Apple is literally making our phones as we speak. They operate just-in-time which means they keep very few units in stock and manufacture as needed. Pre-orders are a good way for them to know how many to make and operate JIT. Don't give up hope until Friday is passed.
Yup. Like I said before for the black models they don't have any historical data so they probably used pre order numbers to find out how mamy they need to make. Hopefully no quality control issues raise from this.