14 DAY TRIAL // Apple's online stores in the Asia-Pacific area are now offline, as the company prepares to open up sales of its newest iPad model to dozens of countries worldwide.
The Apple Store outage will soon hit other areas of the globe, as iPad Air is set to become available in the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China (Wi-Fi models only), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (Wi-Fi models only), Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
Apple retail stores in these countries will open their doors to anxious buyers at 8 a.m. local time, per Apple’s official announcement from October 22 (right after the tablet was unveiled to the world).
Retail stores across the United States are piling up iPad Air boxes in their warehouses in anticipation of tomorrow’s launch.