I will be using a freight forwarder. I’ve seen other preorders getting cancelled because Apple didn’t allow it but seemingly mine was not flagged and is still preparing to ship at the moment. (I prefer not to disclose the name of the company yet but I’m sure it will go through)
Does anyone knows if Apple exclusively uses UPS this year or also FedEx? I still can’t track my order by reference (UPS) on my end.
Apple uses UPS for international shipments of: iPad, iPhone, AW, MBP/MBA, etc... for pre-orders from China.
FED-EX is used for domestic shipments from a local Apple Warehouse when the item is instock & in country for delivery the next day.
I have had Fed-Ex deliver on launch days -
iPhone 14 (ordered thru carrier direct) was shipped from a local Apple warehouse and arrived the day of launch.
iMac 24" also locally delivered on launch day.