Guide to Shipping Smartphones & Gadgets Overseas
With holiday seasons approaching, presents and gifts is ideally one of the best way to show your love. Unfortunately, lots of people are forced to spend this Christmas without their loved ones because of COVID-19.
I was talking to my mom in the States the other day and she was telling me how much she wants to a new iPhone. While we couldn’t spend this Christmas together, I wanted to show my love to her and surprise her a new iPhone 12 before Christmas. Since lots of international courier services has been suspended, it wasn’t easy for me to get an express shipping from Hong Kong to the US. Especially when COVID-19 getting more serious, I didn’t really want to go out to DHL or FedEx branches and queue up for shipments.
Luckily I found Spaceship online and they offer instant quotes from various international courier services and my mom could get a new iPhone before Christmas. Spaceship also offers door-to-door pick-up service so I don’t have to go out!
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Courier Options for Shipping Electronic Device with li-ion battery
Products with lithium batteries are regarded as fully regulated dangerous goods. Hong Kong Post and lots of international courier service provides don’t accept posting parcels with lithium batteries. At the moment, only FedEx Express accepts parcels with li-ion batteries when shipping overseas from Hong Kong.
How to tell if the product contains li-metal battery?
- Battery’s life span is general longer than alkaline battery
- Can be found in toys, calculators, timers
- Batteries are not rechargeable once it’s used up
How to tell if the product contains li-ion battery?
- Lithium-ion battery is rechargeable
- Generally used on portable electronic products, including laptops, iPhone and other smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, recorders
I wasn’t too aware of what I needed to do when I was shipping an iPhone to the US. With the help from Spaceship’s logistic specialists, they informed me that I need to be careful with how I packed the parcel and what I need to prepare before actually sending out the iPhone.
