I was expecting to see these shipped from Apple in CA, but was suprized when I saw the ship from address of SHENZHEN CN

Same here. Direct from China, same address.

Originally Posted by JoAnne

Same here. Direct from China, same address.

Actually kinda fast shipping if you ask me....

All apple products are shipped from china, my moms iMac came from china, they are built to order.

Originally Posted by gentlefury

All apple products are shipped from china, my moms iMac came from china, they are built to order.

Guess I did not pay too much attention when I last ordered from the apple store...

Must be your first Apple purchase. All six iPods I've owned came direct from China, my MacBook Pro came direct from China, etc...

You know on the back it says "Made in China, Designed in California by Apple".

Originally Posted by Anthony.L

Must be your first Apple purchase. All six iPods I've owned came direct from China, my MacBook Pro came direct from China, etc...

You know on the back it says "Made in China, Designed in California by Apple".

and "backdoor access circuit designed by Chinese Government Hackers".

Apple has robot factories in several major areas around the world. china is the main location for USA and also Australia however Singapore provides iMacs and MacBook pros and Mac pros to Australia. all ipads are built in china along with iPhones and iPods.

This is no different to Dell and other major it companies

Regards col down under

Originally Posted by Anthony.L

Must be your first Apple purchase. All six iPods I've owned came direct from China, my MacBook Pro came direct from China, etc...

You know on the back it says "Made in China, Designed in California by Apple".

Have had a few, last was an iPod touch for the wife a couple years back. Few refurb items as well.

Find it interesting it's still in China on the 22nd, but due out for delivery on the 25th.....

Once it leaves China, it will come very quickly. You should have it in a couple of days!