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"iPad mini units with 4G LTE connectivity began arriving to customers from Apple's online store on Thursday, a day earlier than expected.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/lte-121115.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" alt=\"LTE\" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;AppleInsider&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; reader &amp;lt;a href=\"https://twitter.com/alexsian\"&amp;gt;Alex Sian&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; was one of a number of customers who received their LTE-capable iPad mini on Thursday, a day before many orders are scheduled to arrive. His device, compatible with the Verizon network, was ordered from Apple's online store.\r\n\r\nApple first began shipping LTE-capable iPad models &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/13/apple-begins-shipping-lte-capable-ipad-mini-models\"&amp;gt;on Tuesday&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, with scheduled delivery dates of Friday. But some customers have begun receiving their shipments early.\r\n\r\nCustomers began receiving word &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/08/ipad-mini-lte-models-set-to-ship-in-five-days\"&amp;gt;last week&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; that iPad mini with LTE orders would ship within five business days. iPad mini models with mobile data were originally advertised by Apple to begin shipping in \"a few weeks,\" but a specific launch date was not given.\r\n\r\nThe Wi-Fi-only iPad mini was the first model to debut &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/06/review-apples-ipad-mini\"&amp;gt;earlier this month&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, alongside the new fourth-generation iPad. Total sales of the new devices reached &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/05/apple-announces-sales-of-ipad-mini-fourth-gen-ipad-reach-3m\"&amp;gt;3 million units&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; in their first three days.\r\n\r\nIn addition to direct sales through Apple, the new iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad are also available through &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;AppleInsider&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; sponsor MacMall by calling 888-338-6102 or &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.macmall.com/n/iPad-mini/macCustomPages-5962\"&amp;gt;visiting their website&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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