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Other Apple.com iPhone 12/Pro/Max/Mini Pre-Order/Order Status/Delivery Thread (2020) [Merged]

Elwots said:
And I’m assuming since it’s T-Mobile, they probably charge you for it?
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Surprisingly, they didn’t charge me! Two days ago I contacted them by DMing their support Twitter and asked if my plan supported 5G. They said yes, which is great, but that if it had been a while I would need a new SIM. When I said it had been four years, this was their response, verbatim: “In that case we should probably get you a new one! I would be happy to make that happen for you. It's going to be on us of course and I am happy to make this happen.”

It was completely free and had free two-day express shipping. It came today and it’s their new R15 SIM card, the one recommended for 5G SA. Buuuuuut I know support can be kind of wack and it’s a crapshoot, so I may have just gotten lucky. But it was free for me!
 
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I just went and looked at the iPhone 11 thread from last year. My phone had an arrival scan into ZhengZhou on 9/16 (Monday) and then I didn't get any tracking updates until the import scan took place in Louisville the morning of the 19th (Thursday). When the import scan showed up so did all the previous tracking history.

I imagine the same thing will take place this year and my phone is currently sitting on a pallet somewhere at UPS Worldport. The only difference being the arrival scan at ZhenZhou was on a Sunday this year. At least it has other phones to keep it warm until the pallets are broken down. I have faith most of us that have a 10/23 delivery will get our phones on Friday. Not getting the tracking updates really does take a lot of phone out of preordering though.

I almost wonder if Apple and UPS delay updating the tracking on purpose after they caught on that we go nuts for this stuff. Maybe it decreases the number of calls they receive about people wondering where their phone is? Although, I would almost think it would be the opposite and people would be calling worried because their phone has been "sitting in China for 4 days."
 
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I’m in the greater Seattle area and still at ‘Preparing to Ship’ and my friend out here is at that stage as well.

I'm guessing they’re just gonna drop it on my house directly as they fly over tomorrow afternoon? :)

As I said before, I think your location and distance from China has a lot to do with when it ‘ships’, more-so than just what time you ordered it. (eg: first person to order is not very first person to get their phone, east coasters have a lot more travel time so they go out first, and/or those who are further from major freight hubs. Seattle is a direct flight or a one hop from Anchorage)
 
vespid said:
I’m holding off on MagSafe. It would go by my bedside, and my slow wireless charging pad gets it done overnight. I’ve got cables everywhere else.

Maybe if I get a gift card.
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I wonder if MagSafe will be a way to replace a battery case at some point in the future, such as on vacations. Unless it is too inefficient to go through induction.
 
Bea220 said:
Wait... when do we get new MBP? I'm dying to replace my wonderfully ancient 2013 MBP. I almost went for the 2019 magic keyboard release but I'm holding out for the new ones supposedly set to be released by the end of 2020?
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Rumors of maybe November or Q1?!? No leaks yet though but word of a "Mac" centric even in November. I'm not holding on to all hope but it would be a nice surprise.
 
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Is this my iPad from TN???
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thebrick said:
mine is still stuck at "Departed from Facility: Anchorage, AK, United States" since Monday night :/
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Hilarious! I said on Monday that it was worse to see your iPhone sitting in Louisville (or Anchorage) for three days than to see it still sitting in China that long. I admit that I was wrong!

Several times my phone has sat in Louisville for toooo long, and I thought that was bad! But I definitely prefer that to still in that warehouse in ZZ! Someone remind me of that next year. :😁:

That said, it is easy for the iPhones to make it out for delivery in the US in 24 hours from leaving China. So Friday delivery probably needs to arrive at my local hub before 9am EDT, so it'd need to be on a flight by 9am on Thursday, which is 9pm Thursday night in China.

Some years ago I watched (on FlightAware) a UPS 747 containing my iPhone fly over my house on its way from Anchorage to Louisville at 2 or 3am on Friday morning. It was delivered with ease to my home on Friday. Thursday morning didn't look good as it hadn't moved in China, but it delivered on time. Those UPS guys are pretty good at what they do.
 
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Not exactly how UPS works - even though Seattle is closer to Anchorage it'll likely go through Louisville since that's UPS's global hub. My Magsafe charger went from Ontario, CA to Louisville, then to Seattle.
 
Scubamom said:
I’m in that group. I watched my date slip from 10/23 to 11/3 while trying to check out. It wouldn’t have been quite as painful if the website hadn’t been showing me the date changes on screen.
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If you have a local Apple Store, keep checking for in-store stock updates. I have gotten launch day products that were weeks out for online orders. I recently got my Series 6 Watch on launch day when my online order was 10 days away. In previous years I've done the same with iPhones. No guarantees, but amazingly common, especially if you have saved a favorite and your credit card so everything is ready to go when you click "buy".
 
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