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iPhone 13 📱 🇺🇸 (USA) (Apple.com) iPhone 13/Pro/Max/Mini US Pre-orders, Orders, and Delivery Status Thread (2021) 🇺🇸 🌎
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Yay!!! Congratulations!! Finally here!!! It’s beautiful. Enjoy your iPhone. Today is a beautiful day.
Question to those that backup their old phones via PC/Mac and restore to new phones...
Are you just doing the backup and then the restore or are you going through the initial setup steps on the new phone and then grabbing the newer iOS 15 update before restoring to it?
I've read that people are experiencing bugs and glitches if they don't fully upgrade new phone first and thought I'd ask.
Are you just doing the backup and then the restore or are you going through the initial setup steps on the new phone and then grabbing the newer iOS 15 update before restoring to it?
I've read that people are experiencing bugs and glitches if they don't fully upgrade new phone first and thought I'd ask.
Thanks! I missed a ton. Did you get your baby yet?
I have the same message lol. But mines doesn’t say loaded on vehicle but says out for delivery. I assume you end up getting your package?
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Thank you!! Today is a very special day. We are waiting for you to post some pictures of your iPhone. Don’t worry!
@heyyitssusan I sure did. Here you go
Congratulations, again!!📱🇺🇸(USA) (Apple.com) iPhone 13/Pro/Max/Mini US Pre-orders, Orders, and Delivery Status Thread (2021)🇺🇸🌎
Congratulations!!! To all of you!!! Happy iPhone Launch Day!!! It is finally here!!! This is a Work of Art! This is what heaven looks like!!! iPhone 13 Pro Max in Sierra Blue 1TB (Unlocked) 🥶😈🥶 Don’t forget to check out this post below. It’s very important! 🥲...
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What’s your first favorite? Sierra Blue? 😁
I used my old sim. I didn’t want to wait for Verizon to do what it does as slow as it does it. I may activate esim once things die down but for now I’m good.
Happy iPhone Launch Day!!!What's today?
The Day We All Have Been Waiting for Is Finally Here!
It is Friday, September 24th, 2021. Today is a very SPECIAL day. The most important day of the year. It is iPhone launch day. First, I would like to thank you for being here. Second, I like to let each one of you know today is our day. It is your day. The day we have been waiting for is finally here. I expect everyone to receive their iPhones smoothly. Today will be the day we will never forget. We are going to have a very busy day. We are here to celebrate. I am happy to announce today we will be unboxing our brand-new phone. This iPhone will be with us for another year. I want everyone to celebrate and share the excitement together. This is the day we have been waiting for this whole entire week. If you have followed this thread since the beginning, you know it was not an easy week. We experienced a lot of panic attacks, anxiety, curiosity, wondering if we are going to get that departure scan.. wondering if we ever going to leave China behind. I’m very proud to say no one was left behind. Everyone made it out safely from China. As every year, I was the last one to leave China and Kentucky ?
What happened this year?
Well, we learned Cargolux has been dropped by Apple. Cargolux was the main shipping carrier that was used by Apple during the pandemic in 2020. Some of you mentioned Cargolux was being used directly for Apple distribution centers, warehouses, or stores. That could be true but I believe UPS is the main shipping carrier now. I expect UPS to carry out all the iPhone 14 in the year 2022.
What makes this whole experience special?
Once you open your iPhone box. I want all of you to remember what we went through this entire week. It is good to note, one week ago from today… we just were placing our orders for iPhone 13. It’s unbelievable to understand our iPhone was in China routed to the Republic of Korea…then to Anchorage, Alaska, and then Louisville, Kentucky following up to your house within just one week. As we experience things in life… If you ever get to travel to go to China, Korea, Alaska, Kentucky… You will remember this thread very well. This thread will always remind you what you went through as long you were promised an iPhone launch delivery day. You will understand and experience the feeling of your iPhone being at the airport location. It’s a very special feeling. It's just hard to explain. But, you get the point.
Why do we do this every year?
We had a few people in this thread asking us… calling us out… why are we obsessed with following the planes? Everyone is getting their iPhone delivered on September 24, 2021… So, what’s the point of being here? What’s the point of tracking the flights down? Why are you so crazy about chasing the planes?
Well. Let me break this down for you. I have been upgrading my iPhone since 2008 every single year. I have not missed a single year of not upgrading an iPhone. I love iPhone. I believe it’s the most revolutionary and innovative product of this world. Therefore, a lot of us here share the same exact or similar story. We are die-hard fans of an iPhone. iPhone is something we spend more time on than we spend with our own family.
Let's talk about the numbers... Visitors count 479K+... over 13K+ posts... Within just 1 week! The numbers don't lie. I believe we broke a record! Thanks to all of you!
People that are in the China, UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, and other major continents do not have the luxury of what we have here. It is a blessing to be able to experience tracking our iPhones straight from the assembly plant in ZhongZhou China. We are very lucky and blessed to be able to track our iPhones straight from Zhangzhou, China. It is then, our lovely journey begins and we all get to know each other on a different level. We all get to share our excitement and emotions. There are plenty of people here who do this every single year including myself. I’m very proud of it. We are just very cool people.
What’s NEXT?
Set the timer already! The countdown is on!!! The iPhone 14 event predictions have already been made in this article by me which was posted by MacRumors on last Sunday. Check it out, I expect to see all of you back to pre-order the new iPhone 14!!! We will all reunite again. I would love to see all of you come back here! We will start all over again!!!
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Article Link: Gurman: New AirPods Pro and Redesigned iPad Pro Coming in 2022
Thanks to everyone here!!!
Thank you to everyone for being so supportive! I appreciate every single one of you. This has been an amazing experience. I was able to learn a lot from you and I’m sure you were able to learn from each other. Today, we will be sharing our excitement and happiness together. Until next time… I expect to see all of you for the iPhone 14 pre-ordering day. ?
Special thanks to @Flight Plan for being our Captain. Outstanding job! You were able to provide accurate information about the flights. Truly marvelous work! We appreciate your expertise in the aviation department. Love what you do! You are a great leader! Blessings to you!
@naturalstar: Thank you so much for keeping the momentum going on this thread. I love your energy, support, and passion. I have so much respect for you. Thank you for all your positive energy. You are totally awesome and You ROCK!!! Keep up the good work.
@SisterBlue22: Thank you for traveling with me. Two times in a row we were both stuck in China together ? It was wild. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen with the iPhone 14 launch. We will find out.
@beachbum: Ahhh, day one! Ride or Die. Thank you for all your hard work. I already know you have read every single post here. I love your positive energy. Thank you for being very supportive since the day I started this thread. I adore you. You are a wonderful person. You have a beautiful soul. I hope you enjoy your road trip this weekend
@Wolfs: Thank you for all being here and supporting and lifting us. You also have an amazing personality. You are so humble and laid back. Keep up the good work. Thanks for staying up late with me. I appreciate you.
@heyyitssusan @ksujoel @hungryteresa @julit0 Thank you for all your support. It was great traveling with you together. I’m so glad to catch up with you in Kentucky. It was fun. Good wishes to all of you.
@LFC2020 You are a Rockstar. Thank you for bringing the excitement, happiness, and positivity. We all love you. You are going to have so much fun with the beast. You are just brilliant. You kept lifting up our spirits.
@aesc80: Thank you! I have so much respect for you. Hats off! It was great to see you join this thread and this journey. I was so happy when I saw your first post here. I know you work very hard. I admire that about you. You are my inspiration. My hero. I look up to you. ?
@ATX_wapiti . Thank you for all your help with helping people out. You were able to make a difference to help out a lot of people with tracking information. You are appreciated. You stepped it by big time
Folks… I can go on and on and we’ll end up with 20,000 posts by tonight. The most important point I'm trying to make is all of you are very special and the real ones. Just know you people are wonderful. I thank every single one of you. Hats off to all of you! I can't wait till you unbox the new iPhone and post pictures of your iPhone here. ?
I expect to post a picture of my iPhone 13 Pro Max 1TB Sierra Blue (Unlocked) at 10:00 PST ? Be on the lookout!
Until next time…Farewell, best wishes and stay healthy... See you all, next year in the month of September, 2022 for iPhone 14 Pre-ordering day. May the force be with you & This world is all yours! ?
By the way, I took a day off from work for all of you so I can spend time with you all. Believe it or not, I have only slept for 3-4 hours every single night since iPhone 13 pre-order day and I’m very tired and exhausted. I need a vacation. Ready for iPhone 13! @MacRumors @arn
@TheYayAreaLiving - I almost missed this! ???
Thank you, Yay, for the shout out! You have made this so much fun and exciting two years in a row! YOU ARE AMAZING! Don’t know how you do it and I don’t need to. Just know that you are appreciated! ??? You should think about being an event planner! I’d be there and of course, you know I love to travel! ✈️????
I’m just here to do my part in helping and healing others. Life is crazy if that’s what you focus on. It’s beautiful too! Look at how total strangers from all over the world come together in support of a common love and mission. I mean we had pilots, hackers, chefs, and smart, witty people come through this year! WOW! Can’t help but to bring out the best in me and everyone else when you’re in that kind of energy.
Love every one of you here! I’d be listing names all day, so just know that yes, I’m talking about YOU too! You ALL keep me coming back to Macrumors. ???????
Finally!!! Congrats and enjoy, you’re going to love it.
Disclaimer: This photo captured before COVID. LOL
uggg still waiting here. Its after 5pm EST...
Glad to see people commenting with their new devices! Still waiting on mine
PATIENCE MUST REMAIN
PATIENCE MUST REMAIN
Thanks!! The last time I was here was back in 2017 when I ordered the iPhone X. But I do read some of the articles so I can keep up on the latest and the greatest.
So I'm at the office and supposed to be working.........but I can't resist talking to all of you guys. This is way more interesting than doing computer work. 😆
He's literally on my street now! It's too bad he probably has 100 packages to drop off...
drive up to meet him!!!