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Anyone know when iPad 2s will start shipping with iOS 5?

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Iron Chef

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I'm planning on buying an iPad 2 for my parents wedding anniversary and wanted to know when they'll start shipping with iOS 5 already. My parents aren't very tech savvy and I really think they'll appreciate that iTunes-less first time set-up.
 
If you order from Apple I suspect they will ship with iOS 5 as soon as it's available.
 
maaaaaaan. i just ordered an ipad 2 yesterday, but it says it wont be delivered until oct 14th or 15th. do you think it will be installed with ios 5?
 
iOS 5 is what's being shipped now from China. If your unit is from inventory somewhere it will not, however they started using the GM on Monday according to my sources.
 
Any update on this?

I'm waiting to buy the iPad for my parents until it ships with iOS5. The Apple website suggests that the currently shipping models are still with the old software.

Anyone any idea when they will begin shipping with iOS5?
 
timex said:
I'm waiting to buy the iPad for my parents until it ships with iOS5. The Apple website suggests that the currently shipping models are still with the old software.

Anyone any idea when they will begin shipping with iOS5?
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Last night Apple chat support told me that iPads ordered from the website are shipping with iOS 5. I ordered one and FedEx estimates it will show up tomorrow, so I can let you know for sure then.
 
Customer support says now shipping with IOS 5

I, too, talked with Apple support late yesterday afternoon. I had hoped to get one without IOS 5, but the tech said they all had ver 5 now. Just to confirm.
 
all are being shipped with ios5 now
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they were being shipped from october 14th that way
 
My iPad just arrived, and it was NOT pre-installed with iOS5. Guess Apple support was wrong. I was hoping to bypass the whole installation process. Oh well, at least it wasn't a gift.
 
They will probably start shipping with iOS5 when they run out of previously held inventory as I would not see them breaking open current inventory and hooking them up just to update the OS.
 
If it has an iCloud logo on the box, it's running iOS 5, if not, iOS 4. Half of the ones I've got on stock have it, half don't, we're in the process of clearing out all our iOS 4 iPads.
 
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