AirTags was 1pm so presume it be same time. Maybe the website / App will be updated later
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iPad Pro On what time on April 30 will the iPad Pro pre-order open?
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AirTags was 1pm so presume it be same time. Maybe the website / App will be updated later
I hope so. I don’t wanna wake up at 5am here in Arizona to find out they either started at midnight or were pushed to 8am pacific.
The fact that Apple hasn’t said a time yet and is just going with ‘April 30th’ harkens back to the days when pre-orders would start at midnight Pacific time. If Apple didn’t set a time back then, it was because it was at Midnight Pacific. Hopefully we get some clarity soon.
I believe so. Depends on the country perhaps but here in Japan you need an AppleID on the store website.
Is 1pm as thats when John Lewis and Mobile phone operators say it goes live for ordering on their sites.
I'm fully aware of the concerns with ordering from Best Buy... I've read through their own forums. But there are cases where they deliver as scheduled... I just hope to be one of those cases.
Well, now we know it’s 5/21. There is a chart in this article that has times around the world that we can start ordering.
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This is odd. For AirTags and iPhone 12, Apple was clear about the start time. Now it's not mentioned. In that vacuum, it's reasonable to assume 12 AM PDT. I'm hoping for some clarity from them.
Worst case scenario - indefinite! Imaging waking up at 5 AM and not seeing the orders available. Very aggravating. Then the day becomes mashing the refresh button.
Worst case scenario - indefinite! Imaging waking up at 5 AM and not seeing the orders available. Very aggravating. Then the day becomes mashing the refresh button.
Luckily I'm usually up until 12am PDT. So I guess it's either going to happen then or I'll wake up 5 hours later to order it.
Well I just tried contacting Apple and was told 12 noon tomorrow. Mmmmkay.... That would be an extremely weird time.
Something in my gut says Midnight. I think if Apple was doing it at 5am or Noon they would have said something in the press release today. Instead they just said it would be up for orders 'tomorrow'. Looking back, whenever preorders where being held for iPhones, Apple never said a time and that meant Midnight. With the iPhone 11 & 12, AirTags and the purple iPhone they said 5am. That's why I'm leaning towards Midnight
Something in my gut says Midnight. I think if Apple was doing it at 5am or Noon they would have said something in the press release today. Instead they just said it would be up for orders 'tomorrow'. Looking back, whenever preorders where being held for iPhones, Apple never said a time and that meant Midnight. With the iPhone 11 & 12, AirTags and the purple iPhone they said 5am. That's why I'm leaning towards Midnight
Noon in what time zone?
I'm hoping this is right, either 12 noon or 12 midnight. I don't want to get up in the middle of the night.
One good indication as to the actual start time: Apple Store going offline. If it's 11:45 PM and the Apple Store is still online, you can probably go to bed and set alarm for 5 AM. Likewise, if it's 4:45 AM and the store is online, then try and get some more sleep.
I say "probably" because you never know if this will be the time Apple doesn't take it's store offline a few hours before launch time.
I say "probably" because you never know if this will be the time Apple doesn't take it's store offline a few hours before launch time.
I have a bad feeling it'll be 12am PDT and I live in east coast, which means I need to stay up til 3am with bloodshot eyes. I'm like thousand miles apart from being a night owl so tonight will be a nightmare for sure...
Just go to bed when you normally would, and wake up for the preorder then go back to bed. That’s how my wife and I used to handle preorders before they switched them to mornings (which I suspect they will do this time around too). We’re in central time so it was always 2am when we were getting up to do it; lots of fun on a day when I had to go to work.
Just read this from this front page article. Take it as you will but seems highly likely it’ll be 5am. *sigh* Oh well.
I contacted them via chat as well and was told 12 noon, Pacific time. So take what they say with a grain of salt lol.
I’ve tried three different times and have been told either 5 a.m. Pacific or 6 a.m. Pacific.