Even though the delivery dates for some of the third-generation iPad models may have slipped to March 19th, there’s still some good news to be had. Per 9to5Mac, the first shipment notifications this week of ‘new iPads’ departing out of Chengdu in Western China. Chengdu, you’ll recall, was the site of a deadly Foxconn explosion on an iPad 2 assembly line last summer.
If you’ve received a shipment notification email from Apple regarding your iPad 3, please let us know.
4 replies on “iPad 3 units begin to ship from western China”
Received a notice today mine is in Ontario, CA, with “future delivery requested” and delivery “no later than 3:00 pm March 16)
supposed to arrive no later than end of day, March 16
Chengdu,
China
03/10/2012
3:02 A.M.
Departure Scan
Chengdu,
China
03/09/2012
7:55 P.M.
Arrival Scan
EPZ,
China
03/09/2012
7:21 P.M.
Departure Scan
03/09/2012
3:28 P.M.
Origin Scan
China
03/09/2012
2:50 A.M.
Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Scheduled Delivery:
Friday, 03/16/2012, By End of Day
Last Location:
Departed – Shenzhen, China, Saturday, 03/10/2012