The new iPad (3 Gen) now available on Apple.ie

DubDJ

Just clicked into the store to see it's now online.

Prices are:

Wifi Only;
16GB - €479
32GB - €579
64GB - €679

Wifi +4G;
16GB - €599
32GB - €699
64GB - €799

Ship times of 1 - 2 weeks.

BlastedGlute

Nice one! Anyone else considering getting the bigger capacity this time due to the increase in resolution? Higher res movies/pictures etc. Think it'd help to have the extra space?

Hobbes

Finally got to play with mine after picking up last night. *Yum!* the screen is fantastic.

The dictation actually works very well, although when I said "To be or not to be" it wrote "BB or not to be". It did however know my wifes name (which is Korean). I suspect it is cross referencing against my 4S.

SilverSparkle

Eating breakfast and playing with mine!!! Love love love it!!!

LFCFan

I thought Apple products were supposed to be the same price in all resellers? I see Argos are selling the new iPad for €20 more than Apple and the new Apple TV is €28 more than Apple. Needless to say I won't be buying from Argos!!

Jarren

In two weeks I'll be travelling to UK so I'm hoping to pick an Ipad from Dixons in Dublin Airport -23%VAT rate obviously.

Deep Thought

Walked into PC World this morn and picked up 32GB Wifi

Its syncing now as we speak...

Lovely Jubly

omniscient_toad

Jarren wrote: »

In two weeks I'll be travelling to UK so I'm hoping to pick an Ipad from Dixons in Dublin Airport -23%VAT rate obviously.

I'm probably being dense here but don't you pay the normal VAT rate included price these days for travel within the EU, "duty free" being a thing of the past.

Crackity Jones

omniscient_toad wrote: »

I'm probably being dense here but don't you pay the normal VAT rate included price these days for travel within the EU, "duty free" being a thing of the past.

nope you are right. i got my last ipad there.. think it was about a tenner cheaper than retail.

mad muffin

Got mine from PC World Naas in the end, no need to wait 1-2 weeks. :pac:


Anyone with an iPad 2. Have you noticed the blues on the new one are darker?

acquiescefc

LFCFan wrote: »

I thought Apple products were supposed to be the same price in all resellers? I see Argos are selling the new iPad for €20 more than Apple and the new Apple TV is €28 more than Apple. Needless to say I won't be buying from Argos!!

where dyou see argos.ie price?

Casher

Crackity Jones wrote: »

nope you are right. i got my last ipad there.. think it was about a tenner cheaper than retail.

I got the 32gb wifi at the airport this morning, it was €549 so a nice bit cheaper than high street

3rdDegree

acquiescefc wrote: »

LFCFan wrote: »

I thought Apple products were supposed to be the same price in all resellers? I see Argos are selling the new iPad for €20 more than Apple and the new Apple TV is €28 more than Apple. Needless to say I won't be buying from Argos!!

where dyou see argos.ie price?

Argos always seem to do this. But yes, they are 20 euro dearer than others

nhg

Ordered my 32g wifi + accessories on apple store on Friday Morning, I wonder how long before it actually arrives, hopefully before they said (5th - 16th April).

abeere

Same position as you nhg, says items are being processed, but considering canceling if nothing is updated tomorrow.

DubDJ

abeere wrote: »

Same position as you nhg, says items are being processed, but considering canceling if nothing is updated tomorrow.

I ordered a 64GB one on Saturday. From previous stuff i've ordered from Apple usually it'll arrive on the second week rather than shipping on the second week. So you could possibly have it for the 6th of April if lucky.

abeere

That is pretty poor in my opinion, I would have thought that since they lack an official retail store in Ireland, their online store could make up for it.

Going to cancel and purchase one from an authorized seller. CompuB seem to be doing very well in their absence.

martin_g

abeere wrote: »

Same position as you nhg, says items are being processed, but considering canceling if nothing is updated tomorrow.

I ordered my 64 Gig Wifi/4G very early friday morning too and no update mad the way you can buy in a shop but have to wait 1-2 weeks for it to ship online, (-: here's hoping we hear good news soon.

abeere

abeere wrote: »

That is pretty poor in my opinion, I would have thought that since they lack an official retail store in Ireland, their online store could make up for it.

Going to cancel and purchase one from an authorized seller. CompuB seem to be doing very well in their absence.

Sounds like a shill to me...

CompuB don't really know their arse from their elbow, I've friends who have had bad experiences with them before.

Hobbes

abeere wrote: »

That is pretty poor in my opinion, I would have thought that since they lack an official retail store in Ireland, their online store could make up for it.

Apple wasn't expecting so many Web orders in the US which means their store is backlogged world wide.

KJF

Ordered last Friday with expected delivery 1 - 2 weeks. Just received a shipment notification email a few mins ago. Delivers on or before the 29th. Delighted.

Apple have really nailed the whole manufacturing process this time around.

nhg

Same here, got notification as well.

Delighted now that I ordered on apple.ie as I had a message on my phone today from HMV that they only got in 16g and when they get in the 32's they'd let me know but they had iPad2 reduced at the minute if I was interested!

Update: Delivery date updated to today the 28th..... well done apple and TNT

Kashkai

Ordered my ipad 32gb wifi version off the apple.ie store Sunday afternoon and has just shipped. Can't wait to get it (plus it beats the "2 - 4 week restocking" estimate I got in pcworld:D).

mariotr87

Mine is in the Dublin warehouse, I live in Limerick. Hope to get it today or tomorrow...

mariotr87

Mine just got delivered, looking forward to later today when I can play around with it

martin_g

Mariotr87

When did yours ship? I am still unable to track mine even though it says it's shipped, probably not picked up yet by TNT

mariotr87

martin_g wrote: »

Mariotr87

When did yours ship? I am still unable to track mine even though it says it's shipped, probably not picked up yet by TNT

I got the shipment notification yesterday at 19:10, that was pretty darn fast!
I was able to start tracking the package pretty much since they sent me the email, are you sure you are doing it properly? You need to use the "tracking number", not the order number, and then go to http://www.tnt.com/express/en_ie/site/home.html

You have to introduce the tracking number on the right side, and make sure you try checking both options, "consignment" and "reference", sometimes works with one of them and sometimes with the other one

These are the details of my shipment:

28 Mar 2012 12:44:00 Shannon Shipment Delivered In Good Condition.
28 Mar 2012 11:57:44 Shannon Shipment Received At Destination Depot.
28 Mar 2012 07:40:49 Dublin Shipment Arrived In Warehouse
27 Mar 2012 22:09:49 East Midlands Airport Shipment Received At Transit Point.
27 Mar 2012 21:48:23 East Midlands Airport Shipment In Transit.
27 Mar 2012 20:31:00 Nuneaton Shipment In Transit.
27 Mar 2012 20:11:30 Nuneaton Shipment In Transit.

Btw I ordered it on Friday morning at 10 or so.

nhg

Mine arrived at 14.55 - I live in Co Kilkenny, here at work trying to get it up and running at the min

grizzcol2

I ordered mine on Monday evening and just after receiving notification that it shipped as well...with a delivery before or on Friday...a week before apple.ie had told me to expect it...delighted!

DubDJ

I ordered mine Saturday evening and also got my shipping notification earlier. Expected delivery date on or before the 30th but UPS has an expected date of the 29th. So getting mine tomorrow with a little luck

Boscoirl

going to America tomorrow, thinking of going straight to an Apple store once I get off the plane

pete.g

I ordered a 64gb wifi on monday. UPS tracking says i will get it today
Thats a great service - wasn't expecting it for 2 weeks!

DubDJ

Mine just arrived via UPS. Still have my iPad 2 so gonna compare them like for like and see how the screens differ.

adox

DubDJ wrote: »

Mine just arrived via UPS. Still have my iPad 2 so gonna compare them like for like and see how the screens differ.

Screen is definitely warmer than previous versions.

Dont read about the yellow hue issue online or you`ll be examining your screen for hours on end for imperfections.

DubDJ

adox wrote: »

Screen is definitely warmer than previous versions.

Dont read about the yellow hue issue online or you`ll be examining your screen for hours on end for imperfections.

I'm gonna be honest. If someone held the iPad 2 and new iPad in front of me and asked which was the new model I couldn't tell. I have my old iPad restored to factory settings so haven't checked the actual apps or anything yet. But so far i'm not blown away screen wise. Which i'm a little disappointed with.

EDIT: Actually now i've started it up and been on the Apple site using it. Although the speed seems very similar I can notice the Resolution differences. The iPad 2 hasn't got the smooth edges around images and text that the new one has. On close inspection you can tell the difference.

ADSLUSER

DubDJ wrote: »

I'm gonna be honest. If someone held the iPad 2 and new iPad in front of me and asked which was the new model I couldn't tell. I have my old iPad restored to factory settings so haven't checked the actual apps or anything yet. But so far i'm not blown away screen wise. Which i'm a little disappointed with.

EDIT: Actually now i've started it up and been on the Apple site using it. Although the speed seems very similar I can notice the Resolution differences. The iPad 2 hasn't got the smooth edges around images and text that the new one has. On close inspection you can tell the difference.

Take a look at the iTune trailers section, I believe they are optimized in HD for the new iPad. Great for showing off your new iPad.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/


Reading text is also a great test, as it appears so much clearer than the iPad2

Kashkai

Ordered my 32GB wifi last Sunday afternoon and received this afternoon. Great service from Apple. Love my new iPad. Think Im getting iPad shoulder though:D

DubDJ

ADSLUSER wrote: »

Take a look at the iTune trailers section, I believe they are optimized in HD for the new iPad. Great for showing off your new iPad.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/


Reading text is also a great test, as it appears so much clearer than the iPad2

Yeah for me the text really is the giveaway. You can just see how crisp and clear it is. A lot more colour in the screen as well. I'll look forward to a bit of reading now to see if I can notice the difference.

Decoda

Hi guys,

Just a quick question regarding the shipment of my IPad 3. Ordered it last Monday and got a proposed shipping date somewhere between the 6th April and the 12th April. So far so good.

Email arrives from Apple with the delivery details and the UPS tracking details. Been keeping an eye on it ever since. Now this is where it gets a bit strange. It shipped from Tamworth UK on the 30th March, arrived Castle Donnington UK and departed Castle Donnington on the 30th March. It was then shipped to Koeln in Germany where it's sitting at the moment. UPS is telling me it's gonna arrive by tomorrow?

So for an IPad bought on Apple.ie, it ships from the UK to Germany and then to Ireland?

Is this normal.

Cheers

DC


Shipment Progress
What's this?
Location Date Local Time Activity
Koeln, Germany 31/03/2012 0:39 Arrival Scan
Castle Donnington, United Kingdom 30/03/2012 22:24 Departure Scan
30/03/2012 21:09 Arrival Scan
Tamworth, United Kingdom 30/03/2012 21:00 Departure Scan
30/03/2012 18:32 Origin Scan
United Kingdom 29/03/2012 8:09 Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Johnmb

Decoda wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just a quick question regarding the shipment of my IPad 3. Ordered it last Monday and got a proposed shipping date somewhere between the 6th April and the 12th April. So far so good.

Email arrives from Apple with the delivery details and the UPS tracking details. Been keeping an eye on it ever since. Now this is where it gets a bit strange. It shipped from Tamworth UK on the 30th March, arrived Castle Donnington UK and departed Castle Donnington on the 30th March. It was then shipped to Koeln in Germany where it's sitting at the moment. UPS is telling me it's gonna arrive by tomorrow?

So for an IPad bought on Apple.ie, it ships from the UK to Germany and then to Ireland?

Is this normal.

Cheers

DC


Shipment Progress
What's this?
Location Date Local Time Activity
Koeln, Germany 31/03/2012 0:39 Arrival Scan
Castle Donnington, United Kingdom 30/03/2012 22:24 Departure Scan
30/03/2012 21:09 Arrival Scan
Tamworth, United Kingdom 30/03/2012 21:00 Departure Scan
30/03/2012 18:32 Origin Scan
United Kingdom 29/03/2012 8:09 Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Used to be that it shipped to Tamworth, and then to here, but I ordered an Apple TV recently, and it went the Koeln route instead. It didn't make sense to me either, but it did arrive in Dublin, and get to me, the next day, so I'd expect you to get it tomorrow even if they did send it the ar$eways route.

The Black Oil

Yeah, the German thing is odd, but I presume it's just part of UPS's way of being efficient internally or maybe it's a hub. There was a strike last week (airport, not UPS), so mine was delayed by a day, nothing to worry about. If you check in the morning and it says it has arrived Dublin at 5am or something you'll probably get it tomorrow alright.

whiterebel

Black Oil wrote: »

Yeah, the German thing is odd, but I presume it's just part of UPS's way of being efficient internally or maybe it's a hub. There was a strike last week (airport, not UPS), so mine was delayed by a day, nothing to worry about. If you check in the morning and it says it has arrived Dublin at 5am or something you'll probably get it tomorrow alright.

Cologne is the major Euopean Hub for UPS. There probably isn't enough traffic to go back and forward directly to the UK any more, so they'll move everything via Germany.

DubDJ

All the stuff i've ordered in the past has came from Tamworth straight to Dublin. But when I oreded the Apple TV3 it went from there to Germany but it did arrive the next day like UPS says. Then again with my new iPad it shipped the same route and arrive the next day. So i'd expect you'll get it just like it says.

Apple maybe have changed the shipping route?

Boscoirl

Boscoirl wrote: »

going to America tomorrow, thinking of going straight to an Apple store once I get off the plane

Didn't go straight to the store, went a few days before I came home, stock of the new iPad seemed to have dried up in NYC, tried a good few stores, ended up buying an iPad 2 16GB wifi in the Apple store in Grand Central Station(what a surreal set up) very happy with it. worked out @ €379 with a smart cover, happy with that.

the most efficient sales transaction of my life, was talking to the sales rep in the middle floor, told him what i wanted, he whips out his phone, presses a few buttons and tells me it'll be here in a min, and do I want any accessories, we stroll down to the smart covers, by the time we get there, another rep brings my ipad over to him, I pick a cover, he scans the barcodes with his phone, I give him my card, he swipes it on the back of the phone, and gets me to sign for it on the front of the phone, then goes he can print a receipt or email it to me, it automatically goes to the email address on the itunes account associated with my card. effortless.


Overall I am loving the device, dumped all the apps from my phone onto it, going to have to get rid of alot of them, as they are iphone only apps and they look crap on it. which means I'll have to rebuy the ipad versions of some, but expected that. have hardly turned on my laptop all week.

chazbat1

Ordered a new iPad and a cover myself last night from apple.com - it says shipping is 1-2 weeks - sad times - I was hoping they would have them in cork and overnight it

mariotr87

chazbat1 wrote: »

Ordered a new iPad and a cover myself last night from apple.com - it says shipping is 1-2 weeks - sad times - I was hoping they would have them in cork and overnight it

You'll probably get it next week, they are usually quicker than they say.

chazbat1

I am sure they will, I am just an impatient fecker

Johnmb

chazbat1 wrote: »

I am sure they will, I am just an impatient fecker

I ordered the new iPad last Saturday night, it said it would ship in 1-2 weeks. I got it Tuesday!

whiterebel

chazbat1 wrote: »

Ordered a new iPad and a cover myself last night from apple.com - it says shipping is 1-2 weeks - sad times - I was hoping they would have them in cork and overnight it

They are manufactured and shipped from China......

chazbat1

I knew that Whiterebel, but obviously my sarcasm font is broken....

And Johnmb that's brilliant - very quick...

I have mine engraved so may slow down the process... and before all the haters start hating - I don't care if it de-values it!

whiterebel

chazbat1 wrote: »

I knew that Whiterebel, but obviously my sarcasm font is broken....

And Johnmb that's brilliant - very quick...

I have mine engraved so may slow down the process... and before all the haters start hating - I don't care if it de-values it!

Ok, sorry. A lot of people do think they ship product from Cork, and are disappointed.