Apple Announces Three Million iPads Sold in 80 Days
Apple today announced that it sold its three millionth iPad yesterday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US. iPad is a revolutionary and magical product that allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.
"People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month."
Apple just three weeks ago announced that it had crossed the two-million threshold for iPad sales. The company is also gearing up for its next round of international iPad launches set for next month, with the device set to go on sale in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. Pricing and pre-order information for those countries is yet to be announced.
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Very impressive, I reckon 10 million for the year could be looking very possible as production ramps up and more countries come online.
There are factors at play that I am not sure about (when the iPad launched in other countries, how many have sold in what countries, what manufacturing constraints have been like), but the fact that Apple announced 2 million sold three weeks ago and 3 million sold in 80 days suggests, prima facie, that the rate of sales is accelerating. However, even if it is not accelerating but manages to stay at a constant rate, and has an anticipated spike in demand for the holiday season, Apple should sell 10 million by the end of 2010.
All the naysayers said the only reason the first million sold so fast was because of the "Apple fanboys" who immediately buy anything with the Apple name on it? The sales were supposed to start dying off after the initial rush???
After all, it's just a "big ipod touch". And no processor "x", ram "y" and nerdy feature "z". And OMG no FLASH! Who would ever want such a thing????
The geeky tech heads will never learn...
Why on the macrumors page do people seem to put negative as 1? Like when they announced the iphone 4, people voted negative, I thought they were good things.
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Why on the macrumors page do people seem to put negative as 1? Like when they announced the iphone 4, people voted negative, I thought they were good things.
There are people on this site that own Macs but dislike the other devices. There is someone currently in time-out who owns an iPad but repeatedly posts how "amazing" the Evo is in the iPhone forums.
IOW, they have nothing better to do than follow competing products and degrade them to justify their own purchases.
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