I ordered 1 for each of my kids for Christmas. Both are wifi 16GB black.
I'll definitely be opening them up and checking them out. At the very least I will set them up and enable parental controls. And probably preload them with iPad apps I've bought for them to use on my iPad. And I have 2 cases in order that won't be delivered until early December. They won't get their grubby little hands on them without a case.
I never had to order. Walked into Target the night of release and got a wifi mini. Then decided I wanted a LTE model and returned the wifi and did the Apple 10pm reservation for a next day pickup for my new one.
Love the next day pick up option, I got the iPad 4 with that option. They did have that option available again for the 2 iPad Mini's that I ordered for my kids for Christmas, however, the store was at least an hour drive from me, so I decided to go with next day shipping and have Apple deliver them to me.... Congrats on getting the LTE model. I love mine, and think it is definitely worth having it as a backup.
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