Lots of people who placed pre-orders for the new iPhone 3GS with Apple are starting to see delivery notices / tracking updates suggesting they will be getting their new babies tomorrow or the next day “ as in, before the official public release date of June 19th.
I ‘ve heard this directly from site readers, and seen it talked about over at the everythingiCafe forums. Though many folks have suggested that despite what the notices may say, UPS will just be holding the packages for delivery on 6/19, Engadget seems to think it ‘s more likely that some lucky folks will be getting new toys over the next couple days:
As iPhones make the inevitable transition from wildly-anticipated objects of lust to commodities, it seems that Apple’s putting progressively less effort into carefully orchestrating and micro-managing launches — and if you want solid proof of that, look no further than the shipping tracking numbers coming off of the online Apple Store’s order status site where you’ll find that some iPhone 3G S units should be in buyers’ hands tomorrow. If you’re counting, that’d be a full two days before the official release of this Friday — and while we suppose the company could have some agreement in place with its carriers to hold onto the units until the official release, we’re not giving UPS that much credit.
Let us know if you ‘ve got a shipping notice saying you ‘re getting the 3GS early? And be sure to send us pics if you do get one, so that the rst of us can really get our envy going. 🙂
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