Notice Verbiage "pre-orders SHIP 9/21" odd?

[mocciat]

This verbiage concerns me this year. I don't ever remember Apple saying pre orders will "ship" on launch day. Anyone else catch that? So will the pre orders "ship" or "deliver" on September 21st? This makes a difference as I am traveling from 9/23 to 9/25 and won't be around to accept package that day. If they "ship" on the 21st I will just hit up Apple or a Verizon store.

What are your thoughts?

 

[rockyroad55]

This verbiage concerns me this year. I don't ever remember Apple saying pre orders will "ship" on launch day. Anyone else catch that? So will the pre orders "ship" or "deliver" on September 21st? This makes a difference as I am traveling from 9/23 to 9/25 and won't be around to accept package that day. If they "ship" on the 21st I will just hit up Apple or a Verizon store.

What are your thoughts?

It will ship to you the 21st. If you did a search, you'd know that the iPhones actually arrive at a single center on the 20th. Then it ships the 21st same day to get to you that day.

 

[jkun]

Apple always refers to their products as "Ships on" whatever date. That's their way of saying it delivers on that day. I was confused the first time I pre-ordered an iPhone as well. Don't worry, it's nothing out of the ordinary in terms of Apple's use of language and it is not odd.