Don't see an iPad Air 5 shipping thread yet. Since I only jump onto the forums several times per year, I defer to the 'heavy hitters' to start it up. I did read today that due to a big spike in Covid cases in Shenzen, the PRC is locking down the place for one week. Essential workers (whomever they are) exempted. Everyone else has to stay home. That may delay Apple product processing and shipping.
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iPad Air iPad Air 5 Shipping Thread?
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Great timing as I just ordered my Blue Ipad Air (256GB WIFI & 5G). Delivery for Friday so far.
Really looking forward going back to an iPad.
Really looking forward going back to an iPad.
Thanks for starting this, I was hoping for a shipping thread too. Considering that you can order one today and still get it on the 18th, I don’t think there are a lot of people ordering these. I am having my iPad engraved so it is scheduled to come on Tuesday the 22nd, but it says preparing for shipment so maybe will get here early (unless the lockdown stretches that out). Has anyone had their credit card charged yet? Mine hasn’t been.
Wonder if the covid lockdown happening in Shenzhen will affect shipping. Regardless, after using a S7 samsung tablet for a while (gave it a shot after giving my mom my ipad mini), I'm really looking forward to having an iPad again.
Lacking other things to do now, I attempted to find where iPads are manufactured in China. It seems that Foxconn, the company that assembles the iPads from the multitude of sourced parts, has relocated at least some of iPad production to Chengdu, Sichuan province (i.e. not Shenzen). This shift started back in 2010 +/-. Current info is hard to find. Soooo...maybe the products will still deliver on time.
Been ages since I ordered and had something shipped from the Apple website. You maybe right that they don't go through Shenzhen to ship their products. Also wonder how many apple have stocked up in their warehouses around North America.
One thing I do know, just like all other previous apple shipments in the past, I keep on refreshing my order status.
No cc charge yet. Wait, wait, wait and refresh status on your order. If these products are already stateside in a warehouse, they will start moving later this week. If the starting point is Foxconn in Chengdu, Sichuan province, no lockdown yet that I can see. Could change. As noted in an earlier post, Shenzen is on a lockdown and that includes the Apple manufacturers. I am going to ignore this for 24 hours. Checking order progress is developing into a compulsive behavior for me.
Some people on Reddit have seen theirs start showing up in their UPS My Choice with scans from ZhengZhou as early as 2 days ago and scans from Incheon about 5-6 hours ago. Unsure if that's iPhones or iPads though.
Update: My card got charged about an hour ago and the status changed to preparing for shipping a few minutes later. Now it's time to play the waiting game of waiting for the tracking to show up on UPS My Choice.
Same here! Was assuming it was stateside already since no movement over the weekend. Tracking fun begins.
Mine has been preparing to ship since yesterday i think. Still no tracking number available. 64gb blue.
My order as well. Wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of iPad orders are already in Canada or US for delivery on Friday.
Yes it’s probably shipping from Apples warehouses situated in the US and not coming across the Pacific from China.
Hope so. I had to ship to a location other than my house and I’ll only be there till the 21st.
