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Once Friday and the weekend hit, and people get to try it you'll watch the waiting time explode into 4-5 week :D
 
I ordered mine with a delivery date of 3.21. Is there a chance for that to get pushed back because of shortages or does Apple adhere to that date?
 
Apple adheres to the date. What they are judging is the size of each shipment - the first shipment that arrives March 16 sold out after two days, with the next shipment shipping out on the 19th. Now that one sold out, so they are saying "2 to 3 weeks" for the shipments after that. Apple knows the size of like the first three or four shipments, so they know exactly when to bump new orders to the next shipping date.
 
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So glad Apple did preorders this time around. Got my shipment notice a few hours ago! I think they had huge production numbers in expectation of demand and that's why it took so long for the shipping estimates to be pushed back. I'm interested to see how many they sell this quarter.
 
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Ah well this just gives me more time to save up and maybe splurge for the 32GB instead. :)
 
Apple adheres to the date. What they are judging is the size of each shipment - the first shipment that arrives March 16 sold out after two days, with the next shipment shipping out on the 19th. Now that one sold out, so they are saying "2 to 3 weeks" for the shipments after that. Apple knows the size of like the first three or four shipments, so they know exactly when to bump new orders to the next shipping date.

Good news, thanks!
 
New this happen pretty quick!

In fact I thought it would jump to this even sooner then it did really.
 
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