Customers pre-ordering latest iPad will have to wait

utorak, 13.03.2012.

Customers pre-ordering latest iPad will have to wait

By James B. Kelleher.

(Reuters) - People pre-ordering Apple Inc's new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company's retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices.

The latest version of the company's tablet, which was unveiled this week, is set to hit shelves next Friday.

But tablets pre-ordered online will not ship to buyers until the following Monday, March 19, according to the company's website.

Earlier in the week, Apple had promised the newest tablet would arrive at customers' homes on the launch date.

Trudy Miller, an Apple spokeswoman, said the change was made because customer response to the new iPad had been "off the charts," quickly exhausting the supply set aside for pre-order and delivery by March 16.

Apple's new product releases are some of the hottest events on the tech calendar, scrutinized by investors, the media and industry insiders alike.

To the company's devoted fans, who vie to be the first to own the latest device, a three-day delay would be an eternity and could add to the crowds at the company's retail stores.

In January, enraged Chinese shoppers pelted Apple's flagship Beijing store with eggs and shoving matches broke out with police after customers were told the store would not begin sales of the iPhone 4S as scheduled.

The new iPad sports a crisper display and an array of technology advances and tweaks.

Apple said it will continue to sell the iPad 2 but dropped its price by $100. The older tablet now starts at $399 while the new third-generation wi-fi only iPad starts at $499.

The high-end model of Apple's latest iPad starts at $629 and will be capable of operating on a high-speed 4G "LTE," or Long-Term Evolution, network. At speeds roughly 10 times faster than current 3G technology, that may help banish the sometimes shaky video quality of older devices.

New iPad 3 Is Incompatible With International 4G LTE Networks

Despite 4G technology being one of the most-touted features of the new iPad 3, SlashGear have noted that the iPad 3 will be incompatible with the LTE networks being rolled out in countries outside the United States.

While the iPad 3 supports data transfer rates of up to 73 Mbps on LTE, these speeds will only ever be seen by American and Canadian customers with international users to be relegated to 3G speeds.

The new iPad WiFi + 4G put up for pre-order in Europe yesterday supports the same 700MHz and 2100MHz LTE bands as the AT&T version in the US; however, actual LTE roll-out in Europe is expected to use the 800MHz, 1800MHz and 2600MHz bands.

That means, even if commercial LTE networks become more commonplace in Europe – which has for the most part remained using the faster variants of 3G technology, such as DC-HSDPA, which the new iPad also supports – the Apple tablet is unlikely to be compatible with them.

The Wi-Fi + 4G iPad 3 that is being released in the ten international launch countries is the same as that being sold in the U.S. on the AT&T network, despite international networks not running on the same frequency bands as AT&T.

Apple have admitted the issue and thus far only offered up the concession that if international users visit the U.S. they will be able to access the AT&T LTE network on their iPad.

iPads sold internationally will be able to connect to AT&Ts LTE network when in the US with the appropriate SIM and plan.

It is unclear at this stage whether Apple will release a different version of the iPad 3 in the future with LTE frequency bands optimized for local networks.

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