iPad Shipping Estimates Improve to 'Within 24 Hours'

[MacRumors]

Continuing the trend of decreasing shipping window estimates, all six models of Apple's iPad are now listed as shipping within 24 hours of ordering. The change, which appears to be taking effect in all of Apple's country-specific online stores, appears to be a milestone in Apple's efforts to ramp production to meet demand for the popular tablet device.

In less than two weeks, iPad shipping estimates have moved from 7-10 business days down to 3-5 business days and now down to the minimum possible turnaround time. Apple shipped 3.27 million iPads last quarter, nearly matching the company's total Mac unit sales of 3.47 million.

Article Link: iPad Shipping Estimates Improve to 'Within 24 Hours'

 

[stradale33]

next a reduction in the shipping times for iPhones, inshallah

 

[Consultant]

Great that they dealt with the huge backlog. Wondering how many they sold so far?

 

[DJTJ]

good news for people that don't have one yet!

 

[shartypants]

Awesome! Keep that user base growing!!

 

[Gen]

Did it go international yet?

 

[kryptonitejesus]

I suppose clarity is always a welcome change.

 

[SeattleMoose]

Fast Delivery = "Glut"?

Hopefully a BIG iPad SALE is pending!!!

 

[314631]

I wonder if demand is slowing quicker than Apple anticipated.

 

[Merthyrboy]

Only took a few months for demand to die down enough. I wonder how many people that already have a Mac bought an iPad as well? Maybe that's why the numbers are so closely linked?

 

[reded55]

At least we should be getting an update on how many sold on Sept 1st....if it is staying at around a million per month that's impressive.

 

[RawBert]

Hopefully a BIG iPad SALE is pending!!!

Yeah, they're overstocked.

This is great news.

 

[Sixtafoua]

YAY finally. now all we need is the white iPhone...

 

[alexk82]

YAY finally. now all we need is the white iPhone...

haha i hear the white iphone is a myth j/k

 

[Master Chief]

Did it go international yet?

Sort of. The iPad is still not available in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

 

[Dooger]

Ok. I know I was complaining about a lack of news over the weekend but c'mon.

 

[archurban]

it's not enough. I want to reduce price little bit. I hope that it will be happened after September 1st music event.

 

[andyUKr]

Sort of. The iPad is still not available in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Or Russia, although quite a few ppl got it here from the States or the UK

 

[kernkraft]

And that's how you finish a long weekend without any news, right before a big product launch - make the un-newsworthy newsworthy.


Anyway, I still don't want an iPad and I don't like it in its current form, but I accept that at least over 3 million people disagrees or at one point disagreed with me.

 

[ChrisGonzales90]

Good news. I own a 64GB wifi only model and love it. I just hate the bezzel and I know its like that because of the grip line, but please, you have a ton of wasted space.

 

[RalfTheDog]

Sort of. The iPad is still not available in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Are those all suburbs of the US? I understand they ship to New York City. That is almost part of the United States.

[Ducks while every member of the board flames him]

 

[Thunderhawks]

Where is the poster who was predicting that the ipad was going to be an epic fail?

 

[apttap]

I wonder if demand is slowing quicker than Apple anticipated.

Doubt it. They sold way more then they ever anticipated.

Plus, it's gonna be good to have a surplus going into the holidays.

Even so, they could slow down production, sell off remaining stock and ramp up production of iPad 2 in January for an April release.

 

[shiseiryu1]

Where are the refurbs?

Hopefully a BIG iPad SALE is pending!!!

I'm not expecting a sale but I am waiting for when some refurb models will appear in the online store.

 

[RalfTheDog]

And that's how you finish a long weekend without any news, right before a big product launch - make the un-newsworthy newsworthy.


Anyway, I still don't want an iPad and I don't like it in its current form, but I accept that at least over 3 million people disagrees or at one point disagreed with me.

You are assuming the media event is a big product launch. They could be getting a bunch of people together to play guitar and celebrate the new shipping dates for the iPad.