The logistics of delivering up to half a million iPhones to Apple and AT&T retail stores was a huge undertaking, but greatly simplified by a worldwide company that routinely delivers 3.2 million packages a day–FedEx Express. In this case, the finished iPhones were flown directly from Asia, landing in a warehouse for western region stores adjacent to the Ontario International airport (S. Calif.), the hub for UPS west coast freight operations. It’s possible that Apple used “Brown” to deliver the iPhones from Asia, since the company has direct flights from China to Ontario. From the warehouse, it was truly an overnight delivery for the iPhones via FeEx Express, picked up Thursday afternoon and then delivered to individual stores in the back of a tractor-trailer with the company’s purple and orange logo.
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So how confusing IS this article?? Did UPS or did FedEx deliver the iPhones?? Your article clearly hasn’t a clue. [IFO -- I edited the story to make it clearer: UPS from Asia to the U.S., then FedEx Express from warehouse to Apple stores.]
Is the author of this article color blind?
From the warehouse, it was truly an overnight delivery for the iPhones via FeEx Express, picked up Thursday afternoon and then delivered to individual stores in the back of a tractor-trailer with the company’s red and blue logo.
“RED AND BLUE logo”
It’s Purple and Orange dude… [IFO -- Thanks, dude! Story corrected.]