PRESS RELEASE 19 July 2010

iPad Available in Nine More Countries This Friday

AUCKLAND, New Zealand—19 July 2010—Apple today announced that iPad will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, 23 July. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface. iPad is 13.4 mm thin and weighs just 680 gms**—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.*
Beginning this Friday, customers can purchase all models of iPad through the Apple Store and selected Apple Authorised Resellers.
Pricing & Availability
Pad is available from 23 July in New Zealand for a recommended retail price of NZ$799 inc GST for 16GB, NZ$979 inc GST for 32GB, NZ$1149 inc GST for 64GB for Wi-Fi models and NZ$999 inc GST for 16GB, NZ$1179 inc GST for 32GB and NZ$1349 inc GST for 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G models. iPad will be sold through the Apple Store (www.apple.co.nz) and select Apple Authorised Resellers (www.apple.co.nz/buy/ipad/). iPad will roll out to many more countries later this year and Apple will announce availability and local pricing for these additional countries at a later date.
**680 gms Wi-Fi model and 730 gms Wi-Fi + 3G model.
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