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Hmmm, weird, mine is in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong as of 10/10/2011 4PM local time. Did people just skip mentioning this step before they left China and got airborne? (btw, White 64Gig ordered from Apple.com about 45 min after orders went live...)

Anyway, another interesting thing to note is that UPS World Wide Express (what it seems most ordered from Apple.com on release night are shipping with) is
Delivery Commitment - Import:
Delivery by 10:30 a.m. or 12:00 noon
Next business day delivery from Canada and Mexico
One or two business day delivery from Europe, Asia, and Latin America

Now I figure they changed it to "End of Day" because of the huge volume of phones being sent HOWEVER, if you're in an area that didn't get hit huge with orders I'm guessing there's a good chance your phone will get to you before 10:30 or noon since the supply chain is already setup for those kind of deliveries....
 
I ordered from apple.com on 10/7/11 around 4 am pst.
Now on the order status page, it says 'preparing for shipment', but I was able to go on ups.com and found the shipping info.

It's in transit (as of 10/10/11 3 am pst) with 4 days left and is scheduled to be delivered on 10/14/11 by end of day.
 

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I ordered from apple.com on 10/7/11 around 4 am pst.
Now on the order status page, it says 'preparing for shipment', but I was able to go on ups.com and found the shipping info.

It's in transit (as of 10/10/11 3 am pst) with 4 days left and is scheduled to be delivered on 10/14/11 by end of day.

If it said preparing for shipment, how were you able to track it on UPS?.
 
Did all the phones ship from China last year? I seem to remember some discussion of phones shipping from Texas, as if Apple had delivered a large quantity of phones to ATT to ship on their own.

I may be remembering that wrong however. If true, we wouldn't see ATT phones ship for another day or two.

Looking back at my ATT shipping info from last year, it shipped over night. Granted this was about 3 weeks post release.
 
So if you ordered 2 with the same Apple ID how do you look up both tracking numbers, anyone have a trick for that?

I'm pretty sure they are not in one box as my box weight on UPS shows to be .40 kg, the standard weight I'm seeing on here.....
 
Hey guys, here is a trick of how to find your iPhone order even if Apple hasn't sent you a shipping confirmation. First, your iPhone 4S order has to say preparing for shipment though. Last year when I ordered the iPhone 4 someone in the MacRumors forum showed everyone how to find their shipment. Apple usually ships via FedEx or UPS so in order to find your iPhone 4S shipment all you have to know if your phone number and zip code. Here's what you do:

1. Go to FedEx or UPS.com
2. Find where it says track by reference.
3. Type in the required information, primarily your phone number associated with your order.
4. You should see your shipment as long as your order status says "Preparing for Shipment"
WOW thanks big time that works shipping UPS from China
OOps I just remembered my son also ordered iphone 4s from apple and he used MY same cell number for account number and we only for now show one box ed shipped so we have no idea which phone has shipped from china
 
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The UPS website says Friday the 14th, but when I called them and asked (to see if they could change the address), they told me WEDNESDAY!!!!!! Isn't that incredible. Now hopefully they can reroute and we'll be all good! :D
 
So if you ordered 2 with the same Apple ID how do you look up both tracking numbers, anyone have a trick for that?

I'm pretty sure they are not in one box as my box weight on UPS shows to be .40 kg, the standard weight I'm seeing on here.....

I would expect it to display two different search results showing the match with the reference.
 
Just called, my phone according to UPS international is scheduled to be delivered Wednesday October 12, by 10:30 AM.... Online tracking shows the 14th, she says it looks to be the 12th in my system...
 
Woohoo!

Thanks, Macguy87!

I ordered mine via Apple's phone number Friday around 7pm EDT. Didn't have to deal with any pesky website downtime. :D Anyway, mine is scheduled for delivery on the 14th via UPS and is currently in Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong.
 
Ordered two of them, white and black. Black one is showing shipped and the white one is Preparing for shipment, anyone else showing shipped for a white one? oops just saw it
 
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