Apple announces 3 million iPads sold in first 80 days
Apple on Tuesday revealed that its new multitouch iPad sold 3 million units in the product's first 80 days of availability, with the most recent million sold in just three weeks.
"People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives," Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said. "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 also said that developers have created more than 11,000 new applications for the iPad that take advantage of its multitouch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. In addition, it will run almost all of the more than 225,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for an iPhone or iPod touch.
Apple sold its first million iPads in less than a month, reaching that milestone in 28 days. The 2 million sales point was later reached in less than two months.
The numbers show that the pace of sales for the iPad has not slowed since it first launched with the Wi-Fi-only version in the U.S. alone on April 3. Later that month, the iPad 3G was released in America, and remained consistently sold out at Apple's retail stores for weeks.
The iPad launched in nine more countries on May 28, making its debut in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. The international launch was originally delayed due to high demand in the U.S.
Further launches in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore will occur in July. Apple said it will announce launch dates for nine additional countries at a later date.
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 multitouch user interface. The devic is 0.5 inches thin and weighs 1.5 pounds, making it thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook, while still delivering up to 10 hours of battery life.
"People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives," Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said. "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 also said that developers have created more than 11,000 new applications for the iPad that take advantage of its multitouch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. In addition, it will run almost all of the more than 225,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for an iPhone or iPod touch.
Apple sold its first million iPads in less than a month, reaching that milestone in 28 days. The 2 million sales point was later reached in less than two months.
The numbers show that the pace of sales for the iPad has not slowed since it first launched with the Wi-Fi-only version in the U.S. alone on April 3. Later that month, the iPad 3G was released in America, and remained consistently sold out at Apple's retail stores for weeks.
The iPad launched in nine more countries on May 28, making its debut in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. The international launch was originally delayed due to high demand in the U.S.
Further launches in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore will occur in July. Apple said it will announce launch dates for nine additional countries at a later date.
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 multitouch user interface. The devic is 0.5 inches thin and weighs 1.5 pounds, making it thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook, while still delivering up to 10 hours of battery life.
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I suppose he will have to do that now. Apple could sell another 200,000 by the end of the quarter, supposing supplies are available.
More than a million a month? It looks like those who have forecasted ten million by the end of the calendar year won't be far off, maybe even somewhat low.
Agreed Dr., especially when they open it up to more and more countries!
What a winner! coupled with the iPhone selling (pre-orders) 10x faster than the 3Gs...unbelievable!
That would be fabulous for presentations!
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What are they classifying the iPad as? I mean, are we going to see a massive jump in Apple market share because they are counting the iPad as a computer or will it just have 100% of the sub-netbook market? Personally I'd like to see them count as computers so all those companies who have made huge market share gains simply by selling $300 netbooks will know they aren't the only ones who can play that game
It's definitely a portable computing device that would not be classified as either a phone or personal music player. Only other category is a type of computer, whether you call it an ultraportable, tablet, or what have you.
What idiots.
Around the world in 80 days.
Impressive Apple!
Seems like the pace of sales should have increased after the international launch.
Supply and demand: they're only now starting to ship more iPads quicker. 1 million of those iPads were sold in the last 3 weeks, which means there is an increase. Just imagine holiday season, in addition to other international markets being added. Next year will see numbers sold in far greater excess, as Apple adds some very lust-worthy features, like Retina display, probable Facetime camera, more RAM, greater battery life, and maybe a few unknown surprises. Apple's meteoric rise is blowing the roof off of the world.
and on and on and on.
Apple is Doomed !!!
What are they classifying the iPad as? I mean, are we going to see a massive jump in Apple market share because they are counting the iPad as a computer or will it just have 100% of the sub-netbook market? Personally I'd like to see them count as computers so all those companies who have made huge market share gains simply by selling $300 netbooks will know they aren't the only ones who can play that game
It's definitely a portable computing device that would not be classified as either a phone or personal music player. Only other category is a type of computer, whether you call it an ultraportable, tablet, or what have you.
Yeah but you need a computer to use it, personally Apple has to solve this necessity and make the iPad completely independent.
In related news: http://www.pcworld.com/article/19950...html?tk=hp_blg
What excuse do people have now for not getting rid of Flash on their websites? Don't they want the views?
The numbers show that the pace of sales for the iPad has not slowed since it first launched with the Wi-Fi-only version in the U.S. alone on April 3.
At first I thought they were slowing down, if ever so slightly, but sales are accelerating. They started with an average of 35,714 per day for the 1st million, then moved to 34,483 per day for the 2nd million, and now 37,500 per day for the 3rd million. PS: When does this quarter end?
I wonder how this figure compares to the combined total of everyone else's tablet PCs for the past three years.
I don't know why this should even matter. Apple's primary goal is to continue to grow revenues and profits. Abstract comparisons to other (vaguely) similar products don't really enter into this calculation.
Yeah but you need a computer to use it, personally Apple has to solve this necessity and make the iPad completely independent.
Constantly repeating a myth does not make it true.
More than a million a month?
...or to break it down further, that's 26~27 iPads every minute. Not bad, considering the device sells anywhere between $500~$700. That's an average of $16,000 coming into their coffer every 60 seconds.
Yeah but you need a computer to use it, personally Apple has to solve this necessity and make the iPad completely independent.
When you get a new computer, what is the first thing you usually do? Load on all your old information, files, music, videos, pictues, emails, etc., usually from another computer, and sometimes from a hard drive or CDs. The iPad does the same thing with its transfer. I agree it would be very nice to be able to transfer media using a hard drive or USB, but it is not neccessary. It helps mostly on a psycological level, really, to not need to connect to a computer before using it (even though the Apple store will do that for you if you want).
Seems like the pace of sales should have increased after the international launch.
It's supply constrained. From publicly-released info... (too lazy to upload the graph)
Their initial sales rate was just under 26,000 units per day, they jumped to 33,000 units per day in two months, and are now running at 45,500 units per day. You have to assume that all manufactured units are sold after the initial channel-stuffing for displays, etc.
I'm not sure they can justify increasing production to 55-60k units per day, but I think they are in a very good place with 45k units per day or 1.35MM per month. That would put them at about 4MM for the next quarter!
That should be about $1 EPS from iPads alone. Add in what the App Store is bringing in now, and I think you are in a very healthy place owning Apple stock!!
At first I thought they were slowing down, if ever so slightly, but sales are accelerating. They started with an average of 35,714 per day for the 1st million, then moved to 34,483 per day for the 2nd million, and now 37,500 per day for the 3rd million.
like the chart, but it would probably be more clear if you adjusted the numbers to show how many days it took to reach each million marker (smaller lines are better).