Iphone 16 pro- 16 pro max pre order thread/that time of the year again

[King-Boss]

Hello everyone in the ee community it’s that time again of the year placing and tracking the new iPhone 16 and 16 pro max’s orders and especially since a few years with delay issues with ee 😂 and then ringing them up and patiently waiting for that DPD notification I love this time of the year, so everyone I have created this thread and everyone stay posted in this thread don’t follow any other thread keep this one running guys if we keep each other updated then hopefully we get the iPhone this year on time on release day.

[Oliver991]

Wednesday (most likely Thursday) will be the earliest anyone knows if they're getting their order for launch day. Last year, my flurry of texts about plan changes came through early Thursday morning, followed by that lovely DPD notification. 

Unfortunately, as always with new releases, the estimations provided on the website / email confirmations in terms of delivery dates, are nothing to go by. I noticed in my confirmation email this year that they've actually changed the wording (most likely as a result of the number of complaints over the past few releases about "late" deliveries) to say that, with it being a preorder, they aim to deliver the device within 30 days of the actual release date. 

[King-Boss]

Absolutely there are quit free stock compared to last year so everything should go as expected 

[Mistr_ZeN]

All we can do is take it on face value and hope for the best. We should get some indication come Wednesday/Thursday. 

[Mistr_ZeN]

EE don’t even know tbh! I think come Wednesday/Thursday we should get a clearer picture of how much stock they have for launch and roughly how long deliveries will take based on when one got their order confirmation email. I would suggest adding your details to the spreadsheet as it makes it easier to track and gauge deliveries based upon when the first batch start getting notifications from DPD. 

Hope this helps. 

[Mistr_ZeN]

Yep that sounds about right! Did you finance it or pay in full?

Also that date is speculative. Could be earlier. Apple usually give longer dates as a ‘surprise and delight’ that deters negative feedback when it arrives earlier than stated. 

[IvoCosta1]

 Pre ordered on the 13th at around 1:30pm online, was a mess but got it through, first time pre ordering through EE and i was reading the forums and some people said their orders didnt actually go through and had to call up, i never got any of that, any chance it might come on or around launch date ? From what ive been hearing EE is a mess 

[Poppy2401]

If that’s what your tracking is saying now can only assume you are getting it launch day. Funny I’ve never actually seen the tracking update 😂

[Applefanboy]

EE never actually even see the handsets, they are all imported and held at a secure DPD location and get distributed from there and not a EE facility. 

[Aij615]

Correct !!! However my best mate works in the logistics chain and this is what happens

> China / India to the Apple International Distribution Centre in Cork, Ireland.

> The IDC then distribute via their logistics network to carriers such as DPD (mobile networks such as EE) and Fed-Ex from IDC to Apple stores

He claims currently controlled chaos (his words lol) as the IDC are preparing the sorting / loading process to start the huge worldwide process

It’s all very real ‘The Holly Grail’ will be yours very soon !!!!

[Applefanboy]

I had a DPD notification this morning and was very excited, then I saw it was for something else and my heart sunk!