My XS Max has been sitting in ZhengZhou since i saw the first info about it on Saturday or Sunday, and has finally gotten a Departure Scan. Not sure where it is going, but it left at 5:46am out of ZhengZhou.
In previous years it has gone to Incheon, South Korea or Shanghai, China and sat there a few more days. Maybe it went through Hong Kong a few times as well. Did I mention that I've had a new iPhone every year since that first one in 2007? We didn't do flight tracking back then. ::grin:: I'm curious if anyone has gotten tracking info on that 5:46 departure from ZhengZhou. I know some folks are really good at finding those things.
After that plane finally arrives at its next port, I get nervous, but it eventually leaves just in time to get to Anchorage and then Louisville with plenty of time to get it on a truck on Friday morning to deliver it to my house before the end of the day.
I really enjoy watching the UPS planes tracking map on FlightAware on Thursday with the 10 or so UPS planes flying from various Asian UPS bases into Anchorage.
It is kind of funny that a few days after I get my phone here I'll be flying with it back to China. I'm grateful for the timing of my trip as I've spent many "iPhone first days" in Australia, always visiting the closest mobile shop to see the newest iPhone in person. My phones have usually arrived back at home later that day and I don't get to see it until the next week.