I pre-oredered right at 2am on the 12th and my credit card was charged over the weekend. I received a Fedex #, checked the Fedex site and my fedex package has shipped and has been sitting in NJ since Sunday. If things go as normal (as previous pre-orders), it will sit in NJ until Thursday and then 2 day ship to me for Friday by 3pm. Hoping I didn't jinx myself with this post. 
By the way, this was for an IPhone 6 Plus 16gb Silver