“Not everyone was lucky enough on Friday to get away with a November 3rd delivery date for their iPhone X preorders, and it took only a few minutes for shipping estimates to slip to 2-3 weeks,” Chris Smith writes for BGR. “The[y] dropped even more soon after that, reaching the current 5-6 weeks estimates that you might get right now on Apple’s online store.”
“The good news is that Apple and its partners are already shipping the iPhone X, which means early buyers will get it next Friday,” Smith writes. “However, there’s great news for everyone else, as it looks like they’re going to get the iPhone X sooner than expected.”
“iPhone X buyers who had mid-November delivery dates took to Reddit to reveal their estimates went up from mid-November to November 3rd,” Smith writes. “Getting the iPhone X on November 10th or 17th wasn’t as bad as mid-December. But it’s still great to see improved delivery dates.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We’ve seen this with other products and iPhone models in the past. Apple was likely conservative with a severely constrained supply and was/is able to improve shipping times as production allows.
So, good news for those among the second wave of iPhone X preorders (and potentially even later orders, depending on Apple’s suppliers and assemblers, as always)!
My Nov 21-28 hasn’t changed to sooner yet.
My 17-24 Nov hasn’t changed yet either.
These dates won’t move until Apple know they can clear the earlier dates ahead of time.
My phone is set for Dec 5 – 11 delivery. Hopefully it will be earlier but I can wait.
My Nov 3 hasn’t changed to earlier yet either 😂😛💁📱
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Me too same date.
There are multiple factors that give rise to changing shipping dates. One important one is a chunk of people who pre-order online and then end up cancelling their orders.
There may be many people who pre-ordered, then after sleeping on it some nights bak out. Or people who will cancel their orders after seeing their delivery dates who will try their luck at an Apple Store on launch day.
I’m still scheduled for 13-20th November. Not a problem though. Gives me time to read initial reviews from real users – many of which will likely contain a few useful tips!
Or the ability to cancel!
The fact that delivery dates are still before the Christmas Holiday is important…….Nobody wants to get a “cardboard cutout” of a iPhone X in their Xmas Stocking!!!
Bottom line the delivery times will improve. Apple is saying stores will have iPhone X available in-store Nov. 3. Now is that 5 phones or 1000 phones??? Nov 3 we allll find out…..
My Nov 3rd hasn’t changed yet, so Friday it is!
Scheduled Delivery:
Friday, 11/03/2017
Last Location:
Arrived – ZhengZhou, China, Sunday, 10/29/2017
Wow 11/03/2017, you get yours back in time!
I have to wait until November 3rd but this guy got his in March.
Now that’s just not cricket! 🙂
As I mentioned in an earlier thread, FedEx says my iPhone X is already in New Jersey. Apparently the point of origin is Pennsylvania, so they must have warehoused a bunch. Last year my iPhone 7+ came from Shenzhen.
USPS tracking (Verizon phone shipped from Dallas) said today “out for delivery.” Yay!
Then later they said “held until Nov. 3 at customer’s request.” Boo!
I’m out of the US until my Dec 11-18 delivery window so fine by me, I can read early reviews and narrow down the best case for me.
Nov 17-24 unchanged. 😡
Upgrading from a iPhone 5. Have never been more excited about a new model as the X. I keep checking every few hours but no change to my 2-3 week delivery between 13-20 Nov. 🙂
Mine was originally Nov 3 and now pushed back to nov 15-17