first arrived. (The scans clearly show it arriving at this facility in the wee hours of the morning). They apologize and thank me for being calm and patient. They tell me they will call me in 2 hours, no matter what, to let me know what is going on. Finally, 4 hours later, they call and say the package is no where to be found. They also tell me that I have to call customer support and tell them to put a tracer on it. (Why do I have to initiate this?!) So, I spend several minutes trying to get around the robot voice again, having much more difficulty getting a live person than I did earlier in the morning. While searching the web for ideas on getting to a live person, I see an email for customer support, so I send an email asking for help with the situation. I finally get to a live person and she says no, she canā€™t put a tracer on the package and asks for my email address. Tells me she is sending me an email and says goodbye. The email is nothing more than a canned message telling me to go on the website and file a claim. About an hour later I get a response from the email I sent to customer support. Their email apologizes for the problem and tells me since it is an international shipment, I canā€™t file a claim, I have to contact Apple. Itā€™s ā€œpass the buckā€ at every turn. The CC, of course, is closed all weekend. Iā€™m hoping for a call on Monday morning reporting that it was found on one of the trucks returning on Friday evening after they closed. Most likely, Iā€™m stuck going to Apple and having to start over with an order. UPS only charged me $5.99 for this pleasant experience! How can I be so fortunate?!?!
 
So the Pro isn't as big or as heavy as I'd expected. I should've gone Max! UGH šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø
Iā€™ve had the 12 & 13 regular versions instead of the Pros due to the weight. However due to the features of the pro this time, I wanted to give it another try. Glad I did, itā€™s not bad at all. Itā€™s strangely easy to hold so you donā€™t feel the weight as much, if that makes sense.
 
FWIW, I ordered from Xfinity Mobile on the 13th. From the order confirmation I received, they were expecting shipment on 10-7. This afternoon I received a shipping notice with expected delivery on Wednesday.

I am curious, do carriers just take orders for the phones and then forward that order to Apple which then does the actual shipping? That would seem like the most efficient way to do it but you never know.

-kp
 
Not going to lie. This AOD is kinda cool. It's going to take some time to get used to it.

Everytime I look at my iPhone I feel like I need to turn it off. It's creepy, hahah!
I used to set my phone down face up, but I wonder if users will end up setting their phones down face down, which Apple says would turn off AOD. I have started to do this (even though my 14PM hasnā€™t come in yet). I think the usefulness of AOD will become apparent as time goes on, and depending on circumstances.

I have my phone set to ā€œtap to wakeā€, so AOD will be nice for me if I can get quick info without having to unlock the phone.
 
Well, I got hosed by UPS. Delivery date of the 16th. On the 14th I requested a hold on the package at the CC so that I could pick it up in the morning, rather than wait for home delivery, which is usually at 7ish at night in my neighborhood. Friday morning, the tracking showed ā€œrequest for hold acknowledgedā€ and ā€œout for deliveryā€. So, which is it? I called the customer support line. It took a while to get past the robot voice and to a human. I was informed it was being held. About a half hour later tracking changed, showing ā€œbeing held for pickupā€. Great! Iā€™m on my way. I get there, they canā€™t find my package. Iā€™m there close to an hour while they make calls and search in their building, as well as the loading docks facility next door. No package. They blame the facility across town where the package first arrived. (The scans clearly show it arriving at this facility in the wee hours of the morning). They apologize and thank me for being calm and patient. They tell me they will call me in 2 hours, no matter what, to let me know what is going on. Finally, 4 hours later, they call and say the package is no where to be found. They also tell me that I have to call customer support and tell them to put a tracer on it. (Why do I have to initiate this?!) So, I spend several minutes trying to get around the robot voice again, having much more difficulty getting a live person than I did earlier in the morning. While searching the web for ideas on getting to a live person, I see an email for customer support, so I send an email asking for help with the situation. I finally get to a live person and she says no, she canā€™t put a tracer on the package and asks for my email address. Tells me she is sending me an email and says goodbye. The email is nothing more than a canned message telling me to go on the website and file a claim. About an hour later I get a response from the email I sent to customer support. Their email apologizes for the problem and tells me since it is an international shipment, I canā€™t file a claim, I have to contact Apple. Itā€™s ā€œpass the buckā€ at every turn. The CC, of course, is closed all weekend. Iā€™m hoping for a call on Monday morning reporting that it was found on one of the trucks returning on Friday evening after they closed. Most likely, Iā€™m stuck going to Apple and having to start over with an order. UPS only charged me $5.99 for this pleasant experience! How can I be so fortunate?!?!
WTH
 
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So it continues. Now looks like whatever it is they are doing is coming from Louisvilleā€¦again. Not sure if they actually found my package or are hastily sending me a replacement or if itā€™s a ghost shipment. Official tracking status at least no longer says delivered but on its way.
 
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So it continues. Now looks like whatever it is they are doing is coming from Louisvilleā€¦again. Not sure if they actually found my package or are hastily sending me a replacement or if itā€™s a ghost shipment. Official tracking status at least no longer says delivered but on its way.
Check out Best Buy. They have plenty available.
 
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So it continues. Now looks like whatever it is they are doing is coming from Louisvilleā€¦again. Not sure if they actually found my package or are hastily sending me a replacement or if itā€™s a ghost shipment. Official tracking status at least no longer says delivered but on its way.
This is one of the more interesting trackings I have seen and sorry you are going through this.

I am myopic when I say this from experience. I donā€™t think UPS could replace the package this quickly. However. Based on the claim I am assuming they know what type of device you had.

When you get the iPhone and you have AppleCare or a payment plan make sure the serial numbers match. If not, it will create a mess.

Mentioned this a few times here so apologies to mention it again but my iPhone was stolen at UPS last year before it ever got to me. It was part of a large amount of iPhones stolen. It showed on my tracking as ā€œcustomer refused deliveryā€ my UPS driver thought it was a trade in box because it was empty and then saw a slit across the bottom.

Last year, my claim still had Apple sending me the replacement device. Of course things can change this year but the fact it shows delivered is the interesting thing for me and I am not sure if you will ever get the answer unless you know the UPS delivery person.
 
šŸ˜‚ just like last year, this thread completely died.
Yeah. Would be cool to have people in different delivery windows (once they know them) to take the lead to give those waves the same experience as the initial deliveries. Itā€™s time consuming of course and might be tough to find the volunteers that would have the time to do that.
 
Finally up to date with this thread!
@jr866gooner I don't think you read every single post tho. Because someone suggested it would take this many hours šŸ˜ see the post below. You also ignored Tim Cook's response. šŸ‘€

It will take about 55 hours if you spent 10 seconds on each post.
@jr866gooner She lied to Tim Cook when iPhone 14 was announced. Lied about the color. Check out @MrENGLISH post below. Yesterday, Tim Cook CEO of Apple stopped by and confirmed it himself
Personally, check it out. This is the real deal. šŸ˜‚

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GOOD MORNING!

Fax she told me she got Deep Purple when I asked, then I checked her Pre-Order and it said Silver! A damn lie!
 
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