Apple has put back the international launch of the iPad by one month, citing “surprisingly strong US demand” as the reason. The company has issued a statement which reads:
“Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.
“Faced with this surprisingly strong US demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason - the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far.”
In a separate move, both O2 and Vodafone have revealed that they will offer dedicated iPad price plans from the end of May.Both will offer the tariffs in the UK, while additionally Vodafone will offer iPad price plans in Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia.
“Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.
“Faced with this surprisingly strong US demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason - the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far.”
In a separate move, both O2 and Vodafone have revealed that they will offer dedicated iPad price plans from the end of May.Both will offer the tariffs in the UK, while additionally Vodafone will offer iPad price plans in Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia.
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