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Shipping Estimates for 12.9-Inch Mini-LED iPad Pro Slip to July
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I have to agree there can be upsides to all of this... but in other cases it can simply be reduced down to "don't be a jerk."
It's up to the buyer and seller to determine who is who I suppose.
My pre-order initially said “21st -27th May” but now says “27th May”. I was quick as well - I thought I must have been one of the first orders placed in the UK after they initially borked the UK pre-order launch. Guess not!
Same as mine, and I ordered in the first minute with confirmation email at 13:03
Maybe it's just Apple under promising - they expect it to be 21st but to allow for shipping delays, they say 27th?
Yes. I've never had a launch-dated Apple product not arrive on or before the first date in the quoted range.
Man, if I had an ounce of artistic/drawing ability, I'd be all over that 12.9"... gonna stick it out another year on my 9.7" Pro... still plays a mean Netflix movie!
After an incredibly long art hiatus I finally decided to get back into drawing. I’ve been taking one on one art classes (once a week - a few weeks skipped here and there) since the start of the year. During our last session, my art teacher let me play around with her iPad’s procreate and I was like 😱. I’ve always been curious about digital art and it was enough to make me pull the trigger on the 12.9” Space Gray 512GB model (WiFi) iPad.
I have never had any interest in an iPad in the past - mainly because I love my (now aged) 2013 MacBook Pro and have always felt like my iPhone was sufficient for a touchscreen device.
That being said, I really hope I LOVE this thing and maybe even find it worthy of being my MBP replacement (though I’m pretty sure I’m lying again because I’ll still want that darn 14” inch MPB whenever Apple finally release it!) but if I don’t adapt to iPadOS I can always return it.
If I do end up loving it I may shell out for the magic keyboard once this years WWDC conference is announced. I’ll have to wait for WWDC to hopefully find out when the new MBP line is released. This will help me reevaluate based off what we know then.
Can’t wait for May 21-28 to roll around.
Grabbed the Apple Pencil too - which will be here Monday.
I’m in SoCal the prison.
so yeah things are finally beginning to open up here. Coffee shops just in the past month or so (for indoor dining anyway) so it’s slowly coming back.
where do you live? Been trying to find an alternative state to California.
That’s hard to say. We don’t know Apple’s supply of each model vs. relative demand. If, due to chip shortages, Apple is only able to produce 1,000 12.9” IPP’s, but can crank out 1MM of the 11” models (an extreme example) per month, that would skew the availability timeline.
Does anyone know if there will be a 3rd gen Apple Pencil rumoured maybe, as I have the 1st get and will need to pick up the 2nd gen for my ipp2021. curious out the 2nd gen would work on mini led..
Purchased and canceled my orders multiple times already as shipping time for 12.9 keep slipping... I have a 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 with the Magic Keyboard and hated how heavy this thing is. Wanted to buy 11 inches but hate missing out on the improved screen... I guess I'll wait until they have mini-led (or micro-led?) on the 11inch model.
You have 49 to choose from. Plus some territories.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think “prison” means what you think it does.
Thanks! That spares me 660€ which Hopefully Will allow to cover MiniLed in 16” MBP😏
I just realized I should refrain from making comments such as these. My apologies. I've just been very frustrated with our restrictions and sometimes it feels good to make jabs at my state.
Back to the actual topic, I just realized i shouldn't have ordered the pencil so soon. Wish I had ordered it closer to the day I receive the iPad just in case I don't fall in love with the set up.
FWIW, it’s become an indispensable piece of my work. I still have a Mini that I use frequently. I don’t think that I will ever again own a laptop.
You are correct about the limitations of iPadOS.
Mine was ordered on may 14th and it says June 15-29 and it’s still hasn’t shipped
Prior to the launch of the new iPad Pro models, rumors suggested that the 12.9-inch iPad Pro would be in short supply, and it appears those rumors were correct.
Shipping estimates for 12.9-inch iPad Pro models now range into July for orders placed today, though the highest-end 2TB model is still available for June delivery.
128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB models have delivery estimates of June 24 to July 8, while the 2TB model, which is priced at $2,200, will deliver between June 2 and June 9.
The iPad Pro became available to order at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time this morning, and right when it became available for purchase, shipping dates were at May 21 to May 27, so those who ordered earliest will be getting the new tablet in May.
The 11-inch iPad Pro model is still readily available for purchase and will deliver to customers by May 27.
Both iPad Pro models have M1 chips, Thunderbolt connectivity, and front-facing camera improvements, but the 12.9-inch model also has a mini-LED display, which is believed to be responsible for the supply shortages. Bloomberg earlier this month said that Apple suppliers are experiencing poor manufacturing yields of the mini-LED display.
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Once my order started moving it was 2 days partying in China, took a day to sleep off the hangover in Korea, then did a lightening <2 day tour tour of Alaska, Kentucky then here.