Carrier Apple.com New 2018 iPhone Pre-Order Thread

[Lyons00]

Ya the post above was an 8:10 and is already departed AK

Thanks. I haven’t gotten any updates from UPS on this yet.
Thanks again

 

[MNkid]

Looking at changing from home delivery to hold for pick-up. Any chance this delays things? Second issue, it’s being shipped in my wife’s name, would I still be able to pick it up?

Thanks!

 

[batting1000]

You are my hero! Got it set up, and it works! Matches up to my departure scan too!
Now to look deeper into the API docs and see if there is a way to get it to spit out the times too!

Haha, awesome!! The times are in there, inside of the Activity array, but they're formatted like "054600" I'm sure there's a way in Shortcuts to format that properly so it can be read correctly out loud but i'm not sure how to do it.

I also can't get it to work from the widget for some reason.

 

[TheColtr]

Import as in customs not Arrival

I know what your saying, that why I said I didn’t get an import scan, only arrival scan.

 

[iApplereviews]

I know what your saying, that why I said I didn’t get an import scan, only arrival scan.

Either I reaaaaaalllllyyyy misread that or you edited it after I saw it lol

 

[vtboyarc]

Haha, awesome!! The times are in there, inside of the Activity array, but they're formatted like "054600" I'm sure there's a way in Shortcuts to format that properly so it can be read correctly out loud but i'm not sure how to do it.

I also can't get it to work from the widget for some reason.

Ah interesting, now I am curious to figure that out!
Hmm, just tried it, works from widget for me!

 

[ssledoux]

Mine is still “preparing to ship.” Is that normal for this point? I have a Friday, 21st delivery date.

 

[Shadowbech]

Mine is still “preparing to ship.” Is that normal for this point? I have a Friday, 21st delivery date.

Everyone's Status is still at PFS. Were you able to find tracking on UPS? Once the import scan comes is when you see it marked shipped.

 

[iApplereviews]

Mine is still “preparing to ship.” Is that normal for this point? I have a Friday, 21st delivery date.

It will not be marked as shipped until it clears customs

 

[EM2013]

Can you change to a 2 hour delivery window if you’re not a premium member? I remember you used to be able to but I don’t see an option.

 

[jtumbaco5]

Mine is still “preparing to ship.” Is that normal for this point? I have a Friday, 21st delivery date.

Yeah pretty much everyone is still PFS. You won't get a "Shipped" status until your phone is stateside, either Wednesday or Thursday.

 

[DeanL]

My XS Max 256 GB Gold is ready for UPS and showing up in My Choice!
Looks like it'll travel from China to Toronto in 3 days unless it has in fact already left.

 

[iApplereviews]

Can you change to a 2 hour delivery window if you’re not a premium member? I remember you used to be able to but I don’t see an option.

Yes but not until it gets an import scan. $8 for non premium members

 

[batting1000]

Ah interesting, now I am curious to figure that out!
Hmm, just tried it, works from widget for me!

Let me know!

Did a reboot and still the widget doesn't work. Don't really want to uninstall lol, but we'll see.

 

[UserJalen]

Time travel is cool!

I think my hunch paid off based on departure scans from Alaska?

 

[EM2013]

Yes but not until it gets an import scan. $8 for non premium members

Ahh okay thanks! Have you used it before?

 

[chinanderm]

Anyone else been sitting at “Arrived” in ZhengZhou for two straight days now? Both mine and my girlfriend’s devices are in this.

 

[iApplereviews]

Ahh okay thanks! Have you used it before?

Yes not for iPhones though. Some advice though the 2 hour window can only be between the time range they already give you. So if it gives you an afternoon time I wouldn't choose a time because they won't deliver it earlier than your window.
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Anyone else been sitting at “Arrived” in ZhengZhou for two straight days now? Both mine and my girlfriend’s devices are in this.

Yep 2:10 and still there

 

[UserJalen]

Mine is still “preparing to ship.” Is that normal for this point? I have a Friday, 21st delivery date.

Yes it is, everyone’s is.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

How do you know it's a plane?

That's right. It could be a bird.


Or Superman.

 

[buck1127]

Anyone else been sitting at “Arrived” in ZhengZhou for two straight days now? Both mine and my girlfriend’s devices are in this.

Yup a lot of us still

 

[jheintz]

I was bored so I made a Siri Shortcut that posts to the UPS tracking API and reads out loud the current status (i.e. departure scan, etc) and the city (i.e. ZhengZhou) You need an API key which you can sign up for here: https://www.ups.com/upsdeveloperkit If you want the full shortcut let me know.

Added it into my morning routine shortcut lol

Would love if you shared

 

[CarolG]

Same

Yep me.

yes. 256 Max Gold. Stuck in ZZ.

 

[batting1000]

Would love if you shared

Here you go: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e8e057b99a6e46899190ce1ecf826420

You'll see inside of the Get Contents of URL action > Advanced > Request Body, you'll need to go into Security and fill in the Username Token dictionary with your UPS username and pass. Then inside the UPSServiceAccessToken is where the API key goes. I just have placeholders in those fields, so you just have to change them to your info. TrackRequest also has a field for your tracking number.

Then you can change the output text as well. There's things like times and dates in the API response but I'm not sure how to format them properly so that Siri doesn't read out a weird number string (i.e. "054600" should be turned into 5:46am)

 

[Whimsicool]

Yes not for iPhones though. Some advice though the 2 hour window can only be between the time range they already give you. So if it gives you an afternoon time I wouldn't choose a time because they won't deliver it earlier than your window.
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Yep 2:10 and still there

ZhengZhou! ZhengZhou!
What’s an iPhone buyer to do?
In your far city sits my XS,
Why won’t it move via UPS?
It should be in Alaska or Kentucky,
Why is it not on its way to me?
Refresh, refresh is all I do,
ZhengZhou, ZhengZhou, I don’t get you.