iphone 6 verizon shipping delay

A family member of mine nicely waited in line to get me an iPhone 6+ on the release day (Sep,17) and not surprisingly, the store sold out in like 2 hrs. That same day the store placed an order for my phone, and I suppose I am at the whim of whenever they receive a new shipment of phones. It's now a month later and no phone, what gives apple? Has anyone else who ordered from Verizon on the 17th received a 6+, is there any way to track when it might be delivered?


My 4S is crapping out on me, it's as if it knows it's going to be replaced soon, so i'd love for this phone to arrive. Seems Apple doesn't grasp the fundamental aspects of supply and demand? Surely their market research informed them how hot this phone was going to be...my theory is that this monumental delay/low supply is REALLY about increasing the Apple mystique.


Would love to hear from anyone else with a similar experience.


-David

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.0.2

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 4:23 PM

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Oct 26, 2014 8:07 AM in response to nsp999

The one that was scheduled for Oct 31 was ordered around the 15th of October and got here already. We had gone to the store over and over and they never had any in stock. So finally ordered them, the second one was ordered on the 18th to ship on 24th, that one now has been delayed to mid Nov. Looks like some ordered before the one that came early and are still waiting! The one that came is a 16g and the one that is now delayed is a 64g. I have read that the 6+ is seeing delays of up to 8 weeks.

Oct 26, 2014 3:41 PM in response to nsp999

I Called Verizon on Tuesday because it had been a month with no status update on the verizon site. At first she told me my order was cancelled then after 30 mins of digging she said never mind it's ok. she said she talked to two supervisors and the warehouse before they realized they mixed some numbers up. You could say I was steaming! So now I'm order is good and the 11/7 ship date is still on time. So I looked at the site for 4 days with still no change whatsoever. I looked online and seen that verizon was sending out emails saying that Apple was running behind and now people is starting to see 11/14 ship dates. I never received an email saying any of this so I decided to go to my local verizon. I live in Mt.Vernon IL so I'm like hr and half from any city. I ask the verizon guy to check on a pre order and he looked up my account and said its going to ship Monday and here is the tracking number. I said why is the site not updating with this info. He said the site doesn't update like it's supposed to 95% of the time and you should have your phone by Wednesday. So after a month go to a verizon store and have them look. The stupid Verizon site won't tell you anything most of the time.

Oct 27, 2014 11:57 AM in response to jimmyh284

The verizon page still says shipping out 10/24 and processing. They could at least update the system. As I have been reading though, I wonder if Apple's launch in China has do to with all of our orders suddenly being delayed????? They just launched I think last week, wonder if they made that a priorty over placed orders, not cool if so, not cool.

Oct 28, 2014 8:30 PM in response to Pingpongprince

I Ordered our phones(6-64g 6+-128g) on sept 20th with a ship date of 10/31. The following Sunday 10/28 we took our neighbors to verizon to switch carriers and order their phones at a verizon store. One neighbor ordered the exact phones I did color and memory and the other neighbor ordered two 6+ 128g space gray. Both got a ship date of 10/31 also. The problem is that both neighbors received their phones Monday 10/27. ***!!! Glad they got their phones but I ordered mine 8 days earlier FML!!

Oct 28, 2014 8:46 PM in response to Rmcwilly

What the **** is going on with Apple, I am very surprised at the way they have handled the product this time around. I just do not get it. Something is up and we are not being told. It has to be. This company is too good to be doing this to their customers. I ordered my phone 6+ 128 gray color on the very first day and I do not get mine until November.

Now, with China in the mix, we may not have to hold our breath at all until next year? Did something by chance happen to the glass for the iPhones where Apple had to remake them or recall them back? I heard something to that effect today.

Someone clarify please. I am trying to not think about it at this point and just wait my turn. It is what it is.

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