I've been ordering from the Apple app and getting it delivered to my home. Happy I bypassed all the local shenanigans during the Apple Watch Ultra launch this way.

Waiting for it. Without the time, standby at midnight.

I'm already logged in right now.

No pre-order special gifts. Just want to get the phone quick.
Waiting on the Apple app store.

Buying from Apple direct too, waiting for it to open.

My orders for both the iPohne 15 and the Pro version went through on the Apple store. Oct delivery.

Man, reading the uncertainty here, I'm relieved I ordered from Apple directly.

Date I got was 5th Oct.
Apple usually fulfills earlier so hoping it happens. But I can live with the 5th Oct date.

This is directly from Apple?
I punched in using the Apple app on the iPhone. because I had my payment details already setup it was pretty smooth. Not the slightly longer processing time though.

I was concerned this might happen to me so I took some extra time to double check that I picked the right phone and specs.
Otherwise could've been quicker.

I want my stuff today if possible.

Been reading a lot of negative reviews about the Finewoven case.
So much so that I reversed my decision to try it and go for silicone instead.

Bought the 15 and the 15 Pro.
Plus a bundle of accessories. Came to about 13k all in.

Apple already shipped the accesories, but the phones are yet to be shipped.
Looks like I'll get my casings and what not before the actual phone.

Some news outlets are saying India's production units are meant for the Chinese market.
Only thing we can do is hope and pray when we get the phone.

Some of us have hopped on the caseless bandwagon.
We like to live dangerously.

Yes to this.
Can't be rocking the latest 15 Pro but then seen using inefficient adapters.

Wonderfully put.

Even if there was Apple Care, I don't think I will take it up.

There seems to be two camps at either end right now.

One is the minimalists who don't have cases or protections over their phones.
The other are those who put protection on their devices, down to the camera lenses.

That's my experience as well.
Have older phones which are still totally ok, just needs a new battery popped in and it's good to go.

400 bucks for an Apple device which can be used as opposed to leaving it in the drawer .
So price is worth it in my book. Just be mindful that older devices may not be getting critical security patches with the iOS upgrades if it is out of support.

I've got older devices already out of support.
These are good as spare secondary devices. Sometimes kids needs something to Zoom or some other use case. We use it for basic functions, but not to perform financial transactions or anything so the risk is pretty low.

And the new standby mode looks really good, I'm tempted to get a magsafe bedside stand.

Authorised resellers charge RM400 for it.
As the posts above indicate.

I'm thinking if you know of a simple keyring or stand that attaches via Magsafe so I can prop it up while charging?

Yes.

This is because security flaws discovers cannot be fixed. If it is still in support, next update will fix the bug. But for old devices no longer receiving updates, the vulnerability persists. So guess I'll have to give you a reason to poison you haha.

Banking industry soon will rollout measures that devices out of support will not be able to do mobile banking as a fraud prevention measure. It's coming so be ready.