Will Apple ship ipad Air 2 with preinstalled iOS9

[Racineur]

Just a question that crossed my mind. Browsing through Apple site, I could se only Mini 4 comes with iOS 9 preinstalled. I'd prefer to buy a brand new iPad with a preinstalled 9 which would be a clean install if I'm not wrong. I'm near to buy my very first iPad and I want make it easy on me as much as possible.
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts.

 

[Thares]

There is no reason to be worried. Just install the update after you received your iPad. I did it with mine.

 

[The Game 161]

no it won't be

won't take long for you to install

 

[Racineur]

Hello to you, thanks for your answers. The reason I was asking is that everywhere all the time, a clean install is more valued than an upgrade. So I wonder why there's no iPad Air 2 shipping with iOS 9 now that it's out. Just curious.

 

[pika2000]

Hello to you, thanks for your answers. The reason I was asking is that everywhere all the time, a clean install is more valued than an upgrade. So I wonder why there's no iPad Air 2 shipping with iOS 9 now that it's out. Just curious.

You can always "clean install" iOS on an iDevice. Just have iTunes download iOS9 and do a restore to factory.

 

[Racineur]

You can always "clean install" iOS on an iDevice. Just have iTunes download iOS9 and do a restore to factory.

OK then. By now you must know I don't have any iOS device, just an iMac and three old Android devices (Blu Life Pure mini / HTC One S / Galaxy Tab 3). I'm in the process of deciding (like so many others from what I read here) between a Mini 4 and an Air 2. This will be my first iOS device. Thought it couldn't be so but I'm a bit anxious to leave the Android world and in the same time fed up with its lack of communication with anything Apple.

 

[Freyqq]

Inevitably, apple will ship them with ios 9, likely when they go through all their currently packaged ipad stock. Either way, updating is pretty painless.

 

[mtneer]

Eventually all iGadgets, old and new, will come with iOS 9+ installed. However, until older products in inventory that were packaged before the release of iOS 9 run through, you may still get a device with iOS8+ installed.

 

[Phisherman81]

Yeah, I picked one up yesterday, it had 8.4 installed.

If you want the cleanest install of iOS 9 on your iPad, I'd immediately connect it to iTunes and do a restore.