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iPad Launch Blasts Out 700,000 iPad Units
The first day sales numbers, including pre-orders for the Apple iPad, are approaching the 3/4 million mark at 700,000 units estimated by Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray.
Original numbers from Daniel Tello around the 20th of March had 200,000 iPad units sold. The next 12 days apparently added about 500,000 iPads sold…and that’s with the 3G iPad not yet available!
If the numbers hold, this could challenge the iPhone’s first month sales numbers that put about 3 million iPhones on the market. This would be the first tablet pc device adopted on a massive scale. While some think of the iPad as an oversided iPhone, the iPad appears to be the next device from the Apple world to take hold.
Today’s launch was also limited to Wi-Fi models and to the United States. 3G-capable models in the U.S. and all models in a number of other countries are set for launch later this month, undoubtedly setting the stage for another burst of sales.
Story by: Eric Slivka | Original Published Date: 4/3/2010
Original Title: Analyst Estimates 600,000-700,000 iPads Sold on Launch Day
Source: MacRumors
Filed under: iPad News · Tags: iPad Launch, pre-order, sales
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