Many of those international customers looking to get their hand on an iPad 2 wo n’t have much longer to wait : Apple confirmed on Tuesday that it will launch the newest revision of its tabletin 25 land on March 25 . That announcement seems to vanish in the look of rumors of a strained supply .
The countries get the iPad 2 on Friday were ab initio announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the iPad 2 launching event earlier this calendar month . They admit Australia , Austria , Belgium , Canada , Czech Republic , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , Mexico , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland and the UK .
The iPad 2 will go on cut-rate sale online at 1 a.m. local time on March 25 and at Apple Stores and authorized resllers at 5 p.m. local time the same day . The devices will accept the same evoke retail prices as their U.S. counterparts , in the various currencies of those countries : $ 499 , $ 599 , and $ 699 for the 16 GB , 32 GB , and 64 GB Wi - Fi model respectively , and $ 629 , $ 729 , and $ 829 for the 16 GB , 32 GB , and 64 GB Wi - Fi + 3 G framework .
One land absentminded from the external iPad 2 launching , though , is Japan . Though Japan had been included on the initial list of res publica due to get the iPad 2 on March 25 , Apple said last week that it would be delaying the launch of the iPad 2 there , due to the innate disasters that have bear on the res publica in recent week .
The iPad 2 launched to great success in the U.S. on March 11 , with many retail emplacement sell out of their supplying almost immediately . Even several day after the launch , most Apple Stores hold trivial or no neckcloth , and on-line shipping times still remain in the stove of 4 to 5 weeks as of this writing . One rumorearlier this workweek suggested that the outside launching would be detain due to short supply , but that , at least , seem to be out of true .
Apple ’s announcement also said that the iPad 2 will go on sale in Hong Kong , Korea , Singapore , and additional commonwealth set about in April , with more international availability and pricing announced in the coming months .
