Two million iPads in less than two months
By James • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Industry News, Mobile Computer News
- Photo: Apple
People are sure demanding the iPad, with the Apple tablet having sold two million units in just 58 days. And this is almost exclusively in North America.
Apple announced that it sold one million iPads within the first 28 days of availability. The company has since sold an additional million iPads in 30 days, bringing the total number of iPads in consumers’ hands north of 2 million. And to top it off, the iPad has only just gone on sale outside of North America.
British availability
The UK, as well as a host of other countries around the world, got their taste of the iPad on 28 May, with lines outside the flagship store and early sales looking promising enough to potentially dispel predictions the tablet won’t be a mass market device.
A new Apple toy = new revenue
Apple have been hitting home run after home run with their flagship products. Not only is the iPhone now contributing 40 per cent of the organisation’s revenue, the iPad has already brought in close on (if not more than) $1 billion (about £650 million) in revenue and it’s only been out for two months.
- Photo: Apple
Add that alarming statistic to an even more remarkable figure – Apple have also recently surpassed Microsoft’s market cap to become the most valuable technology company in the world, thanks, in part, to a share price surge the iPad clearly helped along.
The game changer
Prior to the iPads arrival and even now, many are questioning if the Apple tablet (and tablets in general) are a legitimate market. While Apple’s pitch was that the iPad fit snugly in the vertical between the smartphone and the laptop, others were unsure about that proposition. If these early results are anything to go by, the iPad has certainly created a fantastic revenue channel for Apple, if one insists on denying the viability of the market.
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