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iPad Pro 2018 - Pre-order on 2 November

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On Tuesday 30 October, Apple held a special event in which they announced new Macbook's & Mac Mini's. They also unveiled two brand new iPad's which are their best ones yet, and which mark the biggest change to iPad since, well, iPad.

The new iPad Pro's will be available to pre-order on O2 from this Friday, 2 November, on the links below.

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iPad Pro 11" 2018
iPad Pro 12.9" 2018
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Links for Business customers
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Hey guys,

Exciting stuff could be happening soon. Right now Apple are hosting another special event. Who knows what will happen, but if there's anything juicy, we'll update this thread as and when we can.

Stay tuned, and watch the live stream here right nowhttps://www.apple.com/apple-events/ 

Live Updates

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14:05: Tim Cook on stage talking about the MacOS Mojave update. Dark Mode looks great.
14:10: It's official - an all new Macbook Air just got announced with Retina display "and a whole lot more"
14:12: 4x the resolution for over 4 million pixels. Text & images sharper and more lifelike than ever
14:14: Touch ID on new macbook
14:20: Every new Macbook Air will be made from 100% recycled aluminium
14:25: New Mac Mini announced - all the power of a large desktop in a tiny package
14:43: Here we go, Tim Cook is starting to talk about the current iPad line-up
14:44: It's official - a new iPad!!!
14:45: The new iPad Pro. It's here, and it looks stunning.
14:46: The new iPad Pro comes in an 11" display - packing the same footprint as the previous iPad Pro, but with a larger display thanks to slimmer bezels
14:48: The new iPad Pro also comes in a new and improved 12.9" version, with 25% less volume than its predecessor 
14:50: No home button, so welcome gestures to help you get around
14:50: The A12X chipset powers these new iPads and offers a huge jump in performance and efficiency
14:54: Up to 1TB storage on an iPad. ON AN iPAD!!
14:54: New iPad Pro's moving to USB-C from Lightning connector. You can even charge your iPad from your iPad on the go
14:54: New 2nd-gen Apple Pencil. Snaps to iPad via magnets and charges wirelessly from the iPad

Update 31 October: We know everyone is excited about the new iPad Pro's - and we are too. They will be heading to O2 and we will share more info on availability soon. Watch this space.

 


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@davethorp at least not “bad news” email. You’ll have yours tomorrow mate
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Stand down from Defcon 1. Order updated overnight with tracking and the new account also showing in myO2

Interestingly according to the tracking the order arrived into my nominated O2 store yesterday so they’ve been (understandably) holding out on me 😂
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Great news. They do like to keep you in suspenyas long as possible.
Enjoy.
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Enjoy your iPad slight_smile for me still waiting
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So is it 4 weeks + wait time for pre-ordered? I think I would be quite dissapointed if I pre-ordered a new game for PlayStation, only to be told it's not ready yet, you need to wait. Fingers crossed here before Christmas time.
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I ordered friday afternoon of order week, 12.1 inch space grey.  I wasn’t going to preorder at all but then decided I would do, pass my existing contract 10.5 pro down to my partner and her iPad Air 2 to my 2.5 year old.

 

I got the 4+ weeks weight and then the bad news email.  I contacted chat yesterday and they advised that the manufacturer had not been able to send them everything they had asked for and that they could not predict when it might arrive.

 

However, I suspect that is a cut and paste response as it kept mentioning the “phone” and the “manufacturer”.  I’m reasonably new to preordering on O2 so do people think it will be four weeks plus, or do people think that actually they are hedging their bets.

 

I know that Vodafone are having supply issue with Apple Watch series 4 - go to apple store and get it straight away but go to Vodafone and wait a month so I wonder if Apple are throttling supply to the telcos to prioritise their stock.

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@Spitfire400 wrote:
So is it 4 weeks + wait time for pre-ordered? I think I would be quite dissapointed if I pre-ordered a new game for PlayStation, only to be told it's not ready yet, you need to wait. Fingers crossed here before Christmas time.

It depends on when you pre-ordered and what the delivery message was that was quoted to you, but the iPad Pro's did quickly go onto back-order soon after pre-order launched so if your iPad isn't due to arrive today, it's likely you may have a wait of a few weeks - but we'll update you as and when there's progress with your order.

I feel it's worth highlighting that the iPad Pro is experiencing a huge demand with even Apple themselves quoting multi-week waits for most variants they sell, so it's not just O2 customers that are experiencing a delay with their pre-orders I'm afraid. The delivery timescales we quote are worst case scenarios so hopefully we can fulfil yours and others orders sooner, depending on stock.


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I don’t believe it will take that long. The reason why the +4 weeks is to avoid “this” and customers calling CS or using live chat. I really believe it will be sooner, by giving a high wait time is just to set expectations and avoid unnecessary calls or chats.
When I preordered I was aware of this, we chose to go ahead anyway. And even apple doesn'thave stock. Only provider with stock is Sky in some 12.9 models.
Just a little wait, we will survive (I think)
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To all those waiting, at least you got a chance to pre-order.  Business customers have been given nothing yet 😡

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Damn, didn’t realise sky had stock.  Have an account with them, so went over there to order but got declined on the credit check.  Can only assume the O2 loan is sitting on my credit file for this current iPad and that’s the reason.

 

oh well, will have to wait....

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