The iPad Mini debuted officially this morning, with the usual queues in USA, but not the usual number of participants. This could either be the sign of times and Apple’s end of reign of the sign of the tides caused by Sandy, that swept the East Coast. Although in the picture here we can spot a bit of sunshine, the infrastructure is still messed up by the storm…
New York City Apple Stores may get lower traffic, but what about the rest of the country? Apparently Apple Stores all over the country and the world have shorter lines than usual for product lines. People have thus reacted to the $329 price tag, to the debut of the Nexus 10, the cheaper Nexus 7 and the 32 GB 3G Nexus 7…. Even the preorders are slower than expected, so something is amiss here. Reuters is saying that in Australia the lines were hugely shorter than at past iPhone launches.
Some people in line only had to wait for an hour and a half, while people at the front were present there since 4.30 AM. In USA at Apple’s famous 5th Avenue Store in New York City there was only one person in line yesterday afternoon. In Japan and South Korea lines of over 300 people were confirmed and in Amsterdam there was a pretty good turnout. In UK it was a disaster, by Apple standards, with people walking in and buying an iPad Mini with no lines… Should we rush and call this a failure?
