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Orders are starting to ship out and are on the way!!
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When I ordred my iPhone XS Max the shipping didn’t show until the night before they had bunched a bunch of orders together shipped them to LA so my originating scan was for LA then to my home. I have a feeling the same is happening again. Rialto, CA was the originating scan not China.
This was what I was hoping would happen with these iPads....that they would all be over here already and ship from the UPS hubs in Louisville and Ontario, CA. That way we wouldn’t have to deal with possible customs issues and other UPS issues that have come up in the past (ie just letting a whole shipment sit in China for 3-4 days for no apparent reason).
Looks like my wife’s pencil has an export scan in Shanghai. Our iPads and keyboards are sitting in Hong Kong still.
My pencil has an export scan as well now! Still waiting on the iPad although it’s now ready for shipment. I’m likely returning it anyways though.
It’s a $1000+ Pro device with 4gb of ram. That’s unacceptable in 2018/2019. Hell, the iPad Pro in 2015 launched with 4gb of ram..
For something geared towards pros with desktop class apps being brought to the platform, I can’t see this working well after an iOS update or two especially
I can’t get worked up over the whole 4gb of ram thing myself. I’ve been using a 9.7 for a couple years now with only 2gb and it’s been fine for me. I have to believe Apple knows what they’re doing with how iOS manages memory. If they needed more ram then they would have put more in.
iOS is fine under 2GB for the most part. It is specific apps that have limitations imposed on them due to available RAM and that is the issue. It doesn't affect all but it does enough people to cause an issue.
more importantly it’s going to effect the people that Apple is marketing this new iPad to the most. It’s been pretty much exclusively marketed as a pro device with the introduction of pro desktop-class apps like photoshop and AutoCAD. Those are the people that will feel the shortcomings of apple skimping on the ram. I know I will. The people who are just buying this as an expensive iPad to do relatively basic things will never know the difference. Just feels like this could have been so much more but with apple skimping out on the ram it’s really going to hold it back in pro workflows. It’s just more aggravating due to the marketing and how they pitched the device during the presentation.
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You’re probably not the user that this is geared to. General use is fine with the included ram but that’s also what the entry iPad is mainly meant for. They’re trying to separate the product line as a pro device and the lack of succificient ram for pro desktop-class apps is the limiting factor here.
Looks like my wife’s pencil is in Osaka, Japan now. Next stop will be Alaska I would assume.
Hopefully our iPads and keyboard folios will see movement this morning. I see there are two UPS flights this morning from Hong Kong to Anchorage this morning, UPS59 and UPS63. UPS63 just took off and 59 is scheduled within an hour. If they are on either of those flights we should see departure scans within the next couple hours. That’s all assuming they are going to go straight from Hong Kong to Anchorage...we’ll have a better idea of the typical flight paths after this batch starts moving.
Hopefully our iPads and keyboard folios will see movement this morning. I see there are two UPS flights this morning from Hong Kong to Anchorage this morning, UPS59 and UPS63. UPS63 just took off and 59 is scheduled within an hour. If they are on either of those flights we should see departure scans within the next couple hours. That’s all assuming they are going to go straight from Hong Kong to Anchorage...we’ll have a better idea of the typical flight paths after this batch starts moving.
I guess I'm getting a little impatient. I just placed a Nov. 7 order from best buy. While waiting for my Apple Nov 16 order.
Drastic times call for drastic measures. First World Problems
Drastic times call for drastic measures. First World Problems
Well I stand corrected it won't be like my iPhone delivery... Originating scan:
Label Created 11/02/2018 9:37 P.M. China
Order Processed: Ready for UPS
Weight: 1.5 KGS = 3.3 LBS
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Probably waiting for the rest of it's group of iPads to ship with.
I’m pretty sure the user these devices are geared towards will do just fine with 4gb RAM. Apple is aware that photoshop and autocad are coming. And we know that their upgrade cycle is 1.5 years. So these devices are designed to do just fine with those apps.
My status:
Pencil 0.20 KGS - Osaka, Japan
iPad 1.20 KGS - Epz, China
Keyboard 0.60 KGS - Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
Pencil 0.20 KGS - Osaka, Japan
iPad 1.20 KGS - Epz, China
Keyboard 0.60 KGS - Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
Current status:
11” Pro - Departure from EPZ, CN at 5:01am, 11/2
Pencil - Arrival at Shanghai, CN at 3:05 pm, 11/2
Keyboard folio - Order processed, Ready for UPS at 6:22pm, 11/1
If anyone cares....
11” Pro - Departure from EPZ, CN at 5:01am, 11/2
Pencil - Arrival at Shanghai, CN at 3:05 pm, 11/2
Keyboard folio - Order processed, Ready for UPS at 6:22pm, 11/1
If anyone cares....
For those that have pencils in Osaka japan right now, UPS has a flight going to Anchorage leaving very soon within minutes from now. The next flight doesn’t leave for another 12 hours. So could see departure scans in the next hour or so or won’t be until tonight most likely.