William Gallagher
An Apple press release promoting the preordering of iPad Pro, iMac, and Apple TV 4K, does not give a shipping date — but the document's metadata originally did..
Apple has issued a press release describing the April 30 preorders for its new devices and the text of it sticks to the previous comment of availability in the "second half of May." However, the HTML metadata describing the document originally included more. Apple has since updated it to remove the specific date, but reportedly it did initially say "May 21."
Apple's press release goes to great length not to say exactly when new iMac and iPad Pro ship, but the metadata "description" says May 21https://t.co/7OsGCGv8PW pic.twitter.com/ktPOR6A6l3
— Jason Aten (@JasonAten) April 29, 2021
The text within the document said that the devices will be arriving "in stores and on doorsteps around the world May 21."
This is the date that has been widely predicted, including by leaker Jon Prosser.
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5 Comments
So when can we order?
Midnight Apple (west coast) time or some other time in the day?
The website does not say.
Tim will Cook someone's Cookies over this.
My Apple Newsroom notification made it pretty clear it was the 21st.
Only reason to hide the date is if they are unsure if they will hit it.