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They still shipped through Hong Kong as recently as a few weeks ago. I think it depends on what aircraft are available and capacity. The HK route is the same length as the direct to Incheon route.
Some changes may of been made on the fly when the weather was looking like it was going to get bad in HK, possibly changing the routing to keep ops flowing, lets be honest UPS has other stuff they need to get places as well. Route could of been changed because of the predicted issues at teh HKG airport. Eaither way I am will be happy to get my hands on the phone Wed.
UPS now shows 9/26 by end of day to San Francisco via Worldwide Express Saver.
ZhengZhou, China 09/23/2013 6:00 P.M. Arrival Scan
09/23/2013 5:30 P.M. Departure Scan
09/23/2013 5:13 A.M. Origin Scan
China 09/23/2013 4:58 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Looks like I made that UPS flight:
UPS99 it is. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS99. Judging from the timeline, it seems they held the flight until the phones were aboard.
UPS99 it is. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS99. Judging from the timeline, it seems they held the flight until the phones were aboard.
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EDIT: Tracking Updated and is Estimating Delivery by the end of the day on 9/26! :-D
Me too, but either we are on UPS99 or a contracted flight. I think the scan is just a couple hours late. For a while I showed in transit and roughly the right time for a UPS99 load out. Either way, it'll be right but I bet they hit Tuesday by EOD.
Good to know. I figured they had a way around the usual process but I didn't know what it was.
same update
Again... thanks for the info!
The 2nd 32gigs Space Gray (purchased just seconds after the 1st one via the Apple store app) finally shipped and will arrive one day later on Thursday Sept 26th than the 1st one. Just a few seconds apart can mean a day difference depending on demand.
Woe! I wasn't expecting this...
Scheduled Delivery:
Wednesday, 09/25/2013, By End of Day
Last Location:
Arrived - ZhengZhou, China, Monday, 09/23/2013
I am in Columbus, Ohio.
I ordered my 64GB Space Gray AT&T iPhone 5s right when the Apple Store app went live at 12:03 PDT. Originally it said "Preparing for Shipment Available to ship: 1 - 3 business days Delivers: Sep 30 - Oct 2 by Standard Shipping"
Amazing that it could be in China today (although I think they are 12 hours ahead of me) and here at my house in 2 days.
Scheduled Delivery:
Wednesday, 09/25/2013, By End of Day
Last Location:
Arrived - ZhengZhou, China, Monday, 09/23/2013
I am in Columbus, Ohio.
I ordered my 64GB Space Gray AT&T iPhone 5s right when the Apple Store app went live at 12:03 PDT. Originally it said "Preparing for Shipment Available to ship: 1 - 3 business days Delivers: Sep 30 - Oct 2 by Standard Shipping"
Amazing that it could be in China today (although I think they are 12 hours ahead of me) and here at my house in 2 days.
Call them up. When I called about that, I not only got my shipping knocked down to a penny, they threw in a free case, too.
Gold 64 AT&T. You?
32 gray att. Didn't realize ATT would have good stock until they were out. Oh well.
May not have been for nothing. Some people didn't make that first plane. Perhaps paying the $10 put you on the plane ahead of some people who didn't.
Not to mention, for local delivery its a different delivery truck. In the past, some phones were still on the regular truck at the end of the day so it could save you a day.