iPhone 5 Pre-Order Delivery Date

I hope you're right and my Oct 5th phone is on that flight. Thanks for that info, and for making me stay up late tonight to keep checking.. LOL Mine still shows Preparing For Shipment.

that is some GREAT new info....makes sense to be in transit if they already charged our cards

We're too old to believe in Santa so this is our way of waiting up like kids for Christmas...let's just enjoy getting excited about something new, we sure paid enough for it.

From what I understand, you could be able to locate your tracking info through the UPS site before you get the email from Apple (they have to send out a lot of messages and you're just looking for one record). If you go to the UPS site and click the tracking tab, under "track by reference" and use your phone number as the shipment reference. I can't find anything under my number yet but as I said before, it looks like the records don't get entered until the plane lands in KY at the earliest. You can actually watch for live flight updates...this is totally the big kid Santa tracker. It seems all of the iPhones are coming on the UPS61 flights though so if the Oct 5th crowd doesn't get them on this one, from what I'm seeing it runs every Monday and Friday. First batch came on the Monday plane...

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS61/history/20120921/2248Z/PANC/KSDF

Also worth making note...Apple hasn't actually charged us yet. It's just a pending charge (a fund hold). I imagine they didn't want to assign anyone a box without knowing he or she could pay but at the same time, they can't actually charge you until they can prove or admit you're getting it. Based on the sheer volume of packages coming out of the Alaska facility and the possibility of delays/acts of God that could happen in transit, it's probably easier to wait until the devices come into the Midwest to do all of the paperwork necessary to finalize the transactions. The funds aren't available in your account (debit) or for spending (credit) but it's still just a pending charge.

I'm not a know it all but I am an analytical thinker so deductive reasoning stands to be of benefit in this situation. Glad to be able to share the theories =) Oh and we should know something in about 4 1/2 hours when that plane lands.

Happy days...my iPhone 5 that was due for Delivery on 1st October and then 24th September has just arrived 🙂 now I've just got to get to T-Mobile to see if I can get a Nano sim (will be tight as I start work in an hour) 😟

Anybody have any luck with the flight or any ups info?

October 5 delivery date still shows preparing for shipment

Mine now has a SHIPPED Status ! ! !

Just Saw mine shipped too...great news

Well, that flight came in but didn't have the Oct 5 phones on it. I'll track UPS61 plane back to China I'm a few hrs and get the guess on which planes they will be on come Monday. Sad it won't be today and I have to look into if there's still a way to pre-sign for the package. I'll be at work Monday. Update to come.

I pre ordered my within the first hour on the 14th and I got a Oct. 5 delivery date, was very bummed. Yesterday our three Apple Stores located within five miles of each other had plenty of stock at 2 pm. I called the store and they told me I could cancel my pre order and buy it from them, but the first thing you have to do is go there and get a card from the on the model you want first, once you have the card than they will help you cancel your order with the assistance of your carrier rep to verify you get the upgraded price and not the fill price. Your carrier rep has to reset your eligibility before you are able to purchase the phone. From a Oct 5th date I was able to pick mine up at the store after work! Go figure, by the way I live in Hawaii. Hope this helps

The Apple Order Status page has a button to Pre-Sign your delivery. Not sure if it works, as I didn't click it.

My advice after what I went thru is to call your Apple Stores near you to see if they have any stock. If they do you can cancel your pre order and buy it from them. It might take a while to get the confirmation that it is cancelled but its a lot quicker than Oct.5. Good luck and enjoy.

Many Oct 5th deliveries are now in "Preparing to Ship" or Shipped" status and cannot be cancelled now.

Mine said the something. But the Apple store sales person will give you a phone number to call to cancel your pre order even though it showed Shipped! Once that person confirms it is cancelled they will email you a confirmation notice. Show the Apple rep the cancel notice than they will have your carrier rep if they are still at the stores to reset your eligibility than you are able to buy it from them. First thing is to check stock and get a card from the Apple store first before doing anything

Mine shipped as well...will probably come well before Friday so ill just wait it out :)

If you can wait you are a stronger person than I am lol. But if you don't have anything better to do this weekend check out your Apple Stores ; )