Yesterday was an exciting day as Apple finally (!) announced details of the iPad 2 availability in Malaysia via an official press release. Local retailers have also started providing exact pricing in Ringgit but news on store availability still seems a bit hazy.
The following is a summary of the date, pricing, and most importantly retail outlets where you can purchase an iPad 2 on the official launch day.
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Official Launch Date & Times
Date: Friday, 29th April 2011.
- The Apple Online Store (MY) will start taking online orders at 1AM. It’s the earliest place to ‘buy’ but no news yet on how long delivery will take.
- Local retailers (refer list below) open up for business at usual retail hours which is approximately 10AM. Go much earlier than that though because there will be a queue!
Pricing
(Source: machines.com.my)
(Source: switch.com.my)
Retail Outlet Availability
(Updated as new information comes in. Have a tip? Contact Us)
From what we know, all the Apple authorized reseller outlets will be selling the iPad 2 on launch day. That includes all campus outlets.
You can download a list of authorized resellers (pdf). The list is provided by Apple. It is not fully updated as we discovered but is the most comprehensive list available.
Additional information:-
- Machines
- All outlets except for Gardens.
- Overnight queuing allowed at Mid Valley and Sunway Pyramid outlets only. Other outlets start queue at 9am.
- Actual sales start at 10am.
- Refer to their event page here on Facebook which has a comprehensive FAQ about their launch event.
- Switch
- All outlets.
- Actual sales start at 10am.
- Hint for early birds: Gurney and Mines outlet.
- Refer to their blog event page for more information.
- Harvey Norman
- All outlets.
- Overnight queuing allowed at Ikano Power Centre (IPC) outlet.
- Early bird specials hinted for Ikano branch. Not 100% confirmed.
- Epicentre
- All outlets.
- MacStudio
- All outlets.
