I placed my order from online Apple store on 9th Jan, estimated shipping date was 25th but surprisingly it has been delivered today (after 8 days). Mine is engraved, so if you don't want engraving you might receive it quicker!
Thanks. This is at least good news. Just ordered Jan. 14, 16GB LTE Black with engraving. Based on your 8 days, I am hoping to hear something in 5 days at least then.