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iPad iPad Air 2 pre-order/launch UK
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I ordered my Air 2 64GB SG 4G at about 5pm last Friday. It was showing as delivery for the 22nd-24th, that slipped to 28th - 30th yesterday. 4pm today I had a call from Apple telling me that I won't get it until Wednesday unless I change to a gold or silver and then I can have it on Friday. So, it appears that either demand for the SG ones are higher or there is a production problem.
Im a little bit miffed to say the least with Apple this year. With having to wait a month for a launch day ordered iPhone 6 Plus and now a week after launch for an Air 2.
Im a little bit miffed to say the least with Apple this year. With having to wait a month for a launch day ordered iPhone 6 Plus and now a week after launch for an Air 2.
My Apple SIM says delivery on 24th. I wonder if that gives an indication of iPad delivery date or if it will come separately...
My 128GB Silver/White Wi-Fi Plus Cellular just changed to preparing for dispatch but is still showing standard shipping and no Apple SIM as of yet added to the order. Seems strange to say the least.
Ordered 64GB SG Air 2 on the 18th.
Just changed to preparing to dispatch this afternoon and estimated delivery 23rd to 27th
Just changed to preparing to dispatch this afternoon and estimated delivery 23rd to 27th
I'd be interested to know this too. My cellular order moved to "preparing for dispatch" at about 7pm. I'm wondering what are the odds of a dispatch overnight..
Ordered from littlewoods today iPad air 2 128GB space grey wanted silver but none in stock says 'awaiting stock' delivery by 31/10 on order
I'm in the same predicament. I've just picked up a wifi only iPad from John Lewis and was going to cancel my cellular order, but the moment I walked out of the shop, the status changed to "Preparing to Dispatch".
I'd keep the Wifi model if I thought the cellular would take a couple of days to arrive.
Still showing as Processing, Standard Shipping for delivery 22nd-24th, no money taken and no sim showing. Very odd the differences everyone is seeing.
Still showing 22nd-24th standard delivery and processing... but at least the SIM is showing, so that's progress I suppose!
I ordered soon after the store came back up and recieved a confirmation email at 16:17 for my:
iPad Air 2 Wi-fi + Cellular 64GB - Silver
It never slipped from 22-24th October, and as of about 19:00 today it's Preparing for Dispatch. I haven't been upgraded to Express Delivery as some others have, however, and I'm still on Standard Shipping. I expect I'll see it tomorrow or Friday, depending on how quick they are on getting it out the door.
Also, I visited the Covent Garden store today. They had none on display, but if you asked the staff they had some iPad Air 2 wifi models available, but no LTE ones. No cases or accessories either. When I asked what the deal was, in their words they said it was a "soft launch".
Good luck all.
iPad Air 2 Wi-fi + Cellular 64GB - Silver
It never slipped from 22-24th October, and as of about 19:00 today it's Preparing for Dispatch. I haven't been upgraded to Express Delivery as some others have, however, and I'm still on Standard Shipping. I expect I'll see it tomorrow or Friday, depending on how quick they are on getting it out the door.
Also, I visited the Covent Garden store today. They had none on display, but if you asked the staff they had some iPad Air 2 wifi models available, but no LTE ones. No cases or accessories either. When I asked what the deal was, in their words they said it was a "soft launch".
Good luck all.
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Same here. I guess the most likely explanation is that the actual units are proceeding through the process of getting shipped, but the system is lagging behind a bit before getting updated. you see this quite often with courier deliveries, for example: I've often got the actual delivery in hand with the tracking info still saying "out for delivery". Hopefully that's the case anyway!
Ordered 64GB SG Air 2 on the 18th.
Just changed to preparing to dispatch this afternoon and estimated delivery 23rd to 27th
I could'nt tell for certain when mine changed to Preparing to Dispatch today; same spec & estimated delivery as yours but ordered on the 20th
Still processing here... Friday at the earliest now I reckon, more likely start of next week.