Issues are always expected for early adopters and today has been no exception. Apple stated that pre-orders would begin today, September 12th, for their iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The Apple Online store was still down at 4AM Central, and came up some time by 5AM Central. The only way that users seemed to be able to access the store was through the Apple App Store application on their iPhones and iPads.

There are many reasons to deal with all of the issues and try to pre-order as soon as possible. The primary reason is shipping delays. As of 5:45AM Central Time, the shipping times for the iPhone 6 from all the carriers (AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile) and in all sizes (16GB, 64GB, and 128GB) and in all colors (Silver, Gold, and Space Gray) is still 9/19. However, the iPhone 6 Plus is a different story.

Update 7:45AM Central Time

. All iPhone 6 Plus Models are now at 3-4 weeks for all carriers and colors. These must be in shorter supply than the iPhone 6.

Table information from 7:45AM Central.

iPhone 6 Plus
	T-Mobile	Sprint	AT&T	Verizon
16GB	Silver: 3 - 4 Weeks Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 3 - 4 Weeks	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 3 - 4 Weeks	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 7 - 10 Days Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days
64GB	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 3 - 4 Weeks	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 3 - 4 Weeks	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 7 - 10 Days Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days
128GB	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 7 - 10 Business Days Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 3 - 4 Weeks Space Gray: 3 - 4 Weeks	Silver: 7 - 10 Days Gold: 7 - 10 Days Space Gray: 7 - 10 Days

As you can see the iPhone 6 Plus is selling out and any users who wants an iPhone 6 Plus on release date, 9/19, will need to stand in line at an Apple Store or a carrier store to see if they can get one.

Posted: September 12, 2014 at 6:00 AM

Apple iPad Pre-order now Available.

Apple's 'Magical' device known as the iPad is now available for pre-order in the United States. Along with the actual iPad, the accessories are also now able to be pre-ordered.

Apple is doing something a bit different with the iPad. They are treating the device much like any desktop or laptop Mac. When you go to the iPad Pre-order page you are presented with each of the six different iPad choices (as shown below).

Once you select your specific iPad you are presented with a page that asks which accessories you would like to purchase along with your iPad. The accessories you can add with your iPad are:

The iPad Dock, the iPad Case, iPad Dock to VGA Connector, iPad Keyboard Dock, iPad 10W USB power adapter, and Apple Wireless bluetooth Keyboard. Now the most peculiar part of this is that there are of different ship times for a few of the accessories.

The iPad Dock, Case and iPad Dock to VGA Connector are all slated to ship by April 3rd, while the iPad Keyboard Dock is schedule to ship in Mid April and the iPad 10W USB power adapter are slated to be available in Late April.

The Apple Wireless bluetooth keyboard, which will work with the iPad, is available now from the Apple Store.

Here are the links for each of the accessories individually.

Keyboard Dock iPad Case iPad Dock iPad 10W USB Power Adapter iPad Dock to VGA Connector

There is, however, a missing accessory. The missing accessory is the iPad Camera import dock adapter. The Camera Connector appears on the iPad Specifciations page, but it does not appear anywhere within the store. This can be a problem for some who want to be able fill up their 8GB SD cards with RAW pictures and immediately offload them to their 64GB iPad for storage.

Apple also has pricing for Apple care for the iPad. If you purchase Apple Care you will receive support not just for the iPad itself, but also the accessories, iTunes, iWork for iPad, the iPad OS and wireless networking issues. The length of the iPad Apple care is for up to two years, meaning the initial year and one additional year. This is where Apple is making the iPad more like an iPod than a Mac

If you wish to pre-order your iPad now, use any of the links below or visit the Apple Online Store.

16GB Wifi-only

32GB Wifi-only

64GB Wifi-only

The Wifi + 3G models will be shipping 'Late April' according to the Apple Store.

16GB Wifi + 3G

32GB Wifi + 3G

64GB Wifi + 3G

Images sources Apple.com

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 5:17 PM

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