packaging

No, the iPhone (in its original box) will be enclosed within another shipping container that is not marked with what is inside.

It should indicate who sent it ... Apple. And that is a flag for porch thieves, if that is your concern.

Ask to have it delivered to a local Apple Store for security ... I had my MBP delivered there. Another poster was at home when delivery occurred but apparently someone else standing outside "took delivery" from the UPS guy.

I don't believe it would specifically indicate who sent it. However, the box will definitely have a label on the outside indicating that it has lithium-ion batteries.

I believe most have a signature required unless it's waived. When my wife got her MBP that absolutely required a person accept the package. That came in a plain looking corrugated cardboard box with the battery warning.

Which box are you exactly referring to here:

• The box that a new iPhone is delivered in?
• The shipping box Apple would provide you when sending in an iPhone for either a Trade-in or repair?

I will not guarantee it says Apple on the package (but my packages have always, so I did write it) but the post about "I was at home the UPS delivered to someone outside" did exist.