Right, this is NOT going to make you happy.
Over the weekend, Apple began e-mailing customers to tell them that their iPad 3G orders had been pushed back to May 7th to reassure them that their hardware will ship on schedule in late April. In addition, the company has also begun shipping the iPad camera connection kit to some who ordered.
Per AppleInsider, Apple’s online store has been updated to reflect that new orders of the iPad with both 3G and Wi-Fi will not ship until May 7th. But while those ordering new iPads with 3G connectivity will not get their device until a few weeks later, original preorders are still on track for a late April release. To confirm this, Apple began sending the following e-mails to customers who already ordered:
“To Our Valued Apple Customer:
Thank you for your recent order of the magical and revolutionary iPad 3G.
We would like to confirm that your order will be shipped in late April as communicated at the time you placed your order. You will receive a confirmation notice when your order has shipped.
You can get up-to-date information about your order, including shipping status and tracking number, at http://www.apple.com/orderstatus
Thank you for choosing Apple.
Sincerely,
The Apple Store Team”The 3G-enabled iPad models carry a US$130 premium and offer wireless connectivity with the AT&T 3G network in the U.S. No-contract data plans are available for US$15 per month for 250MB of data, and US$30 a month for unlimited access.
Though U.S. orders remain on track to ship on time, last week Apple announced that international customers will have to wait, as a shortage of devices caused the launch to be delayed until the end of May. Apple shipped more than a half-million Wi-Fi only iPads in its first week of availability in the U.S. alone.
In the U.S., online orders of the Wi-Fi-only iPad ship in five to seven business days. All orders remain limited to just two per customer.
Finally, some who preordered the camera connection kit for the iPad have been notified that their order has finally shipped. Apple first gave the connection kit a shipping date of late April on its Web site at the end of March.
4 replies on “Apple pushes iPad 3G pre-order ship date back to May 7th, ships camera kit”
I'm glad pre-ordered on the first day. Looks like those who did will be getting their 3G iPads by late April as promised. I'm gals I waited for the 3G model. I think those who rushed to get the WiFi only version will be kicking themselves. Not having to be lock into a contract did it for me. I've been downloading iPads like mad. Can't wait for the UPS guy to show up!
Don't understand your headline and opening statement. Pre-orders are still shipping on time in late April. Only new orders will take more time, duh! So where's the delay?
It would be such a pleasure if bloggers actually spent some effort on COMPREHENDING what they repeat.
What the hell.
I am now seeing this story everywhere and the headline s nothing but inflammatory, FOX-worthy crap.
The original ship date was when for pre-orders of the 3G? That's right, April. When will those shipments be arriving? Bingo… APRIL! After a certain cut-off date the ship date will be May. Exactly the same thing happened with the Wifi version so this is a non story.
FYI. Business customers are still getting their orders on time. Today I received this email from Apple:
To Our Valued Apple Customer:
Thank you for your recent order of the magical and revolutionary
iPad 3G.
We would like to confirm that your order will be shipped in late
April as communicated at the time you placed your order. You will
receive a confirmation notice when your order has shipped.
You can get up-to-date information about your order, including
shipping status and tracking number, at http://www.apple.com/orderstatus
Thank you for choosing Apple.
Sincerely,
The Apple Store Team