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Oh my! Lots of lucky people here. So happy for you all!
I guess having it engraved and pre-ordering it one day later than most of the others will make me wait for a month?!
 
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The keyboard was available today at my apple store. just saying. having it delivered ahead of the crowd but still within the return window when my iPad arrives next Friday.

No white keyboards available yet at my local score (the newly revised black ones are available, assuming they added the millimeter or whatever they needed for the 2021 models)
 
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I snagged an iPad Air on launch day in 2013 at Best Buy. There were only a few people there so maybe no one expects (the Spanish Inquisition!) to find an iPad at Best Buy at launch?
That was when Bestbuy was pretty good with launches. The past few years we have had very poor release date availability. Go ask anyone in the iPhone section how the 12 launch went lol
 
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I think there was a mixup early in the process where folks COULD pay for faster shipping. BUT, you’re not getting faster shipping. Anyone that ordered early will all get them on the same day. Try to take it up with Apple after.
I originally saw an $8 charge for the Logitech combo touch keyboard case I ordered with the iPad, and it even charged it to my Apple Card (showed in a processing status on card). But after a couple days, my order status and my Apple Card both had them removed. Hopefully they’re going through and fixing all of them.
 
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That exciting for a minute, no update on mine. I certainly would not mind a May 21 arrival ;)

So far, it sounds like only the 12.9 ones have shipped, based on the replies of people who included what they ordered.

Fingers crossed, a batch of 11" get wrapped up and pushed onto the plane soon.

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Oh my! Lots of lucky people here. So happy for you all!
I guess having it engraved and pre-ordering it one day later than most of the others will make me wait for a month?!

yup, chip shortages. delivery dates fell back within the first 10 mins iirc
 
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yup, chip shortages. delivery dates fell back within the first 10 mins iirc
Yup, I know. It still sounds a bit extreme, for not even 24h delay in ordering (we were on the road, in a trip out of town, otherwise would've ordered them in the first few minutes). I could take a couple of weeks but more than a month... Still hoping for some updates.
 
Yup, I know. It still sounds a bit extreme, for not even 24h delay in ordering (we were on the road, in a trip out of town, otherwise would've ordered them in the first few minutes). I could take a couple of weeks but more than a month... Still hoping for some updates.
I think the only folks that can guarantee they’re not going to get their systems early are those slated for the 21st. For everyone else, there’s the potential that you could end up bumped to an earlier time slot as the massive shipping effort gets well underway.
 
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I think the only folks that can guarantee they’re not going to get their systems early are those slated for the 21st. For everyone else, there’s the potential that you could end up bumped to an earlier time slot as the massive shipping effort gets well underway.
Keeping fingers crossed. Maybe it helps ;)
 
I just got a notification from the FedEx app on my phone that I have two new tracking numbers. One is going to me on Saturday, the other arrives Friday, which is definitely the trade-in packaging, as it's showing from me to AI, the exact same address that's listed in the package coming Saturday. My order never said UPS, I looked again. I would love it if this is correct, but I know tracking information can change regularly.
 

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Yup, I know. It still sounds a bit extreme, for not even 24h delay in ordering (we were on the road, in a trip out of town, otherwise would've ordered them in the first few minutes). I could take a couple of weeks but more than a month... Still hoping for some updates.

it doesn't sound extreme in the slightest bit. car companies are struggling to output vehicles as their chip orders were canceled during the early lockdown days last year. people are *still* overnight camping microcenters nationwide to try and snag current-gen graphics cards and processors, the online sales of these same items are also going OOS immediately. this is to name *some* of the issues.

a month to receive one's $1k+ new ipad in the midst of a pandemic and global chip shortage is still someone's ultra first-world problem, and genuinely really lucky considering it's guaranteed in queue and has a relative delivery date, courtesy of apple's refined ordering process.

i had to camp a microcenter 10 times or so to get the specific GPU brand and model i wanted....back in october, before this got particularly awful as it is now.

you're in a great spot. you'll be iight
 
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it doesn't sound extreme in the slightest bit. car companies are struggling to output vehicles as their chip orders were canceled during the early lockdown days last year. people are *still* overnight camping microcenters nationwide to try and snag current-gen graphics cards and processors, the online sales of these same items are also going OOS immediately. this is to name *some* of the issues.

a month to receive one's $1k+ new ipad in the midst of a pandemic and global chip shortage is still someone's ultra first-world problem, and genuinely really lucky considering it's guaranteed in queue and has a relative delivery date, courtesy of apple's refined ordering process.

i had to camp a microcenter 10 times or so to get the specific GPU brand and model i wanted....back in october, before this got particularly awful as it is now.

you're in a great spot. you'll be iight
I see the point. Still, Apple is not providing iPads to most of the population, only to a small percentage. That's why I'm (kinda) surprised. But yes, I can wait even though my current iPad is hiccupping more and more, and the battery drains out even when idling.
 
I just got a notification from the FedEx app on my phone that I have two new tracking numbers. One is going to me on Saturday, the other arrives Friday, which is definitely the trade-in packaging, as it's showing from me to AI, the exact same address that's listed in the package coming Saturday. My order never said UPS, I looked again. I would love it if this is correct, but I know tracking information can change regularly.
From what I see, this is all just your trade in packaging. They are sending it to you (1 tracking number) and inside is a box for you to send back (2nd tracking number). This has nothing to do with your new iPad shipment.
 
Anyone get “shipped’ notices on a white magic keyboard? I didn’t order one with my preorder but thinking about ordering now. I bet they will be available from the physical Apple Store on launch day though
What I did with the Airpods Max when they came out and also had vast waiting times was to check every 4 hours or so (so about three times a day) online for the closest in-store pickup. Chances are you might be able to get one especially if it is not a crazy main hub city, I’m located in Montréal (which is like a minor NYC) and by the third day after launch still managed to set one aside.
 
What? My space grey iPad 12.9 128gb is still in the “ order in progress “
Pre ordered it the day of pre orders opened too. Haha weird
The overall status will remain “in progress” until it’s complete. You have to go into the order to see the individual statuses for any/all of the items from that order and it will show you the specific status (see images)
 

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The overall status will remain “in progress” until it’s complete. You have to go into the order to see the individual statuses for any/all of the items from that order and it will show you the specific status (see images)
Yeah I went in to check after seeing some people saying theirs shipped. Mine says this atm.
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Best buy shipped my head

Best buy shipped my airpods max about 3-4 weeks after they came out and they claimed release day
And I ordered a Nintendo Switch off bestbuy.com and it wasn’t supposed to arrive for a week but I got it in 2 days.
 
Yeah I went in to check after seeing some people saying theirs shipped. Mine says this atm. View attachment 1774619
Ahhh, got it, sorry. I thought you had a delivery window of the earlier May 21-28 timeframe. Definitely wouldn’t expect yours to ship until closer to your June 9th window unfortunately unless they can get ahead of all the pre-orders. Good luck!
 
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