Bad News for the Rest of the World: Your iPad is Delayed One Month!
If you live outside of the United States and have been lusting for an iPad, chances are you won’t want to read this post.
Gizmodo is reporting that Apple will be delaying the international launch of the iPad by a full month, citing “surprisingly strong U.S. demand.” For those of you who don’t know what today’s date is, that means you won’t be able to preorder (or even know what the price will be) until May -- and then proceed to wait even longer until it’s actually in your hand.
The news comes by way of an Apple press release which states:
“Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.
“Faced with this surprisingly strong U.S. demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online preorders on Monday, May 10th. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason -- the iPad is a runaway success in the U.S. thus far.”
Uh, sure, Apple… your international customers are always being treated like second-class citizens, so we’re certain that they’ll be pleased to watch everyone over here playing with their iPads for another month before they can get one, too.
At least they didn’t bump the 3G-equipped iPad (yet)…
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Mpennreid
April 18, 2010 at 8:51pm
Come on Apple, it's been a month since I ordered the ipad 3G. Give me a delivery date PLEASE!!!!! I have the newly purchased apple case waiting for it's device. Be nice, just give me a ship date. It's almost end of month. Maria
Andarian
April 14, 2010 at 11:08am
I was JUST convinced to get an iPad and now they are telling us it won't be available until May?! I'll be surprised if it even gets here at all. This is turning out to be iPhone first gen all over again...
jrbookwalter
April 14, 2010 at 10:38am
Sorry for any readers who took my original "Suck it" title to heart... as Robbie points out, it was indeed intended to lighten the mood just a little bit and in no way (re)confirm that we are all "ugly Americans." :-) Or maybe I was just enjoying a rare moment to gloat, since you foreigners have all kinds of cool stuff that we don't yet, like tethering from your iPhone or even first crack at cool non-Apple products like the Archos tablets. Oh, and as everlast_34 pointed out above... free healthcare. LOL JRB
floyd923
April 14, 2010 at 9:48am
Awww man, you changed the title. I for one found the previous one very light hearted and humorous. Those that were offended, well, suck it!
lzy23
April 14, 2010 at 8:12am
Firstly, your title only serves to show how vain and arrogant you all are.
Secondly, the 'foreigners' are most likely the ones who are dishing out all the money and loans to you all, such that you folks can even afford to buy an iPad.
If you hate foreigners that much, which is somewhat apparent with all the immigration policies and all, ban foreigners entry into your country, kill all those who are inside, and you can be the next super race - of excessive consumerism, slowly consuming yourselves to death.
So what if it is delayed by a month? Get a life. We don't have the mentality with which you all run by.
Oh and by the way, your magazine is likes a North Korean newspaper compared to the more content rich and valuable mac based magazines out there. Yours just simply compiles everything you have posted on the website in the month, and un-elegantly bind them in a 10 page disaster.
Roberto Baldwin
April 14, 2010 at 8:31am
It was a joke. We adjusted the headline because it seemed a bit more mean spirited than funny. But in the end, we're just trying to add levity to the news.
-Robbie
Scott.30483
April 14, 2010 at 6:37am
This is unfortunate news for those outside the U.S. for sure. But what about those of us who pre-ordered our 3G equipped iPad on March 12th? It is time for Apple to announce an ACTUAL ship date of when this will be available. We are missing out of the excitement of this product. Simply saying will ship "late April" is NOT a date, come on already Apple. WE are your core customers, get it done already.
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