How long does it take to ship?

You will not get it sooner. Although the delivery time could be earlier than 10:30am, delivery date will not be sooner and not later either. FedEx seemed pretty precise with delivery dates.

I ordered mine July 2nd and still says
not yet shipped

OK mine has been sitting in Anchorage, AK all day, apparently.


Date/Time Activity Location Details
Jul 8, 2009 10:00 PM Int'l shipment release ANCHORAGE, AK
Jul 7, 2009 2:45 PM In transit ANCHORAGE, AK
Jul 7, 2009 1:37 PM Arrived at FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
Jul 7, 2009 8:04 PM In transit SHENZHEN CN
Jul 7, 2009 12:00 PM Left FedEx origin facility SHENZHEN CN
Jul 6, 2009 4:24 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx
Jul 7, 2009 2:15 AM Picked up SHENZHEN CN

What does International Shipment Release and why has it been sitting there for 30 hours for them to release it? Did anyone else get this in their tracking?

I don't think it's going to make it from Anchorage to Cincinnati, OH in like 18 hours, unless the air it instead of ground. :-/

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Dinner4JC wrote:
OK mine has been sitting in Anchorage, AK all day, apparently.


Date/Time Activity Location Details
Jul 8, 2009 10:00 PM Int'l shipment release ANCHORAGE, AK
Jul 7, 2009 2:45 PM In transit ANCHORAGE, AK
Jul 7, 2009 1:37 PM Arrived at FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
Jul 7, 2009 8:04 PM In transit SHENZHEN CN
Jul 7, 2009 12:00 PM Left FedEx origin facility SHENZHEN CN
Jul 6, 2009 4:24 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx
Jul 7, 2009 2:15 AM Picked up SHENZHEN CN

What does International Shipment Release and why has it been sitting there for 30 hours for them to release it? Did anyone else get this in their tracking?

I don't think it's going to make it from Anchorage to Cincinnati, OH in like 18 hours, unless the air it instead of ground. :-/

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If it indicates that the shipment is on Track then you will get it on the estimated time and date. Mine was like yours too and I received mine from Sarah Palin town to New Jersey in a day.

Thanks for setting my nerves at ease.
And for the lol at the Palin joke 🙂

Quick question. Did you do standard shipping? I ordered mine a few days after you did, and I've been stalking this thread out daily to figure out an ETA.

Yes I did standard shipping

Big Joon wrote:
You will not get it sooner. Although the delivery time could be earlier than 10:30am, delivery date will not be sooner and not later either. FedEx seemed pretty precise with delivery dates.You will not get it sooner. Although the delivery time could be earlier than 10:30am, delivery date will not be sooner and not later either. FedEx seemed pretty precise with delivery dates.

I will have to get mine sooner or later (pun intended)
I ended up ordering a World Travel adaptor kit online yesterday and my packages are now on the same truck it seems since they both have an identical last entry:


All shipment travel activity is displayed in local time for the location
To display the shipment travel activity in local time of the scan, please select
Date/Time Activity Location Details
Jul 8, 2009 8:43 PM Departed FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK

However they have different deliever dates:
iPhone = Estimated delivery Jul 9, 2009 by 10:30 AM
Adaptors = Estimated delivery Jul 10, 2009 by 10:30 AM
So unless my stuff gets split up (despite same origin and destination) they should both arrive same day.

I'm gonna be ****** if the iPhone comes late because I won't be home to get it on 7/10, but I will be on 7/9.

We'll see... I feel like it's Christmas Eve 🙂

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Well my status changed earlier to Prepared for Shipment and the delivery date has changed to July 9-13. It still says Prepared for Shipment. I ordered my iPhone on July 1st so I'm hoping it'll finally ship out tomorrow and I'll receive my phone over the next few days.

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My iPhone arrive at my apartment at 10:09 (6 minutes after the promised time) and the adapters showed up with them, so they can 24 hours earlier.

Too bad I wasn't home and they didn't allow my land lord to sign. I'll be going to pick it up at 4pm though 🙂

So I ordered my iPhone 16GB (White) on Sunday evening 7/5. It still has not posted as shipped yet. I noticed some of the local stores have re-stocked the model according to the website. So, can I cancel the order and just go to the store?