droid x backorder????? wth??

[redline929_e]

what is going on with the backorder on the droid x?? i placed my order on 8-10 and it said online that it would be shipped by the 25th. then it was moved to the 31st and now sept 7! will i still get it by the 25th or am i going to have wait til sept 7???is anybody receiving them as we speak?

[rikk1105]

Go by the 25th, the dates will continue to move up, but since it said the 25th when you placed your order thats the date for you. I placed my order on the 2nd my shipping date was the 18th but i got it on the 11th. Don't worry yours will be shipped before or on the 25th.

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redline929_e wrote:

what is going on with the backorder on the droid x?? i placed my order on 8-10 and it said online that it would be shipped by the 25th. then it was moved to the 31st and now sept 7! will i still get it by the 25th or am i going to have wait til sept 7???is anybody receiving them as we speak?

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[AluminumFlcn]

Whoa there, buddy.  It's all good.  Just because you see the date changing on the website does NOT mean that they keep pushing your ship date back.  As each day goes by, they move the "ship by" date one day forward as well.  Verizon is giving everyone a 2-week buffer to wait, due to shipments that pending from Motorola. 

I ordered my Droid X on August 12th.  I just received my FedEx email with tracking number today, August 19th.  The delivery date is Aug. 23rd, but that's only because FedEx does not deliver on weekends, or it would be sooner.   If you placed your order on August 10th, you should be receiving a FedEx email notification VERY soon.  As I ordered mine two days after you did, and already received my FedEx email, I hope to God yours is on the way.

Good luck, my friend.

~ AF    (Droid shipped.....the world is safe once more)

[Woceyes]

i orderd mine on 08/05/10 and have yet to recive any fedex tracking number it still says for me to wait and the date they said i should have it is almost here and nothing i guess i cross my fingers and hope i get the email tomorrow

[lumberg]

so you ordered on the 12th and estimated delivery date is the 23rd?  did you order online or over the phone?  Are you a new customer?  And what region of the country are you in?  Just curious... 

thanks.

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AluminumFlcn wrote:

Whoa there, buddy.  It's all good.  Just because you see the date changing on the website does NOT mean that they keep pushing your ship date back.  As each day goes by, they move the "ship by" date one day forward as well.  Verizon is giving everyone a 2-week buffer to wait, due to shipments that pending from Motorola. 

I ordered my Droid X on August 12th.  I just received my FedEx email with tracking number today, August 19th.  The delivery date is Aug. 23rd, but that's only because FedEx does not deliver on weekends, or it would be sooner.   If you placed your order on August 10th, you should be receiving a FedEx email notification VERY soon.  As I ordered mine two days after you did, and already received my FedEx email, I hope to God yours is on the way.

Good luck, my friend.

~ AF    (Droid shipped.....the world is safe once more)

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[crb79]

If the concept of 3-4 week backorder is giving so many people problems, I can only imagine how they react to milk expiration dates......  

Think of it exactly like Milk sell-by dates:  If you buy a gallon of milk, in a couple of days the milk in the store will have a different date.  It doesn't mean the expected date on your product when you purchased it changes.  If your milk will expire on the 25th, it's date isn't going to change simply because bottles in the store now say Aug-31st.

[inline5]

Can someone explain the backorder issue, please. I can't believe that Motorola is producing these so slowly....

[easton714]

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inline5 wrote:

Can someone explain the backorder issue, please. I can't believe that Motorola is producing these so slowly....

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What is there to understand?

Demand exceeded supply...apparently by a ton.  They are trying to make them as quickly as they can.

[crb79]

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inline5 wrote:

Can someone explain the backorder issue, please. I can't believe that Motorola is producing these so slowly....

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Verizon released information that 300,000 units sold within the first 16 hours of release.  This no doubt exceeded VZW and Motorola's expectations as they expected these 300,000 to last over 1 week.

If the demand has kept up even on a scale half that as the first day Motorola would pretty much need to produce 100 phones per minute to keep up with the demand.

[Cody21]

You know, the backorder issue for me is not that big of a deal .....  What this issue DOES tell me that there is FINALLY aniPhone KILLER that VZN is offering. Clearly there is a huge demand for the best network (VZN) and we've been screaming long enough for a iPhone-like device; since Apple refuses to allow the iPhone on the VZN network --- so far.

So I think this is really all great news and there  is a huge Android development effort going on right now. I think I read 70,000 APPS so far -- yea, compared to Apple's 300,000 ..... but it is really growing very fast ...  and I'm patient.  I can wait until 8/31 to see the FEDEX ship date appear.  YMMV

I can't wait to sit this next to my Apple-whore friend's iPhone and show him the key differences - or even the LIKENESS.