iPad mini 6 shipping dates just slipped to November — order yours fast

iPad mini half dozen aircraft dates just slipped to November — order yours fast

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iPad mini half dozen pre-orders are upwardly and running, and those who accept ordered their meaty tablet first will be receiving their devices as soon equally this Friday. Nonetheless, U.S.-based Apple tree customers who are even so eyeing the new iPad mini six may take to expect a while since the shipping estimates have been extended all the way into November.

The delay may exist affecting other regions every bit well. We tried ordering the purple iPad mini 6 with 256GB of storage and received an estimated delivery betwixt October 21 and November 4. Yikes.

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The latest generation of Apple tree'south compact tablet should exist worth the look. In our iPad mini 6 review, our editor Henry T. Casey highlighted the tablet's powerful performance, portable pattern and vivid brandish. The iPad mini vi sports the same A15 Bionic fleck that is seen in Apple's latest iPhone thirteen lineup and Apple Pencil two back up. Add together in long battery life and it'due south easy to come across why this tablet seems to exist in loftier need.

Apparently, the expect time depends on the iPad mini six colour you choose more than it does on the storage capacity. Terminal time we checked, for the Pink iPad mini 6 you may exist looking at effectually a 3-4 week wait for shipping, while the Starlight or Imperial options have even longer with the Apple tree website indicating 4-6 weeks.

However, the U.Thousand. Apple online store appears to accept not been affected. We tried calculation different colors and configurations to the cart, and the soonest delivery estimate comes up as September 27-19th (and then next calendar week).

It's only been a week since the iPad mini 6 was unveiled during Apple tree's September event, and it'south no surprise that many felt compelled to pre-order Cupertino's latest compact tablet equally soon as it became available. The shipping delays probably have to do with Apple's struggle to cope with demand. After all, this wouldn't be the first time that such delays accept place soon later a new production launch.

Soon after this year's Bound Loaded event, customers experienced similar shipping delays with the iPad Pro 2021. The launch of the device came somewhat unexpected, but the M1-powered tablet rapidly became one of the all-time tablets overall. As a consequence, Apple tree may take received more orders than it could handle, so the aircraft estimates got pushed to 3-4 weeks.

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