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4th Generation iPad Launch Day Pre-Orders Sold Out, First iPad and iPad Mini Pre-Orders En Route

flashPUNK said:
I don't get it... I ordered my ipad mini 16gb white wifi @ 3:04am (toronto time) on launch day.... My shipping estimate is 2 weeks.... WTF!

My smart cover should arrive today or tomorrow.
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This is the full size, which they probably hasn't been as popular since its not really a new product, not the Mini

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Dwalls90 said:
Wow, who would have thought such a uselessly incremental upgrade would result in lack of popularity? .
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And when it turns out that hey sold 30 million just in preorders what will you say
 
Mine is en route too. Used my phone number as a reference on UPS and it shows that I have three packages en route. I ordered two white 16 g minis and two smart covers. It looks as if the smart covers are coming in one package (which is delayed due to the hurricane) and two packages scheduled to be delivered by the end of the day on Nov 2! woohoo!

I was smart this time. After waiting two or three additional weeks for my iPhone 5, I set my alarm at 2:55 eastern time and ordered as soon as they were available! That's the way to do it!

The second mini is a surprise gift to my girlfriend. I'm going to let her criticize me for a few minutes about buying the mini, let her tell me she thinks its "ok" and then show her the second box waiting in the wings. haha
 
charlituna said:
This is the full size, which they probably hasn't been as popular since its not really a new product, not the Mini

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And when it turns out that hey sold 30 million just in preorders what will you say
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applegigs said:
Don't worry.. :rolleyes: I ordered my iPhone 5 only two and half hours after they started taking ones online and yesterday I got my iPhone ... it officially launched on the 28-th September in Denmark :D:apple:
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Wolfmore said:
Isn't the Mini wifi 16gb white the one that sold out on less than 20 minutes? You ordered the first 4 minutes? I say call Apple I bet they get you one delivered on time.
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Might give them a call... Current the estimated deliverey date is Nov 21st...

I totally understand if it was a couple days off, but seriously, i woke up at 2:45, finished processing at 3:04, and was back in bed by 3:15.


I ordered my iPhone 5 white 16gb launch day at 8am, and it arrived a week after the first day everyone started getting one - also 1 day before my estimated delivery date.
 
AttilaTheHun said:
But that what hapened to Blackberry, they said the new bb 9900 coming soon and that took them 10 month, I gave up and moved to iphone,
now you can see what hapened to them
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But that was something arriving long after everyone expected it, this has arrived before everyone expected it, not even the rumour sites had any idea about this one. I think it was a good move by Apple as releasing just after Christmas was always a problem for people wanting to buy iPads as gifts.
 
joelvega125 said:
My mini is still preparing for shipment. Still says Delivered by November 2nd though. I ordered well before the shipping time changed to 2 weeks :rolleyes:
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Read article. they just haven't sent out the shipping notices yet, but it looks like they have already started shipping the iPad 4s and iPad minis
 
It used to be that you needed to order quickly (within a few days) to be the first to get a product.

Then people noticed that if you ordered late, you had to wait. So they ordered within the first 24 hours to be the first to get a product.

Then people noticed that if you ordered late, you had to wait. So they ordered within the first few hours to be the first to get a product.

Then people noticed that if you ordered late, you had to wait. So they ordered within the first hour to be the first to get a product.

Then people noticed that if you ordered late, you had to wait. So they ordered within the first ten minutes to be the first to get a product.

Then people noticed that if you ordered late, you had to wait. So they waited until the order page went live, and ordered immediately.
 
phantom5251 said:
I ordered a 32 GB Black 4G iPad in the evening of launch day. Apple's site is still showing preparing for shipment. However, tried the phone number trick on the reference page on FedEx's site, and it says it was picked up in Middletown, PA, on October 28, and should deliver by 3pm on Friday. Odd, as I always kind of thought pre-orders came from Shenzhen?
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I just checked my credit card company. My payment (for four 32GB WiFi 4th gens) didn't clear until yesterday. I *expect* mine to ship out today, but they still show as "Preparing for shipment".
 
I thought for sure everyones' "iPad 4 is DOA" rants were going to slow down sales of the iPad 4 because "nobody" wants them.

/sarcasm :rolleyes:
 
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Dwalls90 said:
Wow, who would have thought such a uselessly incremental upgrade would result in lack of popularity? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Apple should be afraid. They have eroded consumer faith in their release cycle, meaning users like me will WAIT and NOT PURCHASE the newest and greatest product.
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Sounds like you're mad
 
Can someone please tell me how to search by
Phone number? I google searched Track ups/FedEx package by phone number and I got phone numbers for customer service

Can someone post the link for ups and FedEx sites to track packages by phone numbers?

Thx you all
 
I am surprised by this. Even at the keynote I felt that Apple was like "Here is some upgrades for the iPad now IPAD MINI TIME" like they brushed it off as not really a massive thing.

Then this happens..
 
WannaGoMac said:
I can't believe there are so many people who want iPads and haven't yet gotten prior versions to sell out the new model year after year! I have
an iPad 2 and still quite happy with it...
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Ditto. I'm glad I'm on the iPad 2 still. I haven't experienced any problems or lag yet even though its running the inferior A5. Gotta milk this iPad for as long as I can, which is another 2 years hopefully.
 
101airborne said:
Mine is en route too. Used my phone number as a reference on UPS and it shows that I have three packages en route. I ordered two white 16 g minis and two smart covers. It looks as if the smart covers are coming in one package (which is delayed due to the hurricane) and two packages scheduled to be delivered by the end of the day on Nov 2! woohoo!

I was smart this time. After waiting two or three additional weeks for my iPhone 5, I set my alarm at 2:55 eastern time and ordered as soon as they were available! That's the way to do it!

The second mini is a surprise gift to my girlfriend. I'm going to let her criticize me for a few minutes about buying the mini, let her tell me she thinks its "ok" and then show her the second box waiting in the wings. haha
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Somebody's gonna get lucky. ;)
 
kirk26 said:
You can tell by the rolling eyes that he was being sarcastic.
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haha it is the android logo as his avatar that throws people off. We're all just too used to all fandroids coming in here and trolling
 
Can someone please tell me how to search by
Phone number? I google searched Track ups/FedEx package by phone number and I got phone numbers for customer service

Can someone post the link for ups and FedEx sites to track packages by phone numbers?

Thx you all
 
jayducharme said:
This is amazing. Apple can't make any of their products fast enough. It'll be interesting to see whether the new iMacs go out of stock that quickly.
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I'm sure they will. Everyone's been waiting way too long for this upgrade. They'll fly off the shelf and be backordered for a month or more. Most customers will likely not be able to get a 27" delivered before Christmas.
 
Hurricane Sandy Delays

Has anybody heard or read about delayed shipping of all the new products now that the east coast is essentially shut down for the next few days? :eek:

Not to mention cancelling Halloween this year in Sandy's wake. :(
 
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