Ordered a 15 PM Natural Titanium 512GB at 13.00 on 15th. Gave them a call Saturday morning just to check all was okay, and they told me that due to a system error, mine was cancelled and they'd need to put it though again. Finally got 03 number confirmed at 13.02 on the 16th.
I looked at Apple's website for my specific build just after I originally ordered (so around 13.05 on the 15th) and delivery dates had already been pushed back to mid October. Checked again later that day (around 4pm) and it had moved to early November, and now mid-November.
Apple will have a much clearer view of future stock than EE so if, like me, you didn't get your confirmation on a PM Nat Titanium until post-4pm on the 15th onwards, don't expect your phone before mid November, regardless of what EE say. Just a case of sitting back unfortunately. I'm sure some orders will still trickle out (mainly through customer returns) but we won't seen a miss dispatch for a while.
The one thing EE don't want to happen is a mass cancellation, or mass downgrade to a cheaper build of the iPhone, as they'd lose millions. I worry that the change in message from CS agents reported on here (from saying "up to 28 days" over the weekend to "within 4-5 days" today) has more to do with many people cancelling their orders over the weekend than anything else. In other words, you're going to keep hearing "just one more week" every week, until mid November, to stop you from cancelling.
