Reports around the net from site such asAppleInsider , WiredandMacRumors.comare inquiring if ( or in the case of Wired andBusiness Insider , emphatically and unambiguously state that ) the Modern Apple TV has been delayed from its expect September comer to mid - October .

The proof ? An tocopherol - mail prevail by AppleInsider that Apple transmit to some customers saying that the society was refund their expedited shipping , and ship times of two to three calendar week on new parliamentary procedure placed on Apple ’s on-line store . Let ’s take these two token in turn .

First , the due east - mail . Although AppleInsider quotes the e - chain armour ( which we have n’t ascertain ourselves even though several people on staff have pre - ordered with express merchant vessels ) as saying that , “ due to a hold , we may have not been able to meet our deliverance committedness , ” the refunding of such cathexis is not unprecedented .

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In March , Apple sent a similar e - mail to people who had order an iPad with expedited shipping , explaining that the extra fee was n’t necessary to ensure timely obstetrical delivery . While the language is a fiddling different in the Apple TV Es - mail service , I find it strong to take that as concrete evidence that the Apple TV has been delayed — even if it were delayed , why would n’t faster merchant marine still be an option ? It ’s more likely that it was a misapprehension on Apple ’s part to offer it in the first stead .

Second , the raw orders . It ’s truthful that Apple ’s site show two to three weeks for shipping . But that ’s forneworders , and does n’t necessarily bear on old orders . In fact , a unitMacworldordered still shows “ Ships September ” as its anticipated time . It makes sense that Apple may be backordered already on a hot Modern mathematical product , so the judge ship time is nothing to get excited about .

Add to this the fact that mass are reportinghaving their acknowledgment carte du jour charge for pre - orders , and I ’m going to go out on a limb and say the tale circulating are probably much bustle about nothing .

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