Putting The iPad Pre-Order Numbers In Some Context
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was selling pre-orders for the iPad at a rate of about 25,000 an hour this morning, according to a Forbes Fortune piece. The methodology is very unscientific; it’s based on differences between the order numbers assigned to early buyers.
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But if it is accurate, here’s how it compares to some initial figures thrown around during the debut of the iPhone and iPhone 3G S: Pre-orders were not allowed for the first iPhone, but about 200,000 phones were sold in stores on the first day the phone was available. As for the iPhone 3G S there were reportedly “hundreds of thousands” of pre-orders.
So, given that there are three weeks left to pre-order before the iPad actually hits stores, it seems plausible that, as some analysts have predicted, pre-release demand may in fact be greater than it was for the iPhone. We’ll see.
Posted In: Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Apple, iPad
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