No, this year is different because of COVID, remember? Someone knows someone in logistics who says they can't hold them. Everyone was so sure until they weren't but the truth was never in doubt.So who was the "expert" who previously said in this thread that there's no way Apple will be able to hold all these phones until we get closer to Friday. Well guess what, they're damn sure doing just that. My phone along with many, many other peoples' phones left AK Monday night which means they've been sitting somewhere since then.....