We’re at the least a month away from Apple saying the subsequent era of the iPad Professional, however that is not stopping at the least one retailer on this planet from by accident promoting one to a buyer.
As reported by MacRumors, Australian wi-fi provider Optus has already add a variety of 2022 iPad Professional fashions into its stock system. In response to the report, the retailer has added a SKU for a fourth-generation 11-inch iPad Professional within the Area Grey colorway.
SKUs for a Area Grey fourth-generation 11-inch iPad Professional with 512GB of storage and mobile connectivity have been added to Optus’s system. At current, there isn’t a fourth-generation 11-inch iPad Professional, with the most recent mannequin from 2021 being a third-generation mannequin. The present, third-generation fashions are nonetheless listed as anticipated on Optus’s system.
Not less than one buyer by accident purchased one
In response to the report, some prospects have been by accident offered the fourth-generation iPad Professional fashions and Optus has needed to backtrack, altering the order to the present third-generation fashions.
Order invoices seen by MacRumors present that some employees have by accident positioned orders for the 2022 iPad Professional as a substitute of the 2021 iPad Professional for some prospects. One such buyer informed MacRumors that two days after receiving order affirmation for the 2022 iPad Professional mannequin, they had been contacted by a customer support consultant who mentioned that the fourth-generation 11-inch iPad Professional was out of inventory, and that Optus might solely supply the third-generation 11-inch iPad Professional on the present time.
Whereas it is humorous to see an iPad Professional that is not even in existence but be offered to a buyer by chance, tame your expectations about it coming subsequent week. Whereas Apple is holding its “Far Out” occasion subsequent Wednesday, new iPads and Macs aren’t anticipated to be introduced till one other occasion that’s rumored to be occurring in October.
The corporate’s “Far Out” particular occasion, that includes the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional, will kick off subsequent week on Wednesday, September 7. The corporate can also be anticipated to disclose the Apple Watch Collection 8, Apple Watch Professional, and AirPods Professional 2 on the occasion.