Guys, you need to calm down and not get so stressed out about this. (referring to people who are upset about ship times, not actual problems with the process)
IMO, people wouldn't be nearly as upset if they changed when/how we received information.
Just imagine this...You get an e-mail from Apple, your phone has shipped you'll receive it on 9/26, but UPS does not give you any information until it hits the US (or your final destination country). You'd get it the same time as you'll receive it now, but you wouldn't be hanging over every detail about which country it's in or what the next flight leaving is.
Your phone is going to arrive and for 99% of us it'll arrive before you NEED it and for 100% of us (that have already shipped, with no bugs) it'll arrive before our original delivery window. Please keep things in perspective, Apple and UPS want to deliver your phone to you in a reasonable time frame, but there are only so many flights and so many employees that can work to get things delivered. There are probably a dozen things we don't even think about that creates additional challenges along the way. It's a phone, for most of us it's an upgraded version of the phone we already have and whether we have it today, next week or next month it's not going to change our lives.
