Ive been saying it's based off location the whole time. But nooooo, everybody said I was wrong.
It has to play a role there are numerous people with 128 matte black that got charged yesterday and have shipping information and then tonight same thing with times well past mine.... so yeah, I'd say it plays a huge roll. I've never stayed up until this year to do the pre order deal and click refresh and I got my order in fast and when I saw all the 9/23 dates and then saw them starting to ship I was thinking hell I'll do this next year I can drink beer and order the new phone.... if I wasn't HOURS ahead of people that already have shipping information for the same phone I ordered and mine is a week later... next year I'm driving to Sioux Falls at 2 am and standing in line... I did that with the 5 and had no problems maybe 125 people in line and had my pick of what I wanted. The last few years I've been late to the party and gotten my phone a week late (damn alarm) my email confirmation is SIX MINUTES central time after pre orders went live.... this is a joke