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Reminder: New 24-Inch iMac, M1 iPad Pro, and New Apple TV 4K Available for Pre-Order Tomorrow

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Apple today reminded customers that the brand-new redesigned 24-inch iMac, the M1-powered iPad Pro, and the updated, more powerful Apple TV 4K will be available for pre-order starting tomorrow, Friday, April 30, and will begin shipping in the second half of May.


In its Newsroom update, Apple didn't disclose when the new devices would specifically begin shipping to customers next month. However, UK retailer John Lewis has indicated that the new iPad Pros and iMac could be arriving at customers on May 21.

Apple today also didn't disclose what time pre-orders would officially open on its online Apple Store. However, as noted by MacRumors editor Joe Rossignol, pre-orders are likely to begin at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time given the time zone difference for countries such as New Zealand, where Apple says pre-orders open on May 1.

Based on that, we've put together this list of corresponding times around the world:

  • Honolulu, Hawaii — 2:00 a.m. HST
  • Anchorage, Alaska — 4:00 a.m. AKDT
  • Cupertino, California — 5:00 a.m. PDT
  • Phoenix, Arizona — 5:00 a.m. MST
  • Vancouver, Canada — 5:00 a.m. PDT
  • Denver, Colorado — 6:00 a.m. MDT
  • Dallas, Texas — 7:00 a.m. CDT
  • New York, New York — 8:00 a.m. EDT
  • Toronto, Canada — 8:00 a.m. EDT
  • Halifax, Canada — 9:00 a.m. ADT
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 9:00 p.m. BRT
  • London, United Kingdom — 1:00 p.m. BST
  • Berlin, Germany — 2:00 p.m. CEST
  • Paris, France — 2:00 p.m. CEST
  • Cape Town, South Africa — 2:00 p.m. SAST
  • Moscow, Russia — 3:00 p.m. MSK
  • Helsinki, Finland — 3:00 p.m. EEST
  • Istanbul, Turkey — 3:00 p.m. TRT
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates — 4:00 p.m. GST
  • Delhi, India — 5:30 p.m. IST
  • Jakarta, Indonesia — 7:00 p.m. WIB
  • Shanghai, China — 8:00 p.m. CST
  • Singapore — 8:00 p.m. SGT
  • Perth, Australia — 8:00 p.m. AWST
  • Hong Kong — 8:00 p.m. HKT
  • Seoul, South Korea — 9:00 p.m. KST
  • Tokyo, Japan — 9:00 p.m. JST
  • Adelaide, Australia — 9:30 p.m. ACST
  • Sydney, Australia — 10:00 p.m.
  • Auckland, New Zealand — 12:00 midnight NZST next day

The new 24-inch iMac features the first redesign of the Mac desktop computer since 2012. The iMac includes a new, thinner design and comes in multiple vibrant colors. It is also the first iMac that features an Apple silicon chip, first debuted in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini in November.

The new M1 chip is also making its way to the new iPad Pro, offering a "massive leap in performance" alongside a new 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR display. In addition, the updated Apple TV 4K includes a more powerful A12 Bionic processor with a redesigned Apple TV remote, which is available for purchase for older Apple TV models.

As pre-orders open up tomorrow, AirTags and the purple iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12, which became available for pre-order last week, will begin arriving to most customers. However, a few lucky customers already received their Apple item-tracker, with even more now seeing their order status is updated to "Shipped" ahead of tomorrow.

Article Link: Reminder: New 24-Inch iMac, M1 iPad Pro, and New Apple TV 4K Available for Pre-Order Tomorrow
 
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Times flies...i almost forgot...M1 12.9" imac pro and 24" medium spec prepared to pre-order tomorrow
 
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Definitely gotta pick up that iMac; it looks great in my room.

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I have this feeling the iPad is getting ready to transform into something more like a MacBook and want to be ready but still have reservations since my 2018 has been so good over the years. If we get the ability to do more than "tablet work" akin to a Mac its going to be a whole new level. I'm buying in but biting my nails while I do.
 
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I'm really on the fence. I have a 2018 MBP 13 i5/16/512. I'm tempted to upgrade to the iPad Pro 12.9.
 
Thanks for the reminder but I’m going to skip these and wait to see what the 27” iMac looks like. The iPad Pro has also become too expensive for what I use it for so I will hang on to my existing model until it falls apart.
 
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So, we *officially* still don't know what time orders start? How am I supposed to know what time to get up/not go to bed?
 
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Another reminder: the new Apple TV remote will also be available tomorrow morning, for $59 which is cheaper than the old remote, and it’s backwards compatible with all tvOS Apple TV’s.
I plan to get it for my Apple TV HD, which still works perfectly five years later.
If you want the new remote, please just buy the remote. Unless you absolutely need high dynamic range, there is absolutely no reason to get the new Apple TV over the old 4K
 
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DotCom2 said:
So, we *officially* still don't know what time orders start? How am I supposed to know what time to get up/not go to bed?
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DotCom2 said:
So, we *officially* still don't know what time orders start? How am I supposed to know what time to get up/not go to bed?
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8 AM Eastern, 5 AM Pacific.
just like the last two years of website refreshes.
just like last week with the Airtags
 
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I'm laughing coz last friday i was up early enough to pre-order thinking it was for the ipad - i sat there refreshing the screen and there was no check out button showing up for the cart..I was how could apple do this! and then went to twitter and saw it was for air tags. :rolleyes:
 
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Have to pass on it all. A weak iMac. New iPads that won’t see much difference at all in usage or performance. And a very underwhelming Apple TV update (good luck seeing much difference). Sorry apple. There’s always the fall.
 
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obargy said:
Can't wait for the new 12.9 iPad Pro ! Anyone considering 16 GB RAM over 8 GB?
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No, it's essentially an upsell technique given it's only on the much more expensive 1TB & 2TB models. (caveat: unless you're in the tiny minority that do very high-end ten's of GB per project type work on it, which most users don't.)

You won't need it for what iPadOS offers, short of Apple suddenly announcing some kind of amazeballs things coming to iPadOS 15 at WWDC on Mon.07.Jun.2021 – unlikely given that Apple mgmt have given interviews stating how separate and/or complementary they think the iPad and Mac lines are.
 
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gsmornot said:
I have this feeling the iPad is getting ready to transform into something more like a MacBook and want to be ready but still have reservations since my 2018 has been so good over the years. If we get the ability to do more than "tablet work" akin to a Mac its going to be a whole new level. I'm buying in but biting my nails while I do.
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I'm in the same boat as you. I'm just going to go ahead and preorder at 8 AM tomorrow while crossing my fingers for good news at WWDC.

I was not upgrading from my 2018 12.9--but Thunderbolt/USB4, 16 GB RAM, 5G, and a Mini LED screen is a good indicator of where Apple plans on going with the iPad Pro line.
 
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