I’m on the same boat as you. Ordered 12am on 9/14 checked out with 2 day shipping. Still says “being processed”
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Carrier T-Mobile 2018 New iPhone Pre-Order Thread
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I ordered mine yesterday and those are estimated shipping dates but I was charged earlier this morning so I’m not sure if that’s a good sign
Sure phones are being assigned but there's still a lot of us that have UPS Ground shipping appearing in My Choice. There's no way the Ground shipping folks are getting devices on Friday or even Monday, I simply don't have that sort of faith in T-Mobile.
i was charged as well, when i ordered rep said it would ship out monday so hopefully she was correct.
From past pre-orders, it doesn’t seem to matter. There are so many iPhones going to every state, it wouldn’t make much sense to sort by shipping type. UPS/FedEx just seem to have a goal to get all phones on hand to their delivery hub by launch day.
You mean “ships by 9/21?” Yeah haha I checked out with 2 day shipping too and got charged Sunday morning with IMEI displayed Monday morning
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UPS and FedEx don't have a different special process for iPhones. A box with a shipping label that has an iPhone in it is treated the same way as a box with an identical shipping label that doesn't have an iPhone in it. If T-Mobile are really waiting until tomorrow or Thursday to start shipping out phones, UPS are just gonna pay attention to the shipping label and that's it. If it says ground shipping then that's exactly what they'll do, ship it via ground.
With that being said, I really do want to believe you because I want my phone on launch day... I just don't have much faith in T-Mobile now that they've already printed my ground shipping label.
Been lurking this time around but I was the one that created the survey for the iPhone 7 preorder thread. That whole launch was a disaster!
Preordered a XS SG 64gb this time around at 8am est and looks like I’m gonna have it launch day no problem.
iPhone launch day is an extreme outlier to their daily logistics. They absolutely need to prepare for it. I pre-order every year and I’ve never seen shipping type make a difference for those who order in time. It was the same ordeal with the iPhone X last year - many people even requested refunds if they paid for next day shipping, since everyone who ordered in time for launch day received it on launch day, regardless of shipping type.
I am here every year... but last year I ordered via Apple.com for a Verizon X. But years prior, I went through T-mo.
I’ve been here for the 7+, X, and now XS Max. The 7+ was my first iPhone!
Interesting. When I look at the screen in the app you show I see the same thing but if I look on the web or click on that status in the app it shows "Ships by 9/14" for me.
I don't know why I haven't got any shipping in the UPS yet, I got charge with you guys on Sunday and still nothing 
All I can say is wait until you get an origin scan. See what happens then. You'll know your shipping speed for sure at that point. I believe origin scans will start overnight tonight and tomorrow.
I don't know why I haven't got any shipping in the UPS yet, I got charge with you guys on Sunday and still nothing
I’m sure you will get it tonight or tomorrow
Flashback to 6s launch. This is what happened to me when UPS showed it ground. It came one day early - Monday. And I was mistaken - I thought they had sent it 2nd Day — and T-Mobile charged me $14.99 for expedited 2nd Day. UPS doesn’t just say “oh we have a bunch of iPhones - throw them all on that plane instead of separating the shipping type.” I mean if you guys that have ground get them Friday, I’m rooting for you.
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