Martin Castillo
iPF Noob
91,000 iPads sold on the first day! :ipad-peacock:
I guess we'll have to see. Wouldn't most of those who wanted to preorder, do so on the first day they could? Apple would need to sell near a half million iPads a month to make the 4-5 million iPads sold this year.
That's nearly 15,000 that need to sell every day. That's 650,000 ipads that would have been sold since the day of the announcement -- and only 91,000 sold when people had a chance?
Another way to look at it -- for every day since the iPad has been announced, 2068 iPads have been sold. That pace would end up with less than 700,000 iPads sold this year.
Lee
Of course the economy matters. When the dollar collapses and inflation hits that $499 iPad will be more like $1099.00. When a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly costs $25.00 do you think that people are going to be buying electronic gadgets or life's necessities?
Gizmodo reports CNN is estimating 120,000 orders the first day.
The iPad's (Pre-) Opening Day Sales: 120,000 - Ipad pre-order - Gizmodo