Well, this sucks. I was planning on purchasing an iPad, but I wanted a hands on demo just to make sure. Now I'll have to wait after checking it out at the store.
Oh well though.
Oh well though.
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New iPad Demand is 'Off the Charts' with Initial Pre-Order Batch Sold Out
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I would make plans to be at the store of your choice Monday morning then. Use the weekend to hit up an Apple store and toy around, and be there Monday for their (probable) next shipment.
Sounds like a good idea. I don't have to have it, but if they have a 16gb iPad laying around for sale, I'll purchase it.
Guess we'll see?
Yea i'm in the same boat as you. I def want to see the difference between the 2 and the new Ipad before deciding which one to get. I don't own an Ipad at the moment so i can def wait a few weeks for the frenzy to die down if i decide to get the new one.
I work for Fedex so i am sure i could persuade my order into being delivered early, but whats the difference between tomorrow and friday really!?!?
While all of this is true, I'm sure that Apple suspected that there was no way that it could meet pent-up demand, no matter how many iPads the company made. The yield on the new screens, like any cutting-edge tech, has reportedly been poor. Production will ramp up when the yield improves, and the supply will eventually match the demand. In the mean time, as usual, Apple gets the free publicity (I never understood why Samsung would actually advertise that people wait in line to buy a competing product).
Edit: I'm expecting to get mine on Friday, ordered to replace an iPad 1st gen for the upgraded display and video recording capabilities.
Guessing is very different from forecasting.
Apple's analysts have some pretty specific data to work with: They know exactly how many people pre-ordered the last iPad. They know how those orders came in, to the minute, after the device went on sale in each market. They know the size, and spending power, of each market the iPad is being sold in. They know how many stores they have, and how each of those stores (and those of their retail partners) mix of product sales works out. They've read the same "plan to buy" surveys you have - and some other ones that are probably secret.
Bottom line: I'd be very surprised indeed if Apple's real estimates for first-month demand for the iPad were off by more than a percent or two.
Of course, its also important to remember that they don't want to err too much on the high side. If Apple estimates demand at ten million, and only eight million get sold, the result would be disastrous: An overstuffed channel, and pressure to shut down production, or discount the product. Either one is highly undesirable.
Much better to purposely leave the channel a little tight. Not enough to foster scalping. But enough to create a sense of urgency in potential buyers. Better to let the "maybe" buyers hang back for a couple of months (the factory will still be turning them out); let the reviewers and iFixit pull the thing apart. Let developers create some must-have Retina Apps.
Apple plans on building, and selling, more than a hundred million iPads this year. Thats two million plus per week. Maybe three. They also know that there are more than enough avid "early-adopters" out there to sell out their first month or so worth of production.
nah, the gpu and screen are taking up the majority of the new power consumption. if you look at apple they say 9 hours with lte use. I was hoping for extra on the wifi models but looks like you get the same as the last model. insane how they put in a battery with 70% more capacity to get the same run time. How they fit it in the current one without making it way heavier and thick is pretty cool.
i'm glad they didn't compromise on battery life though.
You do if you want to keep your game save data or any other data stored on the device.
It also has a faster CPU, faster graphics processpr, more RAM and faster connection speeds. When you can have higher resolution games and apps without a price increase on hardware, I would say that the upgrade is well worth it.
If you felt the third generation iPad is not worth buying, that is your choice. Coming across like you know better than others on how they should spend their money is a pretty arrogant and ignorant attitude.
Yep. Mine is coming from MIDDLETOWN, PA. It says in the details "Future delivery requested" - probably being held so it gets here exactly on the 16th. I wish they let it go earlier! I remember some people getting the pre-order iPhones few days earlier last time. Hope this happens again now.
Perhaps. then again ive waited 3 years and can wait some more.
I think there will be a decent amount on hand in the stores on launch weekend. They must have ramped up production with all of the countries they are releasing the product in simultaneously. Plus no Tsunami to affect supply of parts like it did last year with the Ipad2.
I feel sorry for Steve Ballmer, Michael Dell, Meg Whitman and Larry Page.
After all, they can only use their iPads at home in the bathroom where nobody will see them!
So much for being more expensive than an Android tablet.
Looks like folks still have no problems paying more money for a quality device than less money for third-rate garbage from Apple's competition.
But then again, there's probably some people who say Android devices are lower cost quality products & Apple's are more expensive third-rate garbage. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
I do agree with those that say that Apple needs better analysts to know how many to make. I don't believe the create an artificial shortage to drive up demand stuff that much.
Their shipping agreement has the courier hold the package till the scheduled delivery date. So they, and FedEx (in the US anyway) can preposition the inventory. FedEx doesn't operate enough aircraft to have these all leave China on the same day for delivery on 16th.
I don't think they are out there for the iPad, I suspect they just want to be on TV. Though why you'd want to be on TV looking like such a dork is an equal mystery.
I think i'm going to chip in for two of these this year. My in-laws and my parents have both been mulling the purchase of one. I feel like this is a good entry point, given the transition to the high resolution screen, video capabilities, and processor. The 4G / hotspot factors in very large, too.
I'll be sticking with my first-generation iPad for a while, though. For what I use it for, it's great. While it would be nice to have the new one, I will live vicariously through my relatives for a while.
I'll be sticking with my first-generation iPad for a while, though. For what I use it for, it's great. While it would be nice to have the new one, I will live vicariously through my relatives for a while.
Samsungs tablets only appeal to the people that hate the iPad for the sake of hating the iPad. Or to the ignorant people out there that truly believe a tablet is a tablet regardless of who makes it. Only until they fire the thing up, and quickly realize they've been duped by Samsung!
This is a pretty stupid, myopic statement.
For me, the two most important considerations when buying a tablet are display quality (poor contrast/low pixel density = increased eye strain) and selection of apps (which define what you can do with it), since they essentially define the usability of the tablet. I guess video camera quality may also be a minor consideration. But to be honest, how much RAM it has, the speed of the processor and the availability of hardware ports (everything just connects wirelessly anyway) make no difference to me unless they constrain app performance, which I haven't noticed on my 1st generation iPad.
ordered it saturday, from switzerland - estimated arrival: april 10th.. noooooooooooooooooooo
good thing that i still have my ipad1
good thing that i still have my ipad1
I think you're probably right under normal circumstances. On the iPhone front, I got a 3G, skipped the 3GS then got a 4. I've skipped the 4S and will probably get a 5. I fall in to that second category.
However the new iPad has that retina screen and that will be something that could tempt people to upgrade earlier than they otherwise would. I'm a good example of that. I bought an iPad 2 last Autumn but have a new iPad on the way (it's shipped and still says delivery Friday). I'm sure I'm not alone so it could be a significant factor in sales.
A side point. I'm wondering if the price drop on the iPad 2 will make a difference. I was astounded to hear from an Android/PC owning friend who has no Apple products and has never expressed an interest in buying any that he'd gone out and bought an iPad 2 at the new reduced price.
The plot thickens...