Amazon is a major investor to Essential so if they are stating that, then Essential has major problems. This phone should never been released or it should have been released earlier. I think it will end up like the Amazon Fire Phone.
Experience with FedEx for me has been they usually deliver a day earlier than posted, typically when shipments are from China. I bet you receive it on Tuesday instead. You can call them but I doubt they'll allow you to pick it up.
Amazon just pushed back availability to September 8 instead of tomorrow. So much for being an Essential investor and not getting supply chain priority. I'll have my Note 8 first I bet.
Edit: I didn't scroll back enough and just saw an earlier post here. Oh well. I may cancel anyways and wait it...
True but don't hype and market as such. Not good biz practiceb and will bite them.
Many of us want a decent phone with super camera like Pixel, UTC11, Note, etc.
I'm staying with my S8+and discounted Note 8 pre-order.
Don't forget Amazon is a major investor to Essential and would have supply chain ppreference. Amazon is well respected and doesn't want their name sullied. If anything I bet they DO ship on time!