If you can’t wait to lay your hands on an Apple iPad, head down to Lucky Plaza where the device was spotted at several electronics stores in the basement level. Prices are hovering around S$990.
CNET Asia’s Crave blog reported that the iPad is going for S$1,299 at one large 24-hour megamall, so Lucky Plaza might just be offering the best iPad prices in town for now before the device officially ships to Singapore.
Earlier this week, Apple said in a media statement that it will delay international sales of the iPad for at least a month due to strong demand for the device in the U.S:
“Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.
“Faced with this surprisingly strong U.S. demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10.
“We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason—the iPad is a runaway success in the U.S. thus far.”
i am really dying to buy an iPad but it is so damn exepnsive in my opnion*;`
my girlfriend is going to give me an ipad on my birthday this month.~,`
iPad is way too cool to own, i wanna buy one next month.~.’
i am planning to buy an iPad since it looks lighter than a regular desknote and i don not use much of the features of a laptop..:*
Saw one 64GB version in the flesh, retailing for HK$7800 (abt S$1.4K) at Wanchai computer center here in Hong Kong – apparently above market price. They are supposed to be priced at about HK$5.3K for the 16GB version to about HK$7.2K for the 64GB one.