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iPad mini iPad Mini Preorder Thread (Australia)
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I'm refreshing too. Perhaps 3AM AEDST as that's when Perth and W.A. go onto the 26/10. Or 8AM tomorrow like instore launches. Or even 10PM tomorrow night has been rumored.
I'm going to sleep and just see if it's up at 8AM, probably the best course of action right now, highly doubt it'll all sell out overnight if it is released at 3AM.
I might just stay up till 3am. If it's not up by then I'll give up and try in the morning.
8:14am here on the Gold Coast, still nothing and couldn't get through to the Apple Store's phone number.
I called Apple ... They can't say exactly, but most likely from 6
PM (our Eastern time) tonight. Seems to be confusion about whether you can order LTE iPad 4 now, or just wifi version.
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Sorry, somehow failed to notice this thread is only abou iPad mini. My inquiry to Apple was only about iPad 4.
OMG. That is my idea. Well I am more concerned with scuffs/scratches (like iPhone 5) so thought I would order one of each and if the first one I open is crap I will open the second one.
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I also used the iPhone app for my order (at exactly 3PM Perth time), but jumped on my Mac to order two for my sister after I did my order.
What do you think about the LTE situation?
On the iPad4 page on Apple Oz website it says not compatible with our LTE system. And yet, during the launch of the iPads Telstra and Optus were on the list of providers on the screen. And, iPhone5 is now compatible, and I'm sure I read elsewhere that the new iPads would be.
Would love to hear from anyone less confused than I am about this!
On the iPad4 page on Apple Oz website it says not compatible with our LTE system. And yet, during the launch of the iPads Telstra and Optus were on the list of providers on the screen. And, iPhone5 is now compatible, and I'm sure I read elsewhere that the new iPads would be.
Would love to hear from anyone less confused than I am about this!
On the Apple website it said "Not compatible with Australia LTE or WiMax networks". So probably not compatible. I think Apple said in the future it will be compatible (carriers opening up new plans, broadcasting 4G/WiMax on new frequencies etc.).
Very confusing launch in general with a lot of missing information in my opinion, maybe not for US customers but Apple Australia was very quiet about local details this time round. I couldn't even find local prices on the Aussie Apple site and had to email the Australian Macworld Magazine to get pricing information.
In that case hopefully the carriers release details of plans and nano-sims soon. It would be nice to have a sim ready to go when the iPad arrives.
I'll probably wait till it's in store to pick it up, I don't expect they'll be sold out in the Apple Store Sydney.
Which model are you guys getting? Black vs White? 3G vs Wifi only?
Which model are you guys getting? Black vs White? 3G vs Wifi only?
If you want pre-paid, you can already get these via Telstra etc. At Telstra, just grab a pre-paid sim and activate it on the iPad pre-paid plan when your iPad arrives. If you already have a MicroSIM (or get a MicroSIM pre-paid pack), just ask your local Telstra store for a blank nanoSIM and when your ready to set your iPad up get online and do a live chat with Telstra and they can activate the nanoIM and cancel the MicroSIM (hope that makes sense).