Apple iPad mini with Retina Display Shipping Date Moved Up

First, Amazon pushed up the shipping date on the Microsoft Xbox One from next January to the Day One launch of November 22nd. Now Apple has pulled a similar move: it advanced the Apple Pad mini with Retina Display that I ordered from Nov. 26-Dec. 5 to Nov. 21 or Nov. 19 (depending on whether the Apple email or the FedEx tracking site proves correct). This brings the date closer to the shipping date of those who got their orders in early after the new iPad mini suddenly showed up ready for order earlier this week.

Apple didn’t seem to make enough of the Apple iPad mini with Retina Display to handle the early demand when they quietly put it on their website. Most people who ordered on Tuesday morning saw estimated shipping times of two to three weeks out. However, a few days later the shipping dates for some buyers moved up a few days to a week. One person who ordered one about 7:00 a.m. EST received a shipping date of Nov. 20. I got my order in after 8:00 just over an hour later and Apple quoted an estimated shipping date of Nov. 25 to Dec. 2. Yesterday they charged the credit card used to place my order and sent out a shipping notification with FedEx tracking information (see below). When I asked to have FedEx hold the package at the facility, I got a phone call from our local FedEx facility ten minutes after submitting the request saying they’d hold it and it would show up tomorrow after 9:00 a.m.. Hopefully, she’s right, even though tracking info says it is currently in Hong King.

When we learned that Apple suddenly began to offer in-store pickup for orders placed online, I tried to cancel my order and make the 60 minute drive to the Charlotte, NC Apple Store. That’s when it became clear the order was shipping sooner because Apple wouldn’t cancel the order. The order tracking site stated that Apple began to prep the iPad for shipping nearly two weeks ahead of the original earliest estimated deliver date.

Notice in the email above Apple offers two blue buttons, one for tracking the order and the other for pre-signing for the shipment. Here’s a tip for those not able to sit around and wait for the shipment at home. Get the tracking number and once it gets a day or two away, contact the local FedEx shipping location and ask them to put a hold on the iPad. Even easier, click on the Track Shipment button in the Apple notification email and then click on the button on the FedEx site labeled Custom Delivery. The pop up window offers some options like schedule delivery or hold at facility. I choose to hold it at the FedEx facility so I can pick it up when it the FedEx store opens instead of waiting till FedEx gets to my house at some indeterminate time.

Alternatively, choose to sign for the delivery by clicking on Pre-sign for Delivery and then click the button labelled the same on Apple’s site. Follow steps on their site to sign before the delivery date. They will leave it at the door instead of asking the recipient to sign for the package.

Of the two options above, the first offers more security while the second option works for those needing an easy delivery procedure and don’t worry about people stealing their package.

Update of Apple's iPad on the cover: mini iPad Retina supplies probably tightened

Meeting of the Apple media on October 22 in San Francisco it is likely that they have an update to the iPad - potentially a mini iPad with Retina Display - and MacBook Pro with processors from Intel as well as new smart covers.

Most importantly for the analysts on Wall Street, Apple event on Tuesday will provide investors and fans with a roadmap of product for the rest of the year. Until Apple pushed their latest iPhones last month, the company had been largely silent.

Some analysts even expect that an Apple TV SDK can be announced to set the stage for this next to the mythical iTV which in theory justify a market value of $1 trillion a day.

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This is what analysts are committed to:

A mini iPad with Retina Display that will be available in theory in the December quarter, but sources will be very tight. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said in a research note:

Our checks indicate that the mini Retina is having production problems, but I think that Apple is likely to launch in [calendar 2013 fourth] with fewer units of delaying it to [first calendar quarter 2014].

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Misek is also thinking that the mini iPad that retina will go for $329 and the current mini iPad will run $229 to $279. Those price points are likely to do some damage in the market of tablet low end, which is where Android shines.

Analyst Ben Reitzes Barclays said that Apple is likely to ship a mini iPad Retina later in the quarter. "We hope that there will be some restrictions of main products for the new retina screen mini on the initial launch of the product and not be surprised if it was shipping later in the quarter," said Reitzes.

An iPad 9.7 inches which is thinner and lighter: Mix in some smart covers that can make the biggest iPad over one laptop replacement. Analyst Piper Jaffray Gene Munster has been observed where the majority of buyers of iPhone you are planning on upgrading from their iPads are for the smaller version.

New cases for the iPad: REITZES said covers they are critical to the profit margins of Apple and the company likely that reveal covers colorful with a built-in keyboard is a risky bet.

MacBook Pro is updated with new chips from Intel Haswell: With the latest Intel processors, it will greatly improve the life of the MacBook Pro battery. A release of data for OS X Mavericks with the MacBook Pro are also highly probable.

iTV suggestions: Misek said Apple could introduce an Apple TV software development kit. This SDK could create applications for Apple TV, but the real step would be for a possible iTV.

Tips on the iWatch: Analysts expect an iWatch launch in 2014 and said that Angela Ahrendts, hired away to Apple in Burberry, focuses on view at Burberry retail.

Apple dominates the low range of the Tablet market: Must set the mini no-Retina Apple iPad $229 to $279 band is likely to be devoured, according to Misek. In the quarter of December, Misek projects that Apple would sell more than 5 million mini iPad Retina devices, 15 million iPad mini no-Retina units and 7 million iPads of 9.7 inches.

Adoption of iPad ramps more company: It should Apple move to a 64-bit for the iPad architecture with a fingerprint sensor, cases of use of the company are likely to balloon. Analyst from Deutsche Bank Chris Whitmore said:

We believe that the combination of increased security and 64-bit will facilitate greater absorption of company of iPads in the coming years and increasingly profitable corporate notebooks.