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Which Phone will you order?

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Okay.. I looked in my UPS My Choice app today.. and it's still reading a Nov 15 arrival date (this Wed) .. But my message has changed... STILL in ZhengZhou - but with this 'new' message:

"11/12/17 8:30PM 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."

Anyone else seen that exact message? Any idea what the he!! it means?
 
Well mine has departed from Shanghai, China and I can assume it’s on its way to either Alaska or to Los Angeles since I live in Las Vegas. But my delivery info was Nov 16, and now it says “
Scheduled Delivery:

Scheduled delivery information is not available at this time. Please check back later.

Now that tells me that it may come earlier than expected. It was Thursday 16th, but I am hoping it will show up a day earlier. But may be wishful thinking and it could even be delayed but right now it’s looking good to be early. But we will see. It should arrive at Alaska today sometime or even to Los Angeles maybe. One thing is for sure, I will be watching for it wherever it shows up. :)
 
For next year.. The best kept secret... is simply this.. Well.. if you're not an IUP client.. which has its own set of cool ways to be first in line on PreOrder night...

But for the average peon.. here's what you do to increase your chances of getting a launch day phone. Screenshot this post. You'll thank me next year.

• One launch night DAY TIME.. Go into your account with Apple. Make sure your payment method is updated.. including re-entering your security code for your credit card one more time.. Hit save.
• Then - HOURS before night fall.. early in the day... before the webpage closes down to the 'we have something special for you page'.. Go into the Store on the web on your phone app and choose the newest iPhone.
• Go through all the pages.. Choose your phone.. size, color, etc.. even your carrier.. the app will check with ATT, Verizon Etc to qualify you have an upgrade coming.. and go ALL the way to the last page for Checkout.
• Checkout will be grayed out - and it will say PRODUCT NOT AVAILABLE.. That's okay...
• THEN on your computer BOOKMARK that page.. On your phone app.. Click on the little page icon with the up arrow on it at the bottom of the window and in next screen choose ADD TO HOMESCREEN.. This will be a bookmark of sorts.

Then after the website goes down into the WAITING queue later at night.. you'll have your bookmark ready..

Just keep refreshing that page (if on computer) after midnight.. And you'll be taken IMMEDIATELY to the checkout - click on your credit card payment.. BOOM - DONE - Launch date delivery.. For most of you who try this.

If on phone.. Keep quitting out of the app in the switcher and then reentering through your book mark on the SpringBoard of your phone.. This works with Apple app or any Carrier app too.

That's the only way to 'be in the game' anymore with the huge demand.. If you get in - right after midnight and have to take time to enter all info.. You'll never have a chance.. except for the less popular phones.. Like next year you'll likely have a better chance of getting the 'smaller' phones.. than the bigger one..

Good luck.. NEXT year.. :)
 
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NewdestinyX said:
Okay.. I looked in my UPS My Choice app today.. and it's still reading a Nov 15 arrival date (this Wed) .. But my message has changed... STILL in ZhengZhou - but with this 'new' message:

"11/12/17 8:30PM 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."

Anyone else seen that exact message? Any idea what the he!! it means?
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Same here. I don't believe it can make it on Wednesday.
 
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Elidroth said:
Mine left ZhengZhou yesterday finally from the clearing process. Unfortunately it has to go all the way to the USA then all the way out to Afghanistan where I'm deployed. I probably won't see it for another 2 weeks at least.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!
 
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Can someone whose shipment went through Shanghai, China can you post the destinations or tracking flight info as I don’t think my flight is going through Korea. My guess is that it’s headed to Alaska. Then on to maybe the main Hub in Ky. Has any of you had your phone go through Shanghai? If so what is the next destination then in this case?
 
NewdestinyX said:
For next year.. The best kept secret... is simply this.. Well.. if you're not an IUP client.. which has its own set of cool ways to be first in line on PreOrder night...

But for the average peon.. here's what you do to increase your chances of getting a launch day phone. Screenshot this post. You'll thank me next year.

• One launch night DAY TIME.. Go into your account with Apple. Make sure your payment method is updated.. including re-entering your security code for your credit card one more time.. Hit save.
• Then - HOURS before night fall.. early in the day... before the webpage closes down to the 'we have something special for you page'.. Go into the Store on the web on your phone app and choose the newest iPhone.
• Go through all the pages.. Choose your phone.. size, color, etc.. even your carrier.. the app will check with ATT, Verizon Etc to qualify you have an upgrade coming.. and go ALL the way to the last page for Checkout.
• Checkout will be grayed out - and it will say PRODUCT NOT AVAILABLE.. That's okay...
• THEN on your computer BOOKMARK that page.. On your phone app.. Click on the little page icon with the up arrow on it at the bottom of the window and in next screen choose ADD TO HOMESCREEN.. This will be a bookmark of sorts.

Then after the website goes down into the WAITING queue later at night.. you'll have your bookmark ready..

Just keep refreshing that page (if on computer) after midnight.. And you'll be taken IMMEDIATELY to the checkout - click on your credit card payment.. BOOM - DONE - Launch date delivery.. For most of you who try this.

If on phone.. Keep quitting out of the app in the switcher and then reentering through your book mark on the SpringBoard of your phone.. This works with Apple app or any Carrier app too.

That's the only way to 'be in the game' anymore with the huge demand.. If you get in - right after midnight and have to take time to enter all info.. You'll never have a chance.. except for the less popular phones.. Like next year you'll likely have a better chance of getting the 'smaller' phones.. than the bigger one..

Good luck.. NEXT year.. :)
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I did this and still ended up weeks out.

It’s ok. It’s fun to try and when the phone arrives I’ll be happy
 
Who else is stuck in the same place where I am?
Tracking UPS 2017-11-13 21-37-51.jpg
 
Joe Siegler said:
I've seen people on that flight say they've landed. I'm not, I suspect I'm on UPS99, which is still enroute.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS99
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Yes, I believe (or is it just hope... ) that I’m also on UPS99. Looks like a Thursday delivery instead of the prior Tuesday plan.

Footnote - it’s “aye” as in yes, not “I” as in me.

I actually tried to do exactly as proposed with refreshing pages and ended up ordering at 12.19, with no access beforehand.
 
NewdestinyX said:
For next year.. The best kept secret... is simply this.. Well.. if you're not an IUP client.. which has its own set of cool ways to be first in line on PreOrder night...

But for the average peon.. here's what you do to increase your chances of getting a launch day phone. Screenshot this post. You'll thank me next year.

• One launch night DAY TIME.. Go into your account with Apple. Make sure your payment method is updated.. including re-entering your security code for your credit card one more time.. Hit save.
• Then - HOURS before night fall.. early in the day... before the webpage closes down to the 'we have something special for you page'.. Go into the Store on the web on your phone app and choose the newest iPhone.
• Go through all the pages.. Choose your phone.. size, color, etc.. even your carrier.. the app will check with ATT, Verizon Etc to qualify you have an upgrade coming.. and go ALL the way to the last page for Checkout.
• Checkout will be grayed out - and it will say PRODUCT NOT AVAILABLE.. That's okay...
• THEN on your computer BOOKMARK that page.. On your phone app.. Click on the little page icon with the up arrow on it at the bottom of the window and in next screen choose ADD TO HOMESCREEN.. This will be a bookmark of sorts.

Then after the website goes down into the WAITING queue later at night.. you'll have your bookmark ready..

Just keep refreshing that page (if on computer) after midnight.. And you'll be taken IMMEDIATELY to the checkout - click on your credit card payment.. BOOM - DONE - Launch date delivery.. For most of you who try this.

If on phone.. Keep quitting out of the app in the switcher and then reentering through your book mark on the SpringBoard of your phone.. This works with Apple app or any Carrier app too.

That's the only way to 'be in the game' anymore with the huge demand.. If you get in - right after midnight and have to take time to enter all info.. You'll never have a chance.. except for the less popular phones.. Like next year you'll likely have a better chance of getting the 'smaller' phones.. than the bigger one..

Good luck.. NEXT year.. :)
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In addition to the above, I would advise the following:

Verizon customers using the Verizon app and website seemed to have the best luck, the Verizon app went live a good 10 mins before midnight, and Verizon seemed to also still have launch day deliveries for Verizon phones for a longer period of time than a Verizon phone through Apple. When I was finally able to enter the Apple store app at 12:15 pt, Verizon phones on Apple were already pushed 2 weeks out whilst the same phones were still available for launch day delivery through Vertizon. Therefore do this:

If not a Verizon customer:

1) sign-up for a post pay month to month plan (smallest plan available) - currently $35 for 2GB with an additional $20 for the line. I recommend adding a 2nd line (extra $20) so that you have more options (and a better chance) if there are multiple versions/colors of the phone. That's $55 or $75 plus tax. Plan to cancel within a month.
2) As soon as the keynote is done, find your nearest Verizon authorized dealer store and ask to be added to the pre-order list where they will order a phone for you. The one on 8th avenue is in Hells kitchen NYC Russel Cellular was fantastic and delivered for me. Just give them your number and account pin.
3) In addition, to refreshing the Apple website above, and the apple app as described above, also keep doing the same with the Verizon app which will actually have a countdown timer so keep an eye on that whilst still refreshing because this year it from 10 mins to go to 30 seconds to go in just a few seconds (to adjust for going live well before midnight). If you get in with Verizon early, just go ahead and snag your order. Then if you have a 2nd line, either use that to order another when Apple goes live or order another color / model through Verizon.
4) if the above fails, Verizon offered "in-store pick-up" through their website at 3am local time on launch day morning. If you have a pending order through Apple pushed weeks out, you will need that 2nd line.
5) Once you receive your Verizon phone, take out the SIM card and insert your own before turning on and activating the phone. It will work on all carriers and you avoid the $30 upgrade fee. If you had to get the phone through Verizon and pay the $30 upgrade fee with the phone, call customer service and bullsh#t your way to getting that credited. Worked for most.
6) Once your new phone is active, call Verizon and cancel your lines.

If a current Verizon customer, follow most of the above.
 
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WizardHunt said:
Can someone whose shipment went through Shanghai, China can you post the destinations or tracking flight info as I don’t think my flight is going through Korea. My guess is that it’s headed to Alaska. Then on to maybe the main Hub in Ky. Has any of you had your phone go through Shanghai? If so what is the next destination then in this case?
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I am in Shanghai, and still there....since the 10th...this is getting annoying. Apple has pushed my delivery back to the 21 although UPS says I'll have it by EOB on the 16th
 
bparks115 said:
I think that the UPS departure scan and the actual flight departure are two different things. The phone (or pallet that the phone is on) is scanned as it’s leaving the facility to be loaded onto the plane and that’s where you see UPS’s departure scan. Then theoretically the plane departure should be shortly after that.
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I couldn’t care less who was right. But my lady friend’s package shows it arrived into anchorage. So it did make the ups 53 flight. I’m so glad for that. Now it has three days from now. Anybody think anchorage to Southern California by Thursday is do-able?!
 
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I couldn’t care less who was right. But my lady friend’s package shows it arrived into anchorage. So it did make the ups 53 flight. I’m so glad for that. Now it has three days from now. Anybody think anchorage to Southern California by Thursday is do-able?!
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My phone had 6:50 PM departure scan and also was on UPS53 - fingers crossed for getting it tomorrow in NY.
 
Just got the update, in AK. Must have been on flight UPS53 as UPS99 hasn't landed in AK yet. Which makes me think the scans / status updates are a bit behind. I'm hoping it's continuing on UPS53 since that's headed to Louisville. No status as to the departure from AK though.
 

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Just got the update, in AK. Must have been on flight UPS53 as UPS99 hasn't landed in AK yet. Which makes me think the scans / status updates are a bit behind. I'm hoping it's continuing on UPS53 since that's headed to Louisville. No status as to the departure from AK though.
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Good for you! My wife’s phone shows almost the same arrival scans in China and has been sitting there since the 10th.
 
Bruin23 said:
Mine seems to be a little more updated than yours, my phone also arrived at Anchorage at 8:06 am 11/13/2017. Mine is now showing:

Anchorage, AK, United States 11/13/2017 9:47 A.M. Departure Scan
11/13/2017 8:06 A.M. Arrival Scan

Looks like it's on the UPS53 flight to KY set to arrive 7:37 EST:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS53/history/20171113/1846Z/PANC/KSDF

We should be on the same flight.
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Mine is like the other guy’s. Shows landed into anchorage but no departure yet. They wouldn’t have taken the pallets off in anchorage right?! Meaning it should be on at way to Louisville I hope.
 
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