Any news on availability?

I know everyone probably has more important things on their minds lately, but still ... :)

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Permalink Reply by DK on April 28, 2011 at 9:33am

Anyone know if the apple online store will have a delayed release or if this will only be available in their brick and mortar stores?

Permalink Reply by Danny on April 28, 2011 at 2:17pm

As far as i know Apple Store online order start from tomorrow. ( 19th April )

Permalink Reply by DK on April 28, 2011 at 3:50pm

Called this morning and they said online sales start tomorrow at 1 AM.

Permalink Reply by ketahi on April 29, 2011 at 12:07am

Strolled into Yodobashi Akiba at 10am, and there was no line, and no wait. Went right to the counter to buy, and walked out 20 minutes later with a black 3G 16gb.

When I checked back at 2pm this afternoon, all wifi models were sold out, but all 3G models were still in stock.

One down, 9 more to go!

Permalink Reply by mavis on May 1, 2011 at 7:52am

Does anyone know about availability at the Apple Store in Shibuya?

Permalink Reply by mavis on May 3, 2011 at 3:35pm

How about availability anywhere?? ;)

I happened to pass by the Apple Store in Shibuya yesterday - ok, it wasn't actually a coincidence - and they said all they had in stock were some 3G units. I made a reservation (and had to pay!) for a 64GB wifi unit at the Bic Camera near my house over the weekend, but in typical Bic Camera fashion they had absolutely NO idea when they'd be getting some in. I was able to narrow it down to 'probably less than a month' but that's about as precise as they were able to get.

Anyway, does anyone actually have these things in stock?

Permalink Reply by mavis on May 8, 2011 at 1:34pm

FWIW, my Bic Camera order took 6 days to come in.

Permalink Reply by ketahi on May 9, 2011 at 12:27am

Apple Store Ginza had all 3G models available on Saturday May 7, but all WiFi models sold out. There was a small queue of about 10 people in line waiting at around 10am.

Permalink Reply by mavis on May 9, 2011 at 7:21pm

Shows you how unpopular SoftBank is, doesn't it? I mean, in the States it's a 47/53 mix of wifi/3G but over here they only sell out of wifi models. I wonder when docomo will get on board the Apple train?

Permalink Reply by ketahi on May 15, 2011 at 4:01pm

Best case scenario would be 3 years from iPad launch, right? Three years is the longest exclusive agreement with regional carriers that Apple has signed (or at least as we know of).

The biggest indicator will be if NTT or AU doesnt get the iPhone 4S in September. That would seem to indicate that Softbank's agreement is the longest running exclusive Apple agreement in the world, and would probably mean that iPad3 and 4 would be locked to Softbank as well.