After much anticipation and a significant amount of patience, it appears Canadian shipments for the next-generation 3G iPhone have arrived in Vancouver. A report from ImportGenius indicates Schenker had a number of shipments that had an arrival notification address in Vancouver, Canada. Combined with confirmation from both Apple and Rogers, these shipments appear to coincide with the expected 3G iPhone announcement at the WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) on June 9th. Here is a quote from the ImportGenius report:
The initial shipments were followed on March 27, April 28, May 6 and May 17 with an additional 44 containers—each containing an estimated 40,000 units of the new phone. The sixteen containers imported by Apple Inc. itself—as opposed to the Quanta subsidiary—were delivered on March 19 and 27 to the Jonestown, Pa. facilities of Ingram Micro, Apple’s U.S. distribution partner.
The Quanta Computer USA shipments were delivered to that company’s distribution center in Freemont, Ca. Meanwhile, on the exact same dates as the shipments above, Schenker AG, another of Apple’s distribution partners, imported a total of 67 containers of this new product type from an undisclosed manufacturer in Shanghai, China.
Several of those products carried the Apple computer name in what appeared to be an accidental disclosure on the customs record. With arrival notification addresses in Vancouver, Canada, many of Schenker’s shipments appeared destined for the Canadian market. Apple has thus far not made the iPhone available in Canada, however Rogers Wireless recently announced that it would begin offering the item shortly. They declined to offer more specifics about when they would start selling the phones.
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