I’ve noticed over the past year or so that m4 iPads are not ever available in Apple’s refurb store. Unlike say macs which come after a few months on the refurb store, the iPad Pros specifically have not. Some retailers have had the M4 iPads on a big discount (like Costco) but you just don’t see those with big discounts even after the M5’s came out. This is purely out of interest, is there a reason why?
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iPad Pro Why doesn’t Apple sell m4 iPads refurb?
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Unlike Macs, Apple never sells current generation iPads or iPhones as refurbs, and there's generally a quite significant delay between a new model releasing and the old one becoming available. That's always been the case AFAIK, I can only assume it's about demand management.
this is not true - at least in europe the current generation appears some times. got my M4 iPP like that. As other pointed out, it is a question of returns in whatever form/for whatever reason.
From the username, going to guess OP is in Canada, so I'm not sure whether what Apple does or doesn't do in Europe is particularly relevant. It's also at least widely speculated Apple can shift unsold new inventory of a discontinued product over to refurbished with just a change of packaging. Perhaps collecting the inventory back in to be tested and repackaged and shipped back out is part of what's taking so long.