The wait is horrible

Hi all! I ordered an iPhone 17 Pro Max and Apple's estimated date says it will arrive between Oct 9th-16th, yet the order status is still "Processing". Do you think it will be delayed?

Anyways, I would love it if you could share a) Your experience with iPhone's arriving early/on time/late and b) If you are liking the 17 Pro Max so far.

The last iPhone I had was the iPhone 4 in its launch year! So I've been an Android user for quite some time now. Apple won me this time with the 17PM design.