You're doing better than I am...I have the exact same dates/status as you ... but no departure from China / arrival in Incheon.
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I tried exactly what you did and also did not get a phone. this and the fact that my order status did not change once since 10/27 compelled me to cancel my order. my local store had availability - i even have a screenshot of it - but my order was still valid so i could not reserve another phone for the same phone number i used.
so my strategy - i cancelled my order yesterday and im using istocknow's browser alerts to tell me when my config is available in my area. i like gambling so i took the risk and cancelled my order. no looking back
re the size - go for the 256gb. better quality pics+video = hog more space. so i think it's better to be safe than sorry.
i am itching to get my hands on one too but not to the detriment of my overall satisfaction of using the phone long term
good luck my friend.
I haven't given details this thread yet.
Order Details
ATT - SG 256GB
Full Pay
00:16:59
11/17 to 11/24
Credit Card Charged: 2PM 11/07
Tracking Notification: Arrived Midnight 11/07-11/8
Shipped: China 11/08/2017 4:14 A.M. (ET) Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Current Location/Check in: ZhengZhou, China 11/10/2017 3:28 P.M. Your package is in transit. We're updating plans to schedule your delivery. / The package will be forwarded to a UPS facility in the destination city.
So there it sits 11/08 to 11/10 in ZhengZhou... I guess thats where they install government back doors to your phone.
Order Details
ATT - SG 256GB
Full Pay
00:16:59
11/17 to 11/24
Credit Card Charged: 2PM 11/07
Tracking Notification: Arrived Midnight 11/07-11/8
Shipped: China 11/08/2017 4:14 A.M. (ET) Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Current Location/Check in: ZhengZhou, China 11/10/2017 3:28 P.M. Your package is in transit. We're updating plans to schedule your delivery. / The package will be forwarded to a UPS facility in the destination city.
So there it sits 11/08 to 11/10 in ZhengZhou... I guess thats where they install government back doors to your phone.
hahahaahaha yup. those deeply rooted back doors take at least 2-3 days for a proper installation >.<
i am also in the same status. i am sure this has to do with apple trying to save more money on delivery charges.3 days in China so far. And still have to go through Incheon.
Phone finally has started shipping for me but is currently sitting in Shanghai. Original estimate was 17-24, got pushed to 20-27 and now has a 11/16 delivery date. Everyone I have seen on here so far seems to have gone from Zhengzhou straight to Korea. Anyone else have a layover in Shanghai?
Um, more like Apple passed the costs and more straight onto us. The only splitting Apple is doing are those profits amongst the executives. I would hardly consider being charged $1,149 for a phone as being given a bone by them
Space Gray 256 ATT - order placed around 316am, has been in 17 to 24 group - just went Preparing for Shipment and CC was charged. Progress.
Just a heads up, the phone sitting on the tarmac, or in a pallet has nothing to do with Apple. They paid for UPS Worldwide Expedited, which is 4-5 business days, please note UPS Business Days are Monday to Friday, so that if your phone, like mine shipped on 11/6 a monday, it is expected to arrive on a Friday, as it ended up doing, but in the interim it sat on a tarmac for two days in Incheon/Zhengzhou, and waited for multiple rounds of customs review. UPS has a plan for everything, which is why once it leaves Incheon, it will get to you very quickly because all the hurdles are gone.
Apple could have paid for UPS Worldwide Express which is 1-2 business days, but the cost is about 4x higher, even with their discount(s), which are sure to be astronomical.
Waiting does indeed suck
If I am not mistaken, by reading these threads obsessively, this is the route that most of the phones takes. From KY they get sent to whatever states they are ending up in. So AK to KY is the norm regardless of where u live.
iPhone X delivered!
Ordered @ 12:16AM Oct/27
Scheduled delivery estimate: 17/Nov -> 24/Nov
Actual Delivery: 11/Nov [Only one week after the iPhone X was released] .
Lesson learned: Disregard UPS tracking information -- they will get it to your door on-time.
Thanks for the fun guys! Hope you all get your phones soon.
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Ordered @ 12:16AM Oct/27
Scheduled delivery estimate: 17/Nov -> 24/Nov
Actual Delivery: 11/Nov [Only one week after the iPhone X was released] .
Lesson learned: Disregard UPS tracking information -- they will get it to your door on-time.
Thanks for the fun guys! Hope you all get your phones soon.
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- San Francisco, CA, US
- 11/10/2017 8:35 A.M.
- Out For Delivery Today
- 11/10/2017 3:43 A.M.
- Destination Scan
- 11/10/2017 2:14 A.M.
- Arrival Scan
- Oakland, CA, US
- 11/10/2017 1:14 A.M.
- Departure Scan
- Oakland, CA, US
- 11/09/2017 5:45 P.M.
- Arrival Scan
- Louisville, KY, US
- 11/09/2017 3:51 P.M.
- Departure Scan
- 11/09/2017 11:19 A.M.
- Import Scan
- 11/09/2017 3:34 A.M.
- Import Scan
- 11/09/2017 12:42 A.M.
- Arrival Scan
- Anchorage, AK, US
- 11/08/2017 2:46 P.M.
- Departure Scan
- 11/08/2017 12:48 P.M.
- Arrival Scan
- 11/08/2017 10:43 A.M.
- The package is awaiting clearing agency review. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
- Chek Lap Kok, HK
- 11/08/2017 8:38 P.M.
- Departure Scan
- 11/08/2017 6:56 P.M.
- Arrival Scan
- Incheon, KR
- 11/08/2017 4:08 P.M.
- Departure Scan
- Incheon, KR
- 11/06/2017 7:46 P.M.
- Arrival Scan
- ZhengZhou, CN
- 11/06/2017 4:22 P.M.
- Departure Scan
- 11/04/2017 6:35 A.M.
- The package is awaiting clearing agency...
This is Apple throwing you a bone...the shipper is the only one that can ask for Saturday Delivery and UPS charges an additional $40 bucks*probably have a discounted rate, but Apple had to reach out to them...
Louisville is the UPS Superhub. Everything routes through Louisville to be sorted to the destination hub. Hopefully you will receive tomorrow.
Phone finally made it to my CC. I called the number to get it set up for will call instead of delivery on Monday. Going to get the phone in a couple of hours.
I called apple to try and convert my online order to a store pickup. Lady was nice but we ended up loosing my order all together. She said she thought she had it on hold. Fun stuff.
Anyone know what time the apple stores update inventory?
Anyone know what time the apple stores update inventory?
welcome to my current hell, friend.
the general concensus on this forum is that the store updates at midnight and 6am-ish in the mornings.
i did the same as you - had an online order, but i purposely cancelled it yesterday. now im on the hunt for a phone myself.
good luck and use istocknow.com to babysit inventory.
I'm hoping any Apple store in the northern 2/3rds of Ohio restock. I have 5 to pick from in a 1.5 hour distance.
I got a 64 gig by mistake(delivered today). I can't find a 256 to save my life. I actually had one in my cart 2 days ago(Summit Mall Store) by the time I hit order I got an error message that it was't available. I'm in Ohio too.
I was calling apple at the same time Polaris, Easton and Summit had full stock. I honestly should have just let it go
Whelp, mine has arrived! Pretty impressed at how fast UPS got the phone from Korea to Manhattan once it cleared customs. Best of luck to everyone still waiting!