I'm flying up to Portland tomorrow to pick up the XS Max I ordered online today. Can I ask you, where do I find the manufacturing date? I'll be in touch and post once I pick it up. I've been monitoring the inventory for one specific Apple location in Portland, Oregon and I know they have always been sold out of the XS Max Gold 256, but miraculously, today, it showed up as being available. I ordered it, and immediately after, inventory shows none for this specs after I paid for it. I'm hoping I get one from a recent batch. It sucks buying Apple products where it becomes a gamble in getting a product that actually works, as it should, right out of the box. Thanks.