The
Apple Store has come back online after a surprise outage this evening and the
previously announced iPad mini with Retina display is now on sale. The sale
date had not been announced previously, Apple had only specified ‘November.
Springing
a release out like this unannounced is somewhat of a surprise for many, who
will wake up tomorrow morning likely with
The
pricing begins at $399 for the 16GB WiFi model and $529 for the 16GB LTE model.
The top of the range is the 128GB with cellular connectivity for $829.
As
of press time, shipping times were 1-3 business days for the 16GB and 32GB WiFi
models and 5-10 business days for the cellular models. Some are seeing delivery
times anywhere from November 19th through December 5th. Though Apple CEO Tim
Cook used the phrase ‘it’s going to be an iPad Christmas on its earnings call,
he also acknowledged that not everyone who wanted an iPad mini would be able to
get one before the year was out due to supply constraints. So if you must have
one, you should probably hop to it.
Though
a leaked internal document showed a small sampling of countries would be able
to order the device today, we’re seeing countries outside of those few (which
included Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and the US)