has apple ever done preorders for ipads?

[EdisEdward]

in the past, who did preorders go?

 

[jetjaguar]

yes they have .. honestly don't remember though how it went

 

[Brookzy]

A chequered history.

iPad (1st gen) - no preorders in USA, but there were internationally (on a later release date)
iPad 2 - no pre-orders, in stores only, on sale from 5pm local time, supply constrained, very unusual
iPad (3rd gen) - preorders
iPad (4th gen) and iPad mini (1st gen) - preorders
iPad Air - no pre-orders, in stores only, plentiful supply
iPad mini with Retina display - no pre-orders, in stores only, supply constrained
iPad Air 2 - pre-orders, soft launch (no set day), preorder deliveries arrived one day before in-store availability
iPad mini 3 - same as iPad Air 2
iPad mini 4 - available immediately after announcement in-store and online

 

[EdisEdward]

A chequered history.

iPad (1st gen) - no preorders in USA, but there were internationally (on a later release date)
iPad 2 - no pre-orders, in stores only, on sale from 5pm local time, supply constrained, very unusual
iPad (3rd gen) - preorders
iPad (4th gen) and iPad mini (1st gen) - preorders
iPad Air - no pre-orders, in stores only, plentiful supply
iPad mini with Retina display - no pre-orders, in stores only, supply constrained
iPad Air 2 - pre-orders, soft launch (no set day), preorder deliveries arrived one day before in-store availability
iPad mini 3 - same as iPad Air 2
iPad mini 4 - available immediately after announcement in-store and online

nice thank you. so guess releases for ipad are hard to predict

 

[Smeaton1724]

A chequered history.

iPad (1st gen) - no preorders in USA, but there were internationally (on a later release date)
iPad 2 - no pre-orders, in stores only, on sale from 5pm local time, supply constrained, very unusual
iPad (3rd gen) - preorders
iPad (4th gen) and iPad mini (1st gen) - preorders
iPad Air - no pre-orders, in stores only, plentiful supply
iPad mini with Retina display - no pre-orders, in stores only, supply constrained
iPad Air 2 - pre-orders, soft launch (no set day), preorder deliveries arrived one day before in-store availability
iPad mini 3 - same as iPad Air 2
iPad mini 4 - available immediately after announcement in-store and online

iPad 4 128GB version was introduced I believe 5 months after the original 16,32,64GB iPads, no preorders.