A Large reason for this is also because of China being included in the initial launch. This is causing annoyances with not allowing preorders of the 5s and iPad Air for launch day.
'Ridiculously Tight' seems to be the new theme for product release(s) over the last year +
iMac
iPad
iPad mini
iPhone
Channel inventory / supply chain is supposedly someone's strength at Apple![]()
Where is the gold version?
Where is the A7X?
Where is Touch ID?
Its all a game they playing, they know exactly what their doing.
I'll get one when I can roll into an apple store on lunch, wait in no line, and pick one up.
So around March![]()
But the "iPad Mini Retina 2" will be released in April!
It sounds some kind of maketing tactics. If you just do not prepare for large volume production, why wouldn't you put the conferrence a while back, this seems much reasonable.
High demand, limited stock, should keep people interested and wanting it for some time. Keeps sales flowing.
Coming later in November*
*April
Oh boy!!! Here we go again with bogus anal-ist fud !