iPad Pro Available to Order Wed 11th

Graham

Apple have announced they'll be taking orders for the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard starting this Wednesday. Deliveries scheduled to begin by the end of the week.

Is anyone here planning to order?

petertgtt

I will be buying one, where did you hear this and is it for Ireland?

godtabh

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/11/09Epic-12-9-inch-iPad-Pro-Available-to-Order-Online-Wednesday-Arrives-in-Stores-Later-This-Week.html

petertgtt

godtabh wrote: »

w.apple.com/pr/library/2015/11/09Epic-12-9-inch-iPad-Pro-Available-to-Order-Online-Wednesday-Arrives-in-Stores-Later-This-Week.html

That's great, looking forward to getting it.

petertgtt

Anybody know the Irish prices?

Sad Professor

petertgtt wrote: »

Anybody know the Irish prices?

I haven't see any yet, but starting around €850-899, I'd imagine.

Graham

petertgtt wrote: »

Anybody know the Irish prices?

I've seen nothing announced yet but based on the leaked UK pricing I'd expect a starting price of around €849/€859.

Creamy Goodness

Will probably pick one up.

T83

Sad Professor wrote: »

starting around €850-899, I'd imagine.

Graham wrote: »

I'd expect a starting price of around €849/€859.

€919/€1249 in France

€899/€1229 in Germany

At a guess, Ireland will be in line with France's pricing.

petertgtt

Is this available to order tonight at 00.01 or will it be later tomorrow do you reckon?

Graham

petertgtt wrote: »

Is this available to order tonight at 00.01 or will it be later tomorrow do you reckon?

I was just trying to find that out myself.

There's no sign of it on the Australian apple site yet, read into that what you will.

Mikey23

Going to leave it until the weekend to order to read through the early reviews and hopefully get a hands-on demo if CompuB get stock in Galway.

Zcott

No plans to get one here but looking forward to having a play with it in store later in the week.

Sharp2012

I see Argos have the 32GB version on there website for €999, €60 more than apple is charging.

Graham

Sharp2012 wrote: »

I see Argos have the 32GB version on there website for €999, €60 more than apple is charging.

Did apple anounce Irish prices?

Sharp2012

Graham wrote: »

Did apple anounce Irish prices?

Yep it's in the press release on the apple.ie web page

Graham

Wow, pricing is harsher than I expected.

Starting at €1227 for the full iPad/Pencil/Keyboard combo!

T83

€939 for a base model alone... ouch.

When broken down it's fairer than I expected:

$799 = €745.23 + 23% VAT (€171.40) = €916.63

So an extra €22 walking around money for Tim.

Graham

Available now on the Apple Store App, nothing on the web site yet.

wayne040576

I thought there was a 128GB wifi only model?
They seem to only have the 128GB model with LTE.

copacetic

wayne040576 wrote: »

I thought there was a 128GB wifi only model?
They seem to only have the 128GB model with LTE.

I can see wifi only.

Graham

I'm seeing availability of the 128GB WiFi Only in Space Grey with Tuesday delivery.

Graham

Looks like stock of the Apple Pencil is a few days behind the iPad Pro. Dispatch in 5 - 7 business days for the pencil, 1 business day for the iPad Pro, 5 - 7 days for the keyboard.

wayne040576

Graham wrote: »

I'm seeing availability of the 128GB WiFi Only in Space Grey with Tuesday delivery.

Thanks.
I was looking at the press release on the site. I don't have the app on my phone.

Graham

It's available on the IE store but only from the direct link:

http://www.apple.com/ie/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro

symbolic

What makes the iPad Pro, a Pro. Is it just screen size/processor separating it from the air 2?

Zcott

symbolic wrote: »

What makes the iPad Pro, a Pro. Is it just screen size/processor separating it from the air 2?

Pressure sensitive screen, 4 speakers as well.

symbolic

Zcott wrote: »

Pressure sensitive screen, 4 speakers as well.

And so say the pressure sensitive screen and the 4 speakers, is there any talk of these moving into the next iteration of the air. Like they seem like functionality I'd like in an air sized device.

I presume next air will get the processor that's in the current pro?

And is the pencil the only input device that works as a stylus for this? Or is it technology that can be used by other stylus manufacturers? What's the purpose of not including the pencil with the Pro, is it because there are other options?

bobbysands81

Graham wrote: »

It's available on the IE store but only from the direct link:

http://www.apple.com/ie/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro

€939 entry point for the new one?

That'll help their competitors.

Zcott

symbolic wrote: »

And so say the pressure sensitive screen and the 4 speakers, is there any talk of these moving into the next iteration of the air. Like they seem like functionality I'd like in an air sized device.

I presume next air will get the processor that's in the current pro?

And is the pencil the only input device that works as a stylus for this? Or is it technology that can be used by other stylus manufacturers? What's the purpose of not including the pencil with the Pro, is it because there are other options?

I'd expect the processor to be in the Air 3 and while I'd love to see the display in the Air 3 I'm not sure they will, to differentiate between the Air and the Pro.

Pencil not included because it's not cheap, and not everyone needs one. Other stylus makers will be able to make them for the pro, but I'm not sure if the Pencil works with the Air and Mini.

symbolic

Zcott wrote: »

I'd expect the processor to be in the Air 3 and while I'd love to see the display in the Air 3 I'm not sure they will, to differentiate between the Air and the Pro.

Yeah I get ya. A 9.7 inch "pro" would be nice!

Pencil not included because it's not cheap, and not everyone needs one.

Fair enough, just seems like one of the main differentiators doesn't even come as standard, it's extra, if ya get me. But I guess people might just want extra screen size.

Bah, they could make the next air so nice!

Zcott

symbolic wrote: »

Yeah I get ya. A 9.7 inch "pro" would be nice!



Fair enough, just seems like one of the main differentiators doesn't even come as standard, it's extra, if ya get me. But I guess people might just want extra screen size.

Bah, they could make the next air so nice!

I know, the Air is the perfect size for me and what I need it for. I'd buy the pencil tomorrow if it would work

Graham

bobbysands81 wrote: »

€939 entry point for the new one?

That'll help their competitors.

I don't think it'll make the slightest difference to the competition. Anyone that's interested in a large format android tablet could have picked up the Galaxy Pro 12 for some time now. Last time I spotted one it was being heavily discounted in PC World.

Sad Professor

I'd say the Air 3 is a good bit away. It was arguably over-powered at launch in anticipation of iOS 9's side-by-side multitasking, which was supposed to arrive in iOS 8. Apple are hardly going to update the Air with anything the Pro doesn't have, such as 3D Touch. So the only reason to update the Air is to give it some of the Pro's features.

petertgtt

Graham wrote: »

I'm seeing availability of the 128GB WiFi Only in Space Grey with Tuesday delivery.

Just bought my one with delivery for Thursday week -.- must be coming from UK or somewhere.

Graham

petertgtt wrote: »

Just bought my one with delivery for Thursday week -.- must be coming from UK or somewhere.

The 128GB WiFi model is the only one showing any sign of supply constraints so far.

whiterebel

petertgtt wrote: »

Just bought my one with delivery for Thursday week -.- must be coming from UK or somewhere.

Coming from the UK would normally make it next day delivery. Sounds like direct from factory, unless they have to wait for accessories.

petertgtt

whiterebel wrote: »

Coming from the UK would normally make it next day delivery. Sounds like direct from factory, unless they have to wait for accessories.

no, not getting any accessories

Zcott

Called into the Belfast store and they didn't have any on display. Some of the bigger English stores apparently have stock.

Zapp Brannigan

Saw one today in Glasgow. HUGE!

Also got to use the pencil for a bit, very quick to respond. Wasted on me as I can't draw to save my life but it was still impressive.

Zcott

If anyone is on Periscope, Andy Ihnatko is doing an unboxing and first impressions, and he loves it. Looks like a great device alright.

Sad Professor

Horace Dediu on the significance of the iPad Pro:

Funny and very smart. He's the first person I've seen to so perfectly articulate the point that the iPad Pro isn't just a bigger iPad. It's the start of something new. A step back into the desktop computing realm. Everyone's been predicting that Apple would follow the lazy Microsoft approach and slap a touch interface on OS X and/or just replace it altogether with iOS. But they are at something else entirely.

Graham

The first batch of ROI bound orders are at East Midlands airport now.

symbolic

Sad Professor wrote: »

the iPad Pro isn't just a bigger iPad.

.... It is.

copacetic

Sad Professor wrote: »

Horace Dediu on the significance of the iPad Pro:

Funny and very smart. He's the first person I've seen to so perfectly articulate the point that the iPad Pro isn't just a bigger iPad. It's the start of something new. A step back into the desktop computing realm. Everyone's been predicting that Apple would follow the lazy Microsoft approach and slap a touch interface on OS X and/or just replace it altogether with iOS. But they are at something else entirely.

Daring fireball review says pretty much the same, not sure I entirely buy it, but interesting idea..

shuffles03

Anyone know what the situation is with the smart keyboard? Apple's site is saying 4-5 weeks for delivery. Looking to get an iPad Pro for my wife this Christmas but wasn't going to look at it until December. 4-5 weeks for the accessories though....

Graham

shuffles03 wrote: »

Anyone know what the situation is with the smart keyboard? Apple's site is saying 4-5 weeks for delivery. Looking to get an iPad Pro for my wife this Christmas but wasn't going to look at it until December. 4-5 weeks for the accessories though....

Looks like the Keyboard and Pencil are fairly supply constrained at the moment so you might want to think about ordering the keyboard sooner rather than later.

It's worth keeping in mind that Apple are usually fairly pessimistic with their lead times, chances are you'd get the keyboard well before 4-5 weeks.

holly_johnson

Graham wrote: »

Looks like the Keyboard and Pencil are fairly supply constrained at the moment so you might want to think about ordering the keyboard sooner rather than later.

It's worth keeping in mind that Apple are usually fairly pessimistic with their lead times, chances are you'd get the keyboard well before 4-5 weeks.

I ordered the gold 128GB, the pen and a blue logitech keyboard yesterday and I've been told the keyboard will be delivered today & the ipad tomorrow - so looks like there's no shortage!

Graham

holly_johnson wrote: »

I ordered the gold 128GB, the pen and a blue logitech keyboard yesterday and I've been told the keyboard will be delivered today & the ipad tomorrow - so looks like there's no shortage!

What time did you order yesterday and what were the estimates on delivery when you ordered.

My iPad is out for delivery now , the keyboard (which I ordered 3 minutes later) is still stuck in 'processing' limbo.

Edited: just spotted you're getting the logitech keyboard. There appears to be plenty of availability of those, it's the Apple keyboards and Pencil that are in short supply.

holly_johnson

Graham wrote: »

What time did you order yesterday and what were the estimates on delivery when you ordered.

My iPad is out for delivery now , the keyboard (which I ordered 3 minutes later) is still stuck in 'processing' limbo.

Edited: just spotted you're getting the logitech keyboard. There appears to be plenty of availability of those, it's the Apple keyboards and Pencil that are in short supply.

I ordered around lunchtime yesterday. I didn't know there was an Apple one too. God I hope I ordered the right one! I was told 4-5 weeks for the pencil.

Creamy Goodness

Sad Professor wrote: »

Horace Dediu on the significance of the iPad Pro:

Funny and very smart. He's the first person I've seen to so perfectly articulate the point that the iPad Pro isn't just a bigger iPad. It's the start of something new. A step back into the desktop computing realm. Everyone's been predicting that Apple would follow the lazy Microsoft approach and slap a touch interface on OS X and/or just replace it altogether with iOS. But they are at something else entirely.

had the pleasure of seeing Horace speak a couple of times. the man is amazingly good at calling trends before we sees them.

*Edit* "before we see them", not before he sees them" he obviously sees them :pac: