This was the first time I preordered, and despite some bumps caused by the fact I had no home internet service when I was trying to restore my new phone from a backup (thanks, Spectrum), I'm so glad I pulled the trigger. I see that no area stores (and we have a lot of stores in Metro NYC) have the 13PM 1TB in stock, and shipping has dropped to Nov. 9-10. Meanwhile, I was able to enjoy my new phone (particularly the camera) for a week in the mountains, and I've been able to continue updating my CD library to lossless (I had to stop because I ran out of space on my old phone and didn't want to go back to album-by-album curation after finally being able to store my entire collection on my 11PM). There's always a risk with the first batch of hardware, but this phone seems pretty solid out of the gate. Good luck to those of you still waiting; you're going to love your new phones!