iPhone 6 Plus pre-order delivery estimates

I'm hoping someone with a crystal ball might be able to answer this question. I pre-ordered the iPhone 6 plus(Space Gray 64g) at 5:00am, on September 12th, from Apple.com. I'm still showing an estimated delivery time of October 13-20th. I've previously always pre-ordered, by phone, through At&T and had my phone delivered on launch day. Has anyone ever had their estimated delivery date "moved up? Or has anyone had it moved up on this iPhone launch? Is anyone getting tired of Apple never having enough product or underestimating the potential demand? Maybe it's just me but it's getting old. Any genuine thoughts? I'm new at this waiting 4 weeks for delivery thing. Many thanks from CA.

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Posted on Sep 24, 2014 7:31 PM

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Oct 22, 2014 3:00 AM in response to babeebenz

Hi,

I am French and I just ordered my Iphone 6 64GB Silver on the US Apple store (the price of the Iphone 6 in France is so high...). A friend who sometimes travels between NY and Paris can bring it back to me on the 7th of November or for Christmas. Apple seems to be really bad in maths, they estimate the delivery between the 10-13 of November while on the website they say the delivery will take 7 or 10 business days (??). Do you think it may be delivered sooner or do I have to wait for Christmas ?

Oct 22, 2014 4:32 AM in response to bsabran

@bsabran. The 6 really doesn't seem to be in that short of supply here in the U.S. They are in Apple stores and Apple does quote 7-10 days. If you ordered a 6 Plus, it would be a different story. So far, from all I've seen, those who ordered through Apple had their phones delivered on time; at least within the shipping dates they gave you. So will your friend be able to bring it to you on November 7th? Nobody can say for sure. It's not likely to get to you any sooner than one of the Nov7-13 although nobody can say for sure. Please answer a few questions. What day was the phone ordered? October 21st? Does the order still say Processing?

Oct 22, 2014 5:47 AM in response to babeebenz

@babeebenz - Day 41 and the saga continues. I spoke to someone at Sprint and the "assured" me that my phone would be delivered within the 6 week time frame. Well initially they said it would be shipped in the 6 week time frame but when I pointed out their website said "When you'll get it" not "When it will be shipped" they changed it to I will "assure" you that you will have it before 6 weeks are up. Well I am even going with their date of 9/16 (I ordered on 9/12 it took them till 9/16 to get the order in the system) the latest it should be arriving to me is 10/27 which is the exact end of 6 weeks. I asked how it was being shipped and they said UPS and would take 2 to 5 days for delivery.


So I told them lets do simple math here. If my last date of delivery is 10/27 and it will take 2 to 5 days for delivery it is already late being shipped out as it should have shipped on 9/21 unless they are overnighting it to me. So can we escalate this since I am now past the longest delivery date and they told me that I had to wait till delivery was missed. I told them I am calling on Friday if I don't have a tracking number and getting it escalated as they will not be getting it to me before the last day of my 6 weeks.


I think they also hinted that they MIGHT be receiving a shipment soon because apparently Apple rotates the shipments to the carriers and doesn't send each carrier some phones, they send a lot of phones to one carrier. I dunno.

Oct 22, 2014 6:10 AM in response to Stirling_PA

@Stirling_PA. Wow! 41 days! I know there are others on here at or around the 40 day mark but it just seems so long to wait for a phone. But if they're claiming it's supposed to be arrive by 10/27, then it would need to ship out by Thursday to make it by Monday ( I don't think Apple "counted the weekends but I can't remember). Well, it certainly sounds like you made great points and warned that you want it escalated if it doesn't ship in the next few days. Hopefully Sprint will get a shipment (a very large shipment) and get their customers their phones soon! It's starting to get beyond ridiculous.

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