AppleInsider Staff
Four days after it began taking preorders, Apple has sold out of its initial supply of fourth-generation iPad units from its online store.
New orders for all models of the latest full-size 9.7-inch iPad are now advertised to ship in one week. That applies to all capacities ranging from 16 to 32 gigabytes, as well as both black and white colors.
Those who were among the first to buy the fourth-generation iPad will receive their units on its launch day, this Friday. Additional inventory is likely to be available at Apple's retail stores, for those who still seek a launch-day unit.
Apple surprised last week when it announced a new fourth-generation iPad with a faster A6X processor and the new, smaller Lightning connector. The new model completely replaces the third-generation iPad, which went on sale in March and brought the high-resolution Retina display to Apple's touchscreen tablet.
The fourth-generation iPad also adds a high-definition forward-facing FaceTime HD camera and is still compatible with the Smart Cover accessory. Like its predecessor, the iPad starts at $499 for a 16-gigabyte Wi-Fi-only model.
Benchmarks for the latest iPad have already started to leak out, showing the tablet's A6X processor more than doubles the composite Geekbench score of the third-generation iPad. The tests suggest that the A6X appears to be leveraging quad-core graphics, compared to the triple-core configuration seen in the iPhone 5.
Overall, the fourth-generation iPad achieved a Geekbench score of 1757, outperforming the iPhone 5 by ten percent and more than doubling the scores seen with the third-generation iPad and iPad 2.
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13 Comments
Hehe , I almost forgot about this one with all the ipad mini hype.
So lets recap, iphone 5, ipad mini, ipad 4 all soldout atm... I think we will see lines on friday with people trying to get a device and then cancelling there online order.
I'd love to trade up. This should be a hot seller
Excellent news. Keep pressure on Microsoft and Google.
The irony is that the people deriding the price of the iPad mini are the same people driving Camry's lambasting BMWs for being too expensive. There's a reason that's the case. Drive a vague, understeering pillow on tires, then drive a BMW, then call me in the morning.
Bet AAPL will be up on this news once the market opens again. There really was no reason for that massive decline from over $700 to as low as $590 in so short a period to begin with. Apple gets punished because the "professional analysts" are terrible at following Apple or making good predictions.