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All iPads UK iPad Air & iPad mini with Retina Thread
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Looks like you can nab the low capacity wifi versions from the apple stores today.
Not sure about cellular though, so i'll have to wait it out for my order to arrive in 2 weeks time!
Not sure about cellular though, so i'll have to wait it out for my order to arrive in 2 weeks time!
Anyone seen a 64 or 128 cellular available for in-store pickup?
Just wondering if they are v popular, or just not around yet.
I've seen 32GB cellular in both black and white.
Just wondering if they are v popular, or just not around yet.
I've seen 32GB cellular in both black and white.
Ordered 64gb cellular R-ipad mini in space grey .. 5-10 business days 
Was hoping to buy it on contract from three but they aren't selling it yet and I couldn't wait lol
Was hoping to buy it on contract from three but they aren't selling it yet and I couldn't wait lol
I didn't realise you could do the reserve and pick-up in the UK, so thanks for the link! They don't make that too easy to find on their website. I've checked for the 64GB mini and no stock in the Regent Street or Covent Garden stores, though they do have the 16GB and 32GB models. I've got one on order through the online store, but delivery is scheduled for 26th Nov - 3rd Dec, I can't wait that long!!
I have the iPad Air but will be taking that back I think.....
I have the iPad Air but will be taking that back I think.....
I believe store stock is only available for reservation and pick up, i.e. "Walk Ins" can't purchase
Damn.
I could have sworn there were some 32GB cellulars on reserve and pick up at Regent St this morning, but i couldnt get it to go through on my ipad and by the time i got to a PC they had gone
think it was a glitch
I could have sworn there were some 32GB cellulars on reserve and pick up at Regent St this morning, but i couldnt get it to go through on my ipad and by the time i got to a PC they had gone
think it was a glitch
There ARE 32GB Cellulars around... I want to know if 64 & 128 Cellulars have been around or not.
Ordered my 64gb wifi at exactly 08:00 yesterday online with Apple... 5-10 days to process... delivery 2 weeks... yet CurryWorld is promising stock tomorrow? What gives? Surely this can't be right, can it? Hesitant to place a second order, but don't want to wait 2 weeks unnecessarily.
Anyone know the actual info on PC World / Currys? Is it a load of old balls to get customers, or will they actually have a shipment in before Apple?
Anyone know the actual info on PC World / Currys? Is it a load of old balls to get customers, or will they actually have a shipment in before Apple?
Just came off the phone from my local Apple Store to try and establish if the Cellular 64's and 128's are actually about.
The chap couldn't tell me, but did say that the stock for the online reservation gets updated at 9am, 12 noon, and 3pm, and to check then.
It's also worth making a note of the pickup slots. I read somewhere on here that someone was 15 minutes late for their slot and wasn't allowed to buy their device. Perhaps worth checking a few mins after each slot closes, to see if any weren't picked up and get added back to the pool of available devices.
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The chap couldn't tell me, but did say that the stock for the online reservation gets updated at 9am, 12 noon, and 3pm, and to check then.
It's also worth making a note of the pickup slots. I read somewhere on here that someone was 15 minutes late for their slot and wasn't allowed to buy their device. Perhaps worth checking a few mins after each slot closes, to see if any weren't picked up and get added back to the pool of available devices.
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Ordered mine from the online store at about 9.30 yesterday morning. It's due for delivery on Friday, currently in Hong Kong.
Super Duper
So - my 3 year old 64GB iPad 1 was coming to end of it's useful life with me. Quite a lot of my apps are now iOS6+ and i was becoming disheartened at the speed of operations on it sometime, so after the last keynote i decided my heart was set on 128GB iPad Mini with Retina. Despite having Celluar on my iPad 1, i've only used it like twice over the past 3 years, so wifi only this time round.
Went to bed Monday night, still of the opinion Mini Retina would be released on or around 22nd November.
Had car into work yesterday, rather than the usual train - so never got to touch base on the latest IT headlines. Got into work at 7.55am and saw a email from a colleague with a web link saying apple on-line store was offline amongst rumour of an immediate surprise iPad mini launch...
Ohh excitement.
Sure enough at the back of 8, the store came up allowing order of iPad Mini Retina's. Brilliant. Ahhh, 128GB ones were 5-10 days delivery. Argggh. I want one now!
Ok, call Apple Store in Buchanan St, Glasgow at 9am. Still closed. Get through 9.05am asking with much excitement if Retina Mini's would be in stock today. Yes he says, although stocks will be extremely limited and will be through a reservation system - he advises me to check and keep an eye on the website. I thank him and put the phone down.
Goto website - find reservation page. Can't. Speak to sales support via the Instant Messenger. They apologise and tell me i was told incorrect information. They wouldn't be doing reservations on-line. Arrggghhh. Pants.
So i go ahead and order a 128GB on-line for 5-10 day delivery. Least it's ordered.....
An hour later, check website again out of curiosity. Find the reservation page hiding under the retail pages. Woo Hoo.! Nothing, select store, can't do anything. Argghh. Give it time.
An hour later, still nothing. Get colleague to call Buchanan Street. Advised no deliveries yet hence why page is not live. Fair enough. It's only 11am.
For the next 3 hours, check page. Nothing. Check page. Nothing. Repeat many many many times.
2pm, call Buchanan St store. Very helpful chap advises the page will be live at 3pm. ok...
3.01pm - Page live. Woo hoo. Ahh pants. Only 16GB, 32GB and 64GB available. 128GB unavailable. I was kind of expecting this - i imagine Apple would be concentrating on the cheaper pads as they would no doubt be more popular.
Reside in fact i have a 128GB ordered for 5-10day delivery. Oh well.
Hold on. Brainwave. Let's check Glasgow Braehead. All non-cellular in stock, *including* 128GB. Dancer. Reserve one straight away. interestingly, 128GB now unavailable, but i have a confirmation via email.
3.30pm by this time. Pickup slot is 4pm - 5pm. Store is Braehead. I'm in work in Glasgow City Centre.
Luckily, i have the car in today. A few hours in lieu owed. So a quick jump out to Braehead.
Goto to store, and walked out with a 128GB Mini Retina by 4.30pm - pleased as punch. Online order cancelled.
The Apple guy dealing with the sale made a few points during my chat with him.
- Apple Stores will not entertain walk in sales. All mini retina sales at the moment must be reserved.
- You must pick your reserved ipad mini up during your allocated time. If you don't, you lose it as it's put back to stock. no if's, no but's, no maybe's. Even if you are five minutes late, forget it.
- Stocks are extremely limited and they don't know if and when they are getting more stock in.
- The 128GB i reserved was the only one received by the store.
So there you go. Waking up in morning not expecting a Retina mini to be in my hand by the end of the day.
And what a device. Blows iPad 1 out the water. I'm way more than happy with it. Best iPad ever.
Even better as i had it in my hand as some parts of America were waking up to the news
I'm happy!
So - my 3 year old 64GB iPad 1 was coming to end of it's useful life with me. Quite a lot of my apps are now iOS6+ and i was becoming disheartened at the speed of operations on it sometime, so after the last keynote i decided my heart was set on 128GB iPad Mini with Retina. Despite having Celluar on my iPad 1, i've only used it like twice over the past 3 years, so wifi only this time round.
Went to bed Monday night, still of the opinion Mini Retina would be released on or around 22nd November.
Had car into work yesterday, rather than the usual train - so never got to touch base on the latest IT headlines. Got into work at 7.55am and saw a email from a colleague with a web link saying apple on-line store was offline amongst rumour of an immediate surprise iPad mini launch...
Ohh excitement.
Sure enough at the back of 8, the store came up allowing order of iPad Mini Retina's. Brilliant. Ahhh, 128GB ones were 5-10 days delivery. Argggh. I want one now!
Ok, call Apple Store in Buchanan St, Glasgow at 9am. Still closed. Get through 9.05am asking with much excitement if Retina Mini's would be in stock today. Yes he says, although stocks will be extremely limited and will be through a reservation system - he advises me to check and keep an eye on the website. I thank him and put the phone down.
Goto website - find reservation page. Can't. Speak to sales support via the Instant Messenger. They apologise and tell me i was told incorrect information. They wouldn't be doing reservations on-line. Arrggghhh. Pants.
So i go ahead and order a 128GB on-line for 5-10 day delivery. Least it's ordered.....
An hour later, check website again out of curiosity. Find the reservation page hiding under the retail pages. Woo Hoo.! Nothing, select store, can't do anything. Argghh. Give it time.
An hour later, still nothing. Get colleague to call Buchanan Street. Advised no deliveries yet hence why page is not live. Fair enough. It's only 11am.
For the next 3 hours, check page. Nothing. Check page. Nothing. Repeat many many many times.
2pm, call Buchanan St store. Very helpful chap advises the page will be live at 3pm. ok...
3.01pm - Page live. Woo hoo. Ahh pants. Only 16GB, 32GB and 64GB available. 128GB unavailable. I was kind of expecting this - i imagine Apple would be concentrating on the cheaper pads as they would no doubt be more popular.
Reside in fact i have a 128GB ordered for 5-10day delivery. Oh well.
Hold on. Brainwave. Let's check Glasgow Braehead. All non-cellular in stock, *including* 128GB. Dancer. Reserve one straight away. interestingly, 128GB now unavailable, but i have a confirmation via email.
3.30pm by this time. Pickup slot is 4pm - 5pm. Store is Braehead. I'm in work in Glasgow City Centre.
Luckily, i have the car in today. A few hours in lieu owed. So a quick jump out to Braehead.
Goto to store, and walked out with a 128GB Mini Retina by 4.30pm - pleased as punch. Online order cancelled.
The Apple guy dealing with the sale made a few points during my chat with him.
- Apple Stores will not entertain walk in sales. All mini retina sales at the moment must be reserved.
- You must pick your reserved ipad mini up during your allocated time. If you don't, you lose it as it's put back to stock. no if's, no but's, no maybe's. Even if you are five minutes late, forget it.
- Stocks are extremely limited and they don't know if and when they are getting more stock in.
- The 128GB i reserved was the only one received by the store.
So there you go. Waking up in morning not expecting a Retina mini to be in my hand by the end of the day.
And what a device. Blows iPad 1 out the water. I'm way more than happy with it. Best iPad ever.
Even better as i had it in my hand as some parts of America were waking up to the news
I'm happy!
So - my 3 year old 64GB iPad 1 was coming to end of it's useful life with me. Quite a lot of my apps are now iOS6+ and i was becoming disheartened at the speed of operations on it sometime, so after the last keynote i decided my heart was set on 128GB iPad Mini with Retina. Despite having Celluar on my iPad 1, i've only used it like twice over the past 3 years, so wifi only this time round.
Went to bed Monday night, still of the opinion Mini Retina would be released on or around 22nd November.
Had car into work yesterday, rather than the usual train - so never got to touch base on the latest IT headlines. Got into work at 7.55am and saw a email from a colleague with a web link saying apple on-line store was offline amongst rumour of an immediate surprise iPad mini launch...
Ohh excitement.
Sure enough at the back of 8, the store came up allowing order of iPad Mini Retina's. Brilliant. Ahhh, 128GB ones were 5-10 days delivery. Argggh. I want one now!
Ok, call Apple Store in Buchanan St, Glasgow at 9am. Still closed. Get through 9.05am asking with much excitement if Retina Mini's would be in stock today. Yes he says, although stocks will be extremely limited and will be through a reservation system - he advises me to check and keep an eye on the website. I thank him and put the phone down.
Goto website - find reservation page. Can't. Speak to sales support via the Instant Messenger. They apologise and tell me i was told incorrect information. They wouldn't be doing reservations on-line. Arrggghhh. Pants.
So i go ahead and order a 128GB on-line for 5-10 day delivery. Least it's ordered.....
An hour later, check website again out of curiosity. Find the reservation page hiding under the retail pages. Woo Hoo.! Nothing, select store, can't do anything. Argghh. Give it time.
An hour later, still nothing. Get colleague to call Buchanan Street. Advised no deliveries yet hence why page is not live. Fair enough. It's only 11am.
For the next 3 hours, check page. Nothing. Check page. Nothing. Repeat many many many times.
2pm, call Buchanan St store. Very helpful chap advises the page will be live at 3pm. ok...
3.01pm - Page live. Woo hoo. Ahh pants. Only 16GB, 32GB and 64GB available. 128GB unavailable. I was kind of expecting this - i imagine Apple would be concentrating on the cheaper pads as they would no doubt be more popular.
Reside in fact i have a 128GB ordered for 5-10day delivery. Oh well.
Hold on. Brainwave. Let's check Glasgow Braehead. All non-cellular in stock, *including* 128GB. Dancer. Reserve one straight away. interestingly, 128GB now unavailable, but i have a confirmation via email.
3.30pm by this time. Pickup slot is 4pm - 5pm. Store is Braehead. I'm in work in Glasgow City Centre.
Luckily, i have the car in today. A few hours in lieu owed. So a quick jump out to Braehead.
Goto to store, and walked out with a 128GB Mini Retina by 4.30pm - pleased as punch. Online order cancelled.
The Apple guy dealing with the sale made a few points during my chat with him.
- Apple Stores will not entertain walk in sales. All mini retina sales at the moment must be reserved.
- You must pick your reserved ipad mini up during your allocated time. If you don't, you lose it as it's put back to stock. no if's, no but's, no maybe's. Even if you are five minutes late, forget it.
- Stocks are extremely limited and they don't know if and when they are getting more stock in.
- The 128GB i reserved was the only one received by the store.
So there you go. Waking up in morning not expecting a Retina mini to be in my hand by the end of the day.
And what a device. Blows iPad 1 out the water. I'm way more than happy with it. Best iPad ever.
Even better as i had it in my hand as some parts of America were waking up to the news
I'm happy!
Congratulations!
Just got my iPad mini with Retina display (64GB Wi-Fi) from the Apple Store...
Was so annoyed at them yesterday for refusing to sell me it for missing my reservation time by 15mins...
I thought about buying the 128GB model, but I don't use all the space on my current iPad mini (also 64GB) - so thought I'd just stick with the 64GB model this time around!
Was so annoyed at them yesterday for refusing to sell me it for missing my reservation time by 15mins...
I thought about buying the 128GB model, but I don't use all the space on my current iPad mini (also 64GB) - so thought I'd just stick with the 64GB model this time around!