iPhone X shipping delays in Korea

It's not a guarantee that your phone will go through Korea. My phone shipped from China, on November 13th. Spent a couple days sightseeing there, then went straight to Alaska, decided it was too cold there and immediately flew to Louisville, KY, where it lounged around for 2 days, then on to Jacksonville, FL for some fun in the sun over the weekend and was delivered to me in Tampa on the 20th. It never visited Korea.

I hope for your sake, that's reality. When mine hit Louisville, it vacationed there for two days, before heading to Florida. Tomorrow being Thanksgiving, might put a wrinkle in this for you, so prepare yourself for a possible Monday delivery as they don't deliver on Saturday for this type of international shipment.

I would be frustrated too. So please don't think I disagree with your frustration. There really is no shipping service that is trouble free. I've seen many here suggest Fedex. I've had so many issues with Fedex and indeed there was a time when Apple used them. They don't anymore, likely because the shipping headaches they caused (though I have no proof that's why they don't use them). Your ping pong shipping history is odd for sure. My point is it will come and this will pass. As to your billing issues, Apple gets paid the minute the phone goes to preparing to ship. It's always been that way. I'm quite sure your carrier is not charging you anything as you have not activated the phone. But if you paid via the trade up program it would be normal you'd start to pay once your phone ships even if you don't have it in your hands.

Three points for you, good person:

• Apple does have some fault in regard to shipping; Apple chose UPS over FedEx. This UPS issue has been lingering on now for weeks. Why continue to push more orders with the same shipper?

• Almost everyone that has posted here has also stated they have contacted Apple, to report their frustration.

• Just because this too shall pass doesn’t mean the situation is acceptable.

While this is frustrating I'm sure it is just as frustrating to Apple and UPS. This was not happening with the first batch and prior to a recent visit. Given the events going on in that part of the world and the bureaucracies there I'm sure something has changed.

If you do a quick search through here or on Google you can find the same type of complaints regarding FedEX. I once sent a Christmas present through Apple/FedEX to Denver that traveled around the US 3 times before finally arriving.

Three points back to you:

• Even if Apple had chosen Fedex that would NOT guarantee Fedex would have done any better. In fact, Apple stopped using Fedex because they were doing a terrible job for them and I have experienced far worse issues with them compared to UPS.
• Anyone who is unhappy with the shipping issues should let Apple know, but also understand once the product is in UPS hands, it's up to UPS to deliver it, not Apple
• People need to put this in perspective. It's normal to be frustrated when one is excited to get a new iPhone and there are delays. But it's not life and death.

Almost the same problem here although my destination is Germany. I heard today, that south corona authorities are investigating apple's branch there in south Korea. Maybe its some kind of bullying too to "delay" the further shipment out of south Korea....... I hope UPS can fix this issue soon.

For anyone else eagerly awaiting updates as i am, there is a flight, UPS99 that departed Incheon and is arriving in Anchorage Alaska in approx. 1 hour. Mine was supposed to arrive today (24th), but it departed Incheon this morning, and Im on the East Coast so the chances of it coming are basically 0%

Mine skipped Alaska as well, according to UPS, but I believe ours are on the same flight. Mine departed Incheon this morning, I found the flight and tracked it. The Flight landed in Alaska about 15 - 20 minutes ago, right before our tracking info was updated. The next flight out of Alaska is on the same plane, in two and a half hours, to arrive in KY at 12:58am EST. I’m sure this is the flight our phones are on, UPS probably just updated our service and destination to reassure us it will come tomorrow!

I completely agree. I received a shipping notification on the 14th and it says it shows it is here with delivery tomorrow. It should not take this long to receive a shipment. I get the customs time but 2 weeks is ridiculous.

Sorry, but I bet it's still in China. I hope it's not but you'd see a departure from ZhengZhou. Then arrival in either Incheon or Anchorage. You're most likely looking at another 4 days. My was the same way. It's beautiful tho and worth the wait...

Unforeseen Event is what the words imply. Weather. Broken aircraft. But, in this case, most likely the eruption of Mt. Agung in Bali, which has thrown up a huge ash cloud that is interfering with air traffic throughout the Western Pacific, which has stranded 10's of thousands of tourists in Bali and surrounding areas.

Yep - same pallet. Flight to Anchorage. Lands at 12:20 or so Alaska time according to flight tracker.

They just back scanned the Alaska arrival which happened at 10:20 am this morning. There system is all screwed up.