The iPad 2 is the last iPad available with the old dock connector. This could be an important issue with business or government customers, who rely on receiving replacement devices and won't invest into new infrastructure (such as e.g. multi-charging stations) that soon. And No - the Lightning-to-30-pin adapter is not a solution, as that is too fiddly to work in such environments.Because the iPad 2 is a dog compared to any of the other models.[...]
This is nothing short of exploiting consumers who are paying far too much for a product that should arguably already be obsolete.
If Apple would lower the price for old hardware too much, that would create a precedence users would start to expect for other (Apple) hardware as well. That would be a serious problem for Apple's business model.I genuinely can't see how they can justify this pricing for an iPad 2.
Because their crystal ball is in chemical cleaning currently. </sarcasm>Apple calculated demand in reverse for the iPad and iPhone this year.
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Why Apple?
I'll be heading up around 7:30. Be a part of the festivities of a launch. Back home by 8:30 and spend the day "working from home" while I get to know my new iPad Air.![]()
MALL HOURS:
Monday to Saturday 10am - 9pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm
Aren't most Apple retail locations in Malls.
Most malls don't open til 10AM. How does this claimed universal 8am opening work?
For example, to confirm, my local Mall, just looked up to confirm.
At Lenox Square, where the doors to the mall were opened to iPad devotees at 6 a.m., the line had grown to between 300 and 400 by 7:30, still 30 minutes before the new tablet would go on sale.
Great! Maybe I can pick one up while I'm waiting for my 5S.![]()
I hope that I'm not making a mistake, but I believe that I am going to elect to buy an iPad Air instead of upgrading my MacBook Pro.
Since I tether with my iPhone, I'll go for the 128 GB WiFi iPad Air and see how that works for me.
I do not have to do much content creation in the field...it's almost always content assimilation, or watching a Netflix or iTunes movie in a hotel room away from home.
With my current iPad, email and such isn't much of a problem, so I'm thinking that the iPad Air would be just fine with that.
Spending $800.00 on an iPad sounds expensive, until you consider that it's saving me the cost of a MacBook Pro Retina upgrade. :-/ That's an Apple person's way of looking at things, of course, and has hardly any validity in absolute logic.
Might get the Air instead of the Mini. I think the mini will come out 15 days after the iPad Air.
good link, perfectly applicable, thank you much!![]()
I hope supplies are plentiful.
I could do without the PITA supply shortage BS that Apple always pulls.
It's unfortunate that this program does not exist in Canada
Would be so easy to swing by an Apple store and pick up your product.
Aren't most Apple retail locations in Malls.
Most malls don't open til 10AM. How does this claimed universal 8am opening work?
For example, to confirm, my local Mall, just looked up to confirm.
Why not try in the morning when you get up then?
no, they will have a few different reserves.
Personal Pickup is not available in the UK.
Camping out is still looking like the option for me...
I wonder if it is true that you really won't have to wait in line friday if you do in-store pickup. Have a hard time seeing that playing out.
From what I understand,no. They allocate so many for the store and so many for online pickup. Let's say they have 100 total at your local store......once 40 have been sold online for in store pickup their stock online will show "no longer available. Leaving a specific supply for those walking in. I know this because a apple employee educated me on this a few years ago.
Because if this is true then by morning it will likely be sold out both for ship to home stocks and pick up at store. And who knows of they will let you pay now and get it shipped to the store for easier pickup if it isn't available for 2-3 weeks.
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You are likely incorrect. If they do personal pickup at the store then it will likely come from the entire shipped supply. They aren't going to be holding stock to make sure there are walkins. Particularly since in many areas the folks camping out are resellers who technically are supposed to be refused service per Apple policy but they have no system to identify them and they aren't dumb enough to say it themselves.
They hold a very small amount of each model for DOA out of the box replacements (like 5 of each type) but those can only be used for that. Once official service parts arrive those held units go to general sales.
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Yet. Again who knows what will happen in the next few hours.
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Of course you will have to wait. There will likely be dozens of folks that did the same thing waiting to get theirs. Stores can't magically make more staff to match the line.
But you paid for it so you are guaranteed to get the one you want because they legally can't sell it to someone else etc.
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A few years ago doesn't necessarily apply to today. A few years ago they didn't have order online and pick up in the store. That's been like a year, year and a half.
And it's from the full stock count. There is no mechanism in the inventory system to mark X amount as buy online and Y as buy in store. To buy it the item has to be in 'sellable' and that makes it available for anyone to buy through either system
And that comes from someone that works there right now. (Like literally clocking in for his shift in about ten minutes)
As for Apple's pricing structure... class action suit? Funny. Whatever law school you went to it wasn't in the U.S.
Uh, no.
The article is how the iPad will go on sale Friday, both in store and online starting at 12:01 am.
Does selecting Personal Pick-up GUARANTEE that that iPad model will be at that Apple store that same day for pick-up?
I like the iOS/OSX hybrid idea! It would be like Windows 8, only good.
My wishlist:
4K screen
USB
Lightning connector (storage or video out)
Memory card slot
Some kind of ridiculous processor (A8X?)
iOS versions of Pro apps (final cut, aperture, etc.)
Satellite internet and a built-in DSLR camera? ha.
Why does anyone think that anyone here knows
a) How many people will show up at each store
b) How many ipads will be at each store
c) How many of each type of Ipad will be at each store.
Since nobody can answer and of those, they surely can not tell you if they will have a few, many or none at 2:30.
You pay online first. Although, they MAY have an option to pay at store, probably not.
Okay. Let me get this straight. I can pre-order and stroll in for pick up at 8:00 a.m. And bypass the line of those that didn't pre-order?
Because if this is true then by morning it will likely be sold out both for ship to home stocks and pick up at store. And who knows of they will let you pay now and get it shipped to the store for easier pickup if it isn't available for 2-3 weeks.
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You are likely incorrect. If they do personal pickup at the store then it will likely come from the entire shipped supply. They aren't going to be holding stock to make sure there are walkins. Particularly since in many areas the folks camping out are resellers who technically are supposed to be refused service per Apple policy but they have no system to identify them and they aren't dumb enough to say it themselves.
They hold a very small amount of each model for DOA out of the box replacements (like 5 of each type) but those can only be used for that. Once official service parts arrive those held units go to general sales.
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Yet. Again who knows what will happen in the next few hours.
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Of course you will have to wait. There will likely be dozens of folks that did the same thing waiting to get theirs. Stores can't magically make more staff to match the line.
But you paid for it so you are guaranteed to get the one you want because they legally can't sell it to someone else etc.
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A few years ago doesn't necessarily apply to today. A few years ago they didn't have order online and pick up in the store. That's been like a year, year and a half.
And it's from the full stock count. There is no mechanism in the inventory system to mark X amount as buy online and Y as buy in store. To buy it the item has to be in 'sellable' and that makes it available for anyone to buy through either system
And that comes from someone that works there right now. (Like literally clocking in for his shift in about ten minutes)
Aren't most Apple retail locations in Malls.
Most malls don't open til 10AM. How does this claimed universal 8am opening work?
For example, to confirm, my local Mall, just looked up to confirm.
Plus, Tim Cook basically said there won't be enough to go around.
They asked my friend how could they help him and he told him he wanted the same phone. She had someone check ....she said we have it available and to wait. We both got our phones that day....AFTER online showed "no longer available" for my friend.
What makes u think u know everything lol.
Apple retail stores do in fact have different reserves or else I would have not posted it.
Malls can open early to accommodate this kind of thing. Especially when Apple is what keeps folks coming there outside of holiday season.
They also often make the Apple store hire their own security for the lines or pay extra to the mall to cover the extra needed mall staff.
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He said that they have no real clue what demand will be like so there won't likely be enough. Not really the same.
Your version implies they know the demand and they know they don't have enough.
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So I guess it didn't occur to you that they might have just checked in a shipment of phones. Or even physically received it and someone was checking if the phone your friend wanted was on the list and they were going to be nice and flip it as received so she could buy it. Again to be nice.
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It's not about what I think but what I know. And I know that you stated your information was from 'a few years ago' and I know that my information is from the gent i live with who works at an Apple Store right now. So I know that my information is a bit more current than 'a few years ago'.
Now you can choose to think that you know the way things currently are and I'm a moron or not. Same with everyone else on this forum, I really don't care either way. But whether you think me a moron or not won't stop me from posting information from my source or pointing out where you or anyone else is very likely wrong.
If that is a problem for you then I invite you to invoke the great forum feature called the ignore list
Because if this is true then by morning it will likely be sold out both for ship to home stocks and pick up at store. And who knows of they will let you pay now and get it shipped to the store for easier pickup if it isn't available for 2-3 weeks.
What makes u think u know everything lol.
Apple retail stores do in fact have different reserves or else I would have not posted it.
Malls can open early to accommodate this kind of thing. Especially when Apple is what keeps folks coming there outside of holiday season.
They also often make the Apple store hire their own security for the lines or pay extra to the mall to cover the extra needed mall staff.
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He said that they have no real clue what demand will be like so there won't likely be enough. Not really the same.
Your version implies they know the demand and they know they don't have enough.
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So I guess it didn't occur to you that they might have just checked in a shipment of phones. Or even physically received it and someone was checking if the phone your friend wanted was on the list and they were going to be nice and flip it as received so she could buy it. Again to be nice.