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Here's Why Apple's Next Pre-Orders Begin on Wednesday at 10:10 AM

Apple said the new iPad mini that it announced today will be available to pre-order starting at a quite specific time on Wednesday: 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time.

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Apple invited selected tech reporters and content creators to an experience in Los Angeles on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman believes Apple will kick off the experience by playing a short video unveiling the rumored MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, and then start taking pre-orders immediately afterward.

In other words, the video should be around 10 minutes long, and this would explain why pre-orders for the new iPad mini and likely the MacBook Pro with a touchscreen are set to begin at exactly 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time. It is likely that pre-orders for new iMac and 14-inch MacBook Pro models with the M6 chip will begin at that time too.

One final "inside baseball" thought: If this plan proves to be accurate, a press release for the MacBook Pro with a touchscreen might not appear on the Apple Newsroom website until closer to 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, whereas the new iPad mini's press release came out at a much earlier 6 a.m. Pacific Time today.

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Top Rated Comments

1 week ago
Highly possible that this is the case. Waiting to see when iMac will be announced tomorrow. Excited to see the iMac along with the new redesigned MacBook. Cellular connectivity option will be great.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
1 week ago
The new Alexa tablets are a much better value.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
b.inazawa-fan Avatar
1 week ago

The new Alexa tablets are a much better value.
You don't actually believe that, do you?
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
FattiesGoneWild Avatar
1 week ago

They shooting themselves in the foot with this, it's just too expensive for what you get.
iPhone Duo says hello on pricing being to much.
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transpo1 Avatar
1 week ago
Makes sense. Good thing the video is an even 10 minutes. It would be even weirder to have pre-orders start at 10:09:35
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1 week ago

You don't actually believe that, do you?
Actually, the outgoing Fire HD10 is one of the best values on the market right now (it will be supported for four years), but the new Alexa is more upscale and has a nicer display, so more comparable to the iPad.
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