this is true, I received an email tonight (ordered the iphone @ 1235 am PST on 2/3); no word from verizon until notification my phone has been shipped, not the best service in notification; but happy that they are shipping out my phone with an anticipated date of receiving it by Monday. Now the bad news, not sure where they are shipping it from, but Fedex has a severe winter advisory notice on their website and some offices are closed and service is really disrupted. So if verizon mailed out 2,000 iphones this morning - the odds of most of us seeing our new phone will likely miss the Monday delivery date. Needless to say, I was expecting it on Thursday the 10th so anytime before that is awesome.