In other news, the prices of iPads on eBay double!
I am glad a friend of mine scored me one when he was in Florida. One and a half more months of show off!
my uncle got me one from US as well
, stores in Dubai are selling 16GB iPad for $1300....
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Over 500,000 iPads Sold, Apple Delays International Delivery until May
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my uncle got me one from US as well
, stores in Dubai are selling 16GB iPad for $1300....It might be a good idea for Apple to invest some of the $40 billion dollars they are sitting on into getting more efficient manufacturing facilities in place.
Another possibility is that Apples suppliers could not make enough parts. There were many rumors about a shortage of screens and other parts so that might have something to do with it.
It's an AMERICAN COMPANY, we get first dibs, deal with it.
I'm still waiting for my 3g for crying out loud. Grow a spine!!!It is an American company, after all.
Hehe, I have to laugh at all the people saying "this sucks/makes no business sense/they should've invested in better manufacturing methods".
Apple, like a lot of manufacturers, are simply employing the legitimate tactic of ramping up demand by limiting supply. You don't make money making zillions of products and selling hundreds, whereas you do if you make hundreds and sell those hundreds quickly. They've always done it that way, and its worked pretty darn good thus far - people have always lusted after a new product from Apple.
I have to agree with this point. If I was a developer not based in the US and I have been developing apps for the iPhone I'd really want an iPad to test my new apps with. There is nothing like testing the app on the actual device.
Starting to lose interest - I'm sick of the rest of the world being treated like we don't exist. I wouldn't mind so much if they'd just "nnnngh JUST SPIT OUT THE PRICE ALREADY!!" (and breathe...) but no - that'd be very un-Apple wouldn't it, so we spend another month in the dark. And that's the core of why I'm losing interest in Apple as a whole - the secrecy thing is completely pointless when it's something like international pricing and it's getting ridiculous.
The iPhone is a completely different product. I would say that it would have been extremely difficult to make an educated guess at the initial level of demand. Being able to produce half-a-million iPads in such a short time means that Apple probably has the best supply chain on the planet.
It's great news that they are selling well, bad news for those abroad (I'm in the US) waiting.
In January I was underwhelmed. As time passed, I realized that the apps will make the technology wonderful. My wife gave me an iPad on Thursday and I'm amazed! Those of you patiently waiting, it will be worth the wait! I have not touched my MacBook Pro in 6 days (but still have a need for it).
In January I was underwhelmed. As time passed, I realized that the apps will make the technology wonderful. My wife gave me an iPad on Thursday and I'm amazed! Those of you patiently waiting, it will be worth the wait! I have not touched my MacBook Pro in 6 days (but still have a need for it).
well with the US dollar sucking so hard maybe I will just cruise on down the Amurica and snag one. I'm a bit nervous as to what Apple will charge us Canucks anyway.
Maybe you're joking, but if you're not, think about it. Why would a company choose fewer sales in order to create more hype? The point of hype *is* to sell products. It would be like selling the cat in order to buy more cat food.
And delaying the international release is a strategy to avoid shortages, not create them. Assumably, they could go ahead with the international release, but then have too few on hand all over the world. They've chosen instead to keep the US stores in stock so as to *avoid* shortages.
damn, nice of steve to mention it in the q&A
oh well I have my masters to finish and get married so I think I will be bbusy enough until the end of May!
oh well I have my masters to finish and get married so I think I will be bbusy enough until the end of May!
It's an AMERICAN COMPANY, we get first dibs, deal with it.
I'm a Brit but I have to say agree with you there, it's an American company and America is their biggest market.
It works both ways, if Cadbury started telling us Brits we couldn't have their British made chocolate bars yet because they were meeting overseas demand, no doubt we'd be up in arms.
Wait a minute... dammit, those Kraft-y Americans have bought Cadbury!
Ouch. That sucks, and it might get worse. I don't think that Apple will want to look stupid and put the date back again so I'm sure that "late May" will be when first shipments hit the UK but now, with the demand and the delays, I fear that sometime in June might be more realistic for me to expect to get my iPad.
The danger is that the launch allocation gets sold in an instant so if people aren't really quick hitting that pre-order button when it goes online then they could end up waiting for the second batch to reach UK shores.
I'm comforting myself with the fact that some of the apps that I want to see make it across to the iPad (e.g. Docs2Go or QuickOffice) aren't there yet and it also gives another month or so for Apple to get the UK iBook store up and running and start populating it with commercial titles.
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The danger is that the launch allocation gets sold in an instant so if people aren't really quick hitting that pre-order button when it goes online then they could end up waiting for the second batch to reach UK shores.
I'm comforting myself with the fact that some of the apps that I want to see make it across to the iPad (e.g. Docs2Go or QuickOffice) aren't there yet and it also gives another month or so for Apple to get the UK iBook store up and running and start populating it with commercial titles.
- Julian
Bah. I hope that's May for both WiFi and 3G models - if I have to wait until June for a 3G equipped model I'll be annoyed.