Online orders of new iPad will now take up to 3 weeks to ship
Customers who waited to order their new iPad from Apple's online store will now also wait two to three weeks for their order to ship.
Estimated shipping times for new iPad orders have slipped yet again, with all models now advertised to ship within two to three weeks. That applies to both black and white colors, all capacities, and even the 4G LTE models compatible with AT&T and Verizon.
Customers can still attempt to get their hands on a new iPad by waiting in line at an Apple retail store. The company will have additional units available for purchase at its brick-and-mortar locations for this Friday's official launch.
While demand for the new iPad has forced Apple to delay estimated shipping times, the wait for an iPad 2 remains unchanged. Both black and white 16GB Wi-Fi-only models, available for $399, ship in one to three days, while the 3G-capable models have an identical estimated shipping time.
Over the weekend, Apple issued an official comment on the strong demand it has seen for the new iPad, which led to the initial batch of preorders selling out in just two days.
"Customer response to the new iPad has been off the charts and the quantity available for pre-order has been purchased," a company spokesperson said. "Customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date."
Launch-day iPads sold out from Apple's online store last Friday, and Apple began to advertise that new orders would ship by March 19. But as of Monday, customers will have to wait up to three weeks to receive their new iPad.
Those who were among the first to preorder the third-generation iPad have already begun receiving notifications that their order has shipped, and many packages are being held at FedEx shipping centers in Nashville, Tenn., or UPS facilities in Louisville, Ken. However, the iPads are not scheduled to actually be delivered until Friday, the product's official launch day.
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I suspect/estimate/guess that they are currently producing 75k per day and are ramping production. I say their onhand stockpile was 3-5 million which has been burnt through. Well, that's my guess anyways
Just hoping my first iPad is super terrific!
It will also be interesting to see what the general public says about the new iPad when it actually gets into their hands.
Anyway, FedEx is holding mine in PA for Friday delivery. In the comments section is says "Future delivery requested"
Apple is delaying the iPad launch
No iPad on March 16
This is all a ploy to show demand
Pre-orders held back for weeks
Problems with high-res screens
A5X GPU melts down
China shut down iPad production because of trademark dispute
Any more? Just trying to save some posters here some time.
After I finish Mass Effect 3 for Xbox360 I'm going to trade that in along with Gears of War 3 and trade-in the Kinect too.
Cue the Apple SLAMboys and Faux News...
Apple is delaying the iPad launch
No iPad on March 16
This is all a ploy to show demand
Pre-orders held back for weeks
Problems with high-res screens
A5X GPU melts down
China shut down iPad production because of trademark dispute
Any more? Just trying to save some posters here some time.
I find the Apple Delays Delivery of New iPad headline to be the most misleading.
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnat...html?ana=yfcpc
Actually they should just have an ordering system of who doesn't want one.
Any more? Just trying to save some posters here some time.
you forget the one about how they cut off the UK etc to give more to US buyers which is why deliveries in the UK are being delayed (although not all of them) with some excuse about the shipping company having issues
I would guess calendar Q2 sales at 15M: 13M New, 2 M iPad 2s.
You know - They really had to have planned for much higher sales than previously. So if they are still sold out, demand must be astounding.
Just got shipping notification for Friday... Not bragging... Just saying
I suspect/estimate/guess that they are currently producing 75k per day and are ramping production. I say their onhand stockpile was 3-5 million which has been burnt through. Well, that's my guess anyways
Just hoping my first iPad is super terrific!
My iPad 2 still is super terrific. I am sure the new iPad is just that much more. You are going to have an great weekend.
I would guess calendar Q2 sales at 15M: 13M New, 2 M iPad 2s.
Huh?
Apple sold 15.4 million iPad 2s in the holiday quarter. You're saying that shipments dropped that much in the first calendar quarter. My guess would be 8 million IP2 and 5 million iPv3.
Why guess? Hey... it's fun for some of us.
Huh?
Apple sold 15.4 million iPad 2s in the holiday quarter. You're saying that shipments dropped that much in the first calendar quarter. My guess would be 8 million IP2 and 5 million iPv3.
Why guess? Hey... it's fun for some of us.
If you are correct, that's 13 M iPads in this quarter. Want to bet that the press will have a field day and go on and on about how Apple's iPad shipments dropped since the last quarter?
As crazy as it seems (virtually every consumer product's sales drop in the first calendar quarter), that's what happened least year.
Just got shipping notification for Friday... Not bragging... Just saying
I suspect/estimate/guess that they are currently producing 75k per day and are ramping production. I say their onhand stockpile was 3-5 million which has been burnt through. Well, that's my guess anyways
Just hoping my first iPad is super terrific!
I ordered mine Wednesday at 4:00 and mine still says preparing for shipment... not looking good for friday
Customers who waited to order their new iPad from Apple's online store will now also wait two to three weeks for their order to ship.
Simply make those overpaid Foxcon workers do back-to-back 18 hour shifts. What's the problem with that?
They are MUCH better off doing that compared with starving in grass huts back home!
Ordered one for me (black) and one for my wife (white) on first day. It took 90 minutes and about 500 clicks to get them ordered. Both have been given tracking numbers for delivery by Mar 16 before 3:00 pm from the distribution center in Middletown, PA. These are upgrades from the original iPads, all are ATT 64gb, even though there is no LTE in Eastern PA for at least the next six months.
Yeah, 500+ clicks, 30+ minutes on the phone and then waiting 30 minutes and called in and got one
So am I hearing this right - they are shipping yours from PA instead of China?