Apple today announced that iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday, May 28. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries beginning on Monday, May 10.
iPad is available in the UK for a suggested retail price of £429 for 16GB, £499 for 32GB, £599 for 64GB for Wi-Fi models and £529 for 16GB, £599 for 32GB and £699 for 64GB for Wi-Fi + 3G models. iPad will be sold through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorised Resellers. The iBooks app for iPad including Apple’s iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store on May 28.
Apple plans to release iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. Apple will announce availability, local pricing and pre-order plans for these nine additional countries at a later date.
In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore.
[Update] Australian and European prices added below.
- iPad 16GB Wi-Fi: 499€ add 100€ for 3G
- iPad 32GB Wi-Fi: 599€ add 100€ for 3G
- iPad 64GB Wi-Fi: 699€ add 100€ for 3G
Australian pricing:
- iPad 16GB Wi-Fi: AUS$629
- iPad 32GB Wi-Fi: AUS$759
- iPad 64GB Wi-Fi: AUS$879
Australian Wi-Fi + 3G pricing:
- iPad 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G: AUS$799
- iPad 32GB Wi-Fi + 3G: AUS$928
- iPad 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G: AUS$1049