Apple to Sell Up to 12 Mil iPads This Year, 20 Mil Next – Analysts
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How do you measure success? It’s a tricky, subjective question. By most standards, however, selling 12 million of something priced between $499 and $829 certainly qualifies, right? That’s the estimate being given by analysts–Apple is expected to sell between 11 and 12 million iPad this year.
The word “staggering” comes to mind.
Just the other day, we were telling you that Apple’s tablet has outpaced both the iPhone and DVD player, in terms of adoption rate–the iPhone sold one million units in its first quarter. All manufacturers of the DVD player sold 350,000 units in the first year combined. The iPad is on track to sell 4.5 million it is first quarter.
According to The Wall Street Journal, that number is expected to catapult to between 11 and 12 million–helped along, no doubt, by the holiday blitz. In 2011, that number is expected to almost double to 20 million–even after the introduction of competing tablets from companies like Dell, Samsung, RIM, and, most likely, HP.
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