This was almost my exact experience today. Have ordered multiple iPhones on launch day for UPS CC pickup. The tracking scans this year have been more sporadic it seems. Phone tracking showed arrival at destination facility at around 7AM EST. UPS CC here opens at 9:30AM. Normally, I’d be one of the people waiting outside the CC to get my phone, but this year decided to wait a little bit to see if my UPS tracking would update to “ready for pickup.” I gave them until 10AM, and then went to the CC anyway. Upon arriving, the UPS rep checks their will-call system to no avail. He then asks for the tracking number, spends a few minutes walking thru it with me and says that the “destination” scan was a computer generated scan and that my package was not there and would probably not be there until Monday. We went back and forth for a little bit (he tried to say Apple didn’t ship it correctly and that international packages never have guaranteed delivery), and ultimately I realized he couldn’t magically make the package appear so I left and went back home. As soon as I got home, I checked the tracking again and behold - it finally updated to “ready for pickup.” So back to the CC. At this point, there is another iPhone early adopter there and the guy is on the phone with someone at “the hub,” which is also on the same campus as the CC. He now confirms that both my phone and the other guys’ phone is there. Crazy experience and it’s never been like that. Before ultimately getting my phone, I was thinking maybe next year I won’t do CC pickup and instead opt for an Apple Store pickup. Who knows, though.
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This also happened to me. Cellular would not activate on the new phone. Turned it off and back on. Still wouldn’t activate. Eventually swapped sims, putting the sim from the old phone into the new phone. Still was wonky as later it had me setup an e-sim and transfer the cell service from the old to the new. Noticed later in the day that I wasn’t getting 5G cell signal - only 5GE. Stopped by ATT store and they put a new sim into the phone - voila - 5G cell signal. ATT said they had a lot of iPhone 12 users in for similar issues as me.
Eh, tonight would have perfect to test out a new phone (night mode would be new to me), actually slightly warmer and even a tad humid where I am. 3 weeks until Pro Max -can chage
These Verizon texts - also those "Bot Assistant" chat boxes that show up on various websites remind me of the old classic - and very annoying MS "Clippy." 😆
My graphite 12 Pro arrived a little before 7 last night, opened the box and put it aside until this morning. It’s now set up and seems a nice replacement for my (cracked screen) XS Max. I think I will be very happy with the slightly smaller size, but the silicone case will be replaced as soon as I find something else I like. Swarovski still don’t have any for the 12/Pro yet 😁.
It took me 4 hours chatting with T-Mobile help yesterday to get new SIM cards for the 12 Pro’s I received. Hopefully they’re sending the right SIM cards.
Update on iPhone Pro black 128gb: delivery switched from 2th November to 27th October (Tuesday)
I got lucky this time as they came before 12 pm for once. Shocked.
Same! I also don’t like how slick it is. Getting a leather case as soon as I can.
So I missed my delivery yesterday as the driver came around 8:30 PM and I had to go to work the night shift for Friday night... It then said attempted delivery - Monday is next delivery time basically. I just checked again and it says it's on a truck and scheduled delivery is for Saturday October 24, 2020. Interesting... Anyone else seeing this?
I noticed the same thing. They called me back on a shipping issue and the call was super awkward. It was like I was the cashier and the Apple rep was buying condoms nervously. They tried to blame demand for a late delivery. I’m not getting mine until later next week even though I ordered as soon as the site was up. Like they have been doing this for a decade and figured out how to cram more iPhones on a pallet, why is it still so bad. Maybe they should use some of their billions to improve customer experience.
Yeah people are saying 5G is worse than LTE in most areas. I just swapped my AT&T SIM and stayed on my Mobile Share plan. No use spending $15 more than speeds worse than I’m getting now.
My wife’s silver iPhone 12 Pro finally showed up last night around 6:45pm. We plugged it straight into her MacBook to restore and it activated on AT&T within minutes. Got her all setup.
She’s still getting comfortable with the phone. She’s coming from an iPhone 8, so no home button, plus the size increase is really making her worry that the phone is too big and that she might’ve wanted to wait for the Mini. I told her to give it a few days to verify that’s the case as we were going to trade in the 8 today for the ATT $800 billing credits.
She’s still getting comfortable with the phone. She’s coming from an iPhone 8, so no home button, plus the size increase is really making her worry that the phone is too big and that she might’ve wanted to wait for the Mini. I told her to give it a few days to verify that’s the case as we were going to trade in the 8 today for the ATT $800 billing credits.
I think it depends how congested the area is. This is on LTE in West Texas.
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@swarlos, the color is amazing. I’m very happy with my choice.
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Man, best choice.
Yes, they match perfectly. I wish there were too. When they do decide to produce one, I will have it. 😉
Ok so here is my reasoning. When I called Apple thursday because I was still concerned it was going to NY and would get stolen, the apple rep said "have no fear, if they deliver it to NY we will simply write it off as a loss and overnight ship you a new device". They know its their fault they couldn't do something as simple as change an address when having 6 days to do so, and they were willing to eat $900 over it. Im just asking for AppleCare to cover the fact that I had to have my friend from NY drive 30 min both ways to intercept the phone and spend $100 to ship it +$50 for his work. I think overall thats a pretty damn good deal for apple
Mine updated yesterday from Nov 27th down to Nov 11th.
Yes I’m having this same issue but I’ll deal with it and get used to it. No way I’m covering this phone with a solid case, it looks too good.
I’ve tried several clear cases throughout the years and found Apple’s the best. Others have yellowed, scratched too easy, didn’t fit well, or cracked easy.