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The iPhone 4Ss have landed

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October 11, 2011, 10:04 AM ET
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Deliveries have started to arrive in Germany. Mine left Alaska last night.



Source: UPS Tracking

Customers who got up early — or stayed up late — to pre-order Apple’s (AAPL) new iPhone have started to reap their rewards.

Although deliveries were not due until end-of-day Friday, Oct. 14 — the day of the official launch — MacRumors reports that several customers in Germany have already received theirs.

Mine left Anchorage, Alaska, Monday at 11:11 p.m. local time, and unless it gets stuck in some UPS holding facility, it could very possibly to show up in Brooklyn a couple days early.

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