It ships from SHENZHEN CN.

what's your estimated arrival?

Yes, that is where the FoxConn factory complex is located. It is not unusual for things ordered online to ship from the factory.


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I'm reverse. Fed ex says sooner on the 17th and apple says the 18th.

Pre-ordering suggests to the customer that s/he will have a chance to receive one the day the item becomes available. Had Apple permitted pre-sales before March 11 there'd have been the expectation that the earliest pre-orders would arrive March 11 or 12. Instead, I think Apple probably reserved every iPad that was manufactured thru the 10th or 11th for retail stores.

So when I checked my tracking number last night the Fedex site states "The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Japan on Friday, March 11 has affected FedEx service." I am wondering if this will affect my shipment delivery date since there has not been any movement on it since yesterday morning. : ( Does anyone else have this message also and did you receive any updates?

ALD213 wrote:
So when I checked my tracking number last night the Fedex site states "The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Japan on Friday, March 11 has affected FedEx service." I am wondering if this will affect my shipment delivery date since there has not been any movement on it since yesterday morning. : ( Does anyone else have this message also and did you receive any updates?

Honestly, your iPad is not the major issue in the world right now.

WOW thanks for the update !!

You know what you are absolute correct. No one response to my post. I would delete if I could

In the Fedex press release they discuss the impact on shipping into and out of Japan, not China.

From what I have read, there should be minimal impact of the Japanese disaster on shipments now.

In the very near future, 1-2 weeks you will see significant impact on a whole host of technology products, Apple included, for which components, chips, etc. are manufactured in Japan and may not be available if the factories have been damaged. Even if specific factories escaped unscathed, there will still be logistics problems, utilities, transportation, airports, etc. that will not be back up to speed for months and in some cases years.

In our little world of getting an iPad this week or next, shouldn't be a problem.

BTW - we can donate to the Red Cross through iTunes in order to help the poor folks hit by this.

See this is very annoying about Apple. Orders should be 'first in first out' (FIFO). I ordered my iPad2 at 12:57pm PST on March 11. It still has not shipped. It says 3-5 business days, I hope it ships by the 18th. Why does an order placed on Saturday/Sunday get priority?

I'm sure the model and the configuration thereof factor into it. There are probably a host of other considerations too.

Theoris is right. Apple is making 3 different memory configurations in WiFi only, AT&T 3G, and Verizon wireless; not to mention black and white. Obviously Apple tried to estimate the demand for each model and just as obviously, over-estimated some demand while underestimating other. So if you ordered a configuration for which demand was underestimated while I ordered one that was overestimated, I get mine before you get yours. No conspiracy, no favoritism.

I know there is now a no-fly zone over the nuclear plant that is in crisis, and there have been US Navy helicopter crews coming in with minor contamination on them. I think you may see delays in some cross-pacific flights as they try to get a handle on just how much radiation has been released (or yet may be), how high and how far it has spread. The FAA has said they are monitoring it closely in case they have to issue flight directives. I'm guessing that some of the great circle routes from Shenzhen must come close to the possible affected zone?

Just what the Japanese needed on top of everything already - a nuclear disaster. I hope it gets no worse, but it does not look promising on that front.