[iPad Mini] when is mid-november for apple

asarway · Nov 1, 2012, 09:45 AM

I ordered the iPad mini 64gb-cellular black/slate and it says ship mid November...What is mid november???

Spungoflex · Nov 1, 2012, 09:45 AM

The 30th.

djransom · Nov 1, 2012, 11:05 AM

Mid-November to me would indicate the 15th-20th, but I could be wrong and Apple could be completely different.

darngooddesign · Nov 1, 2012, 11:07 AM

Mid Month refers to 1/4 - 3/4 of the way through a month.

emgoodman · Nov 1, 2012, 11:35 AM

Most pre-orders for the Mini and 4th gen originally listed Nob. 23 or 26th as ship dates. When Apple changed all of these to mid November the writers all thought this was a bad thing and that the ship dates had slipped. To me, if the actually ship dates were likely to be later than that than Apple wouldn't say "mid-November." They try to under promise and then over deliver. I can't believe they would tell buyers "mid-November" (which to me means between the 2nd-3rd weeks) and then not ship to much later in the month.

temna · Nov 1, 2012, 01:21 PM

Mid-November? I got mine in at 1:03 local time (two minutes into the presale), and mine says shipping late November! This is rediculous that I will have to probably wait a full month from the WiFi's release to get mine just because I want cellular. Apple needs to sort out their supply chain, I can't see there being a real decent excuse for this delay. If I'm willing to pay for it, I should be in the same queue as the wifi buyers!

Spungoflex · Nov 1, 2012, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temna

Mid-November? I got mine in at 1:03 local time (two minutes into the presale), and mine says shipping late November! This is rediculous that I will have to probably wait a full month from the WiFi's release to get mine just because I want cellular. Apple needs to sort out their supply chain, I can't see there being a real decent excuse for this delay. If I'm willing to pay for it, I should be in the same queue as the wifi buyers!

You knew before you ordered that it wouldn't be ready until mid-november. I'm willing to pay for the mini 2 with retina, but that's not ready yet either.

temna · Nov 1, 2012, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spungoflex

You knew before you ordered that it wouldn't be ready until mid-november. I'm willing to pay for the mini 2 with retina, but that's not ready yet either.

Did you miss where I said it's telling me LATE November? Plus, did you miss where I said they shouldn't have split the release like this? Newbies!

reputationZed · Nov 1, 2012, 02:23 PM

IIRC the ships by date has always been mid November. For a number of days the delivers by date was 23 November, but the delivers by date has now disappeared. There are a couple of posts on this forum indicating Apple dropped the delivers by date out of concern that Sandra may have jacked up FedEx's ability to deliver within their normal delivery times. We may see out mini's ship in mid November but with the Thanksgiving holiday and the chaos caused by Sandy may not see them until after the 23rd. In the post I read the OP was told by Apple that the delays would not be only on the east coast, that the storm had jacked up shipping schedules nation wide.

temna · Nov 1, 2012, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reputationZed

IIRC the ships by date has always been mid November. For a number of days the delivers by date was 23 November, but the delivers by date has now disappeared. There are a couple of posts on this forum indicating Apple dropped the delivers by date out of concern that Sandra may have jacked up FedEx's ability to deliver within their normal delivery times. We may see out mini's ship in mid November but with the Thanksgiving holiday and the chaos caused by Sandy may not see them until after the 23rd. In the post I read the OP was told by Apple that the delays would not be only on the east coast, that the storm had jacked up shipping schedules nation wide.

Why is everyone saying mid November? Mine says ***LATE*** November.. And I was only two minutes into the presale.

L_A_T_E

jm5309 · Nov 1, 2012, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temna

Mid-November? I got mine in at 1:03 local time (two minutes into the presale), and mine says shipping late November! This is rediculous that I will have to probably wait a full month from the WiFi's release to get mine just because I want cellular. Apple needs to sort out their supply chain, I can't see there being a real decent excuse for this delay. If I'm willing to pay for it, I should be in the same queue as the wifi buyers!

I feel the same way. I wish they'd release all of them at the same time. I know it's been this way for every iPad release, but it does take some of the fun out of it when you have to wait because you want cellular, which I always do.

reputationZed · Nov 1, 2012, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temna

Why is everyone saying mid November? Mine says ***LATE*** November.. And I was only two minutes into the presale.

L_A_T_E

Because my order status says Mid November. I ordered an hour or so after ordering started. No idea why yours says late November. You may want to call Apple as they're the only ones who can answer your question.

noisycats · Nov 1, 2012, 02:52 PM

15 November. Plus or minus a couple weeks.

reputationZed · Nov 1, 2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by noisycats

15 November. Plus or minus a couple weeks.

Wish they had just said "the ides of November" doesn't have the same poetic impact as March but certainly better the 'the middle of'

Baggio · Nov 1, 2012, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temna

Mid-November? I got mine in at 1:03 local time (two minutes into the presale), and mine says shipping late November! This is rediculous that I will have to probably wait a full month from the WiFi's release to get mine just because I want cellular. Apple needs to sort out their supply chain, I can't see there being a real decent excuse for this delay. If I'm willing to pay for it, I should be in the same queue as the wifi buyers!

I am Eastern time here in the US. I ordered it Friday morning around 10:42 AM Eastern time and I got the "available to ship mid November". I did originally have Nov 23rd delivery date, but that has disappeared.

mac jones · 11/15/12 noon us pst

11/15/12 noon us pst

Txjole · Nov 1, 2012, 03:33 PM

They start shipping on the 16th (mid-Nov) all Apple releases are on Fridays. The status got changed because of the storm Sandy. If you have standard shipping and Sandy did not effect the shipping (no one knows yet) you should have it on the 23rd. If you got next day aiir you should have it on the 19th.

cang87 · Nov 1, 2012, 06:48 PM

So except the deliveries, when do you think that Cellular iPad's will be available in the stores? 16th Nov. ?

Eragon · Nov 1, 2012, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Txjole

They start shipping on the 16th (mid-Nov) all Apple releases are on Fridays. The status got changed because of the storm Sandy. If you have standard shipping and Sandy did not effect the shipping (no one knows yet) you should have it on the 23rd. If you got next day aiir you should have it on the 19th.

Your post makes a lot of sense. I am really curious, though. New iPhones deliver on the release date. The iPad Mini WiFi delivers on the 11/2 release date. Is the 11/16 date not the release date for the cellular?

All we've been told is it ships around the middle of November. Something doesn't seem right.

MS2083 · Nov 2, 2012, 02:57 AM

It would have to be the week of Nov 12th to Nov 16th, right before Thanksgiving and Black Friday of course!

iHeartsteve · Nov 2, 2012, 03:37 AM

bummer. just called and the LTE versions won't come out until the 9th!! I'm surprised they still had the launch a week early. Usually they wait until they have all the models at the same time.

Apple is really just going after money....I want steve jobs back.

cang87 · Nov 5, 2012, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iHeartsteve

bummer. just called and the LTE versions won't come out until the 9th!! I'm surprised they still had the launch a week early. Usually they wait until they have all the models at the same time.

Apple is really just going after money....I want steve jobs back.

What do you mean with 9th? So is it going to be released on 9th Nov. or what? I mean from the Apple Stores?

asarway · Nov 5, 2012, 09:49 PM

i called and they said the 9th to the 14 but the dates we have so far are

9, 14, 16, 21,28 wich one is the most probable

cang87 · Nov 6, 2012, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asarway

i called and they said the 9th to the 14 but the dates we have so far are

9, 14, 16, 21,28 wich one is the most probable

The only thing concerning me is that they pushed up the delivery date of pre-ordered ones. Otherwise I would say 16th but now 21st is more possible.

Chupa Chupa · Nov 6, 2012, 02:31 PM

Guessing the 16th... a Friday for store launch.

Nov 1, 2012, 09:45 AM	#1
asarway macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	when is mid-november for apple I ordered the iPad mini 64gb-cellular black/slate and it says ship mid November...What is mid november???
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Nov 1, 2012, 11:05 AM	#3
djransom macrumors 68040 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chi-Town	Mid-November to me would indicate the 15th-20th, but I could be wrong and Apple could be completely different. __________________ Live and love life
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Nov 1, 2012, 11:07 AM	#4
darngooddesign macrumors 604 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA	Mid Month refers to 1/4 - 3/4 of the way through a month. __________________ Lego Apple Store
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Nov 1, 2012, 01:21 PM	#6
temna macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008	Mid November my patootie! Mid-November? I got mine in at 1:03 local time (two minutes into the presale), and mine says shipping late November! This is rediculous that I will have to probably wait a full month from the WiFi's release to get mine just because I want cellular. Apple needs to sort out their supply chain, I can't see there being a real decent excuse for this delay. If I'm willing to pay for it, I should be in the same queue as the wifi buyers! __________________ iPad mini slate 64gb LTE with Logitech Ultrathin keyboard
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Nov 1, 2012, 03:29 PM	#16
mac jones macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2006	11/15/12 noon us pst
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Nov 1, 2012, 09:45 AM	#2
Spungoflex macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2012	The 30th.
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Nov 1, 2012, 11:35 AM	#5
emgoodman macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2011	Most pre-orders for the Mini and 4th gen originally listed Nob. 23 or 26th as ship dates. When Apple changed all of these to mid November the writers all thought this was a bad thing and that the ship dates had slipped. To me, if the actually ship dates were likely to be later than that than Apple wouldn't say "mid-November." They try to under promise and then over deliver. I can't believe they would tell buyers "mid-November" (which to me means between the 2nd-3rd weeks) and then not ship to much later in the month.
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Nov 1, 2012, 02:23 PM	#9
reputationZed macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 34°55′42″N 80°44′41″W (34.928201, -80.744835)	IIRC the ships by date has always been mid November. For a number of days the delivers by date was 23 November, but the delivers by date has now disappeared. There are a couple of posts on this forum indicating Apple dropped the delivers by date out of concern that Sandra may have jacked up FedEx's ability to deliver within their normal delivery times. We may see out mini's ship in mid November but with the Thanksgiving holiday and the chaos caused by Sandy may not see them until after the 23rd. In the post I read the OP was told by Apple that the delays would not be only on the east coast, that the storm had jacked up shipping schedules nation wide.
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Nov 1, 2012, 02:52 PM	#13
noisycats macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: MeijerLand	15 November. Plus or minus a couple weeks.
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Nov 1, 2012, 03:33 PM	#17
Txjole macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008	They start shipping on the 16th (mid-Nov) all Apple releases are on Fridays. The status got changed because of the storm Sandy. If you have standard shipping and Sandy did not effect the shipping (no one knows yet) you should have it on the 23rd. If you got next day aiir you should have it on the 19th.
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Nov 1, 2012, 06:48 PM	#18
cang87 macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	So except the deliveries, when do you think that Cellular iPad's will be available in the stores? 16th Nov. ? __________________ - C.G - iPhone 5 - Black, 32 GB iPad Mini - White, 64 GB - Wi-fi + Cellular Retina MacBook Pro 15'', 2.3 Ghz Quad-Core i7, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD
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Nov 2, 2012, 02:57 AM	#20
MS2083 macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: California	It would have to be the week of Nov 12th to Nov 16th, right before Thanksgiving and Black Friday of course!
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Nov 2, 2012, 03:37 AM	#21
iHeartsteve macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2012	bummer. just called and the LTE versions won't come out until the 9th!! I'm surprised they still had the launch a week early. Usually they wait until they have all the models at the same time. Apple is really just going after money....I want steve jobs back. __________________ iPhone5 64G iPad3 32G LTE AppleTV3 \| iPad mini 16G LTE MacBook Pro \| 15 Retina Display
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Nov 5, 2012, 09:49 PM	#23
asarway Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	dates i called and they said the 9th to the 14 but the dates we have so far are 9, 14, 16, 21,28 wich one is the most probable
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Nov 6, 2012, 02:31 PM	#25
Chupa Chupa macrumors 604 Join Date: Jul 2002	Guessing the 16th... a Friday for store launch. __________________ Walled Garden ≠ Prison: "People who use Apple products considered their options, and chose Apple. If they regret their decision, they can dump it at any time." -- Harry McCracken, Technologizer.com
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