I pre-registered two days ago, 14 Pro Max, Gold, 128gb. At 0700 CDT the store was down. I just left the app open and at 0708 it popped up. Everything was ready to go and I confirmed my payment method and boom! Done. I received a confirmation email a few minutes later with a delivery date of Sep 16th. Fortunately (?) we’re going on vacation next week so I won’t be thinking about it as often, I’ll have a neighbor watch for the package and pick it up for me.
Then the fun starts. Setting my new one up, transferring my wife’s old 7 over to my iPhone 13, wiping her’s for trade in. Eeek.