iSuppli: Apple to sell 7.1 million iPads in 2010

By on Apr 2, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Hardware April 2, 2010

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Although customers have yet to touch the device, let alone see it in person, that hasn’t stopped iSuppli from predicting that Apple will ship a whopping 7.1 million units of the tablet in 2010. The numbers, which iSuppli has called “conservative”, are based on a high volume of sales to both early adopters and those who are “attracted to the iPad’s unique touch-screen-based user interface”. The number is definitely up there, it’s the highest prediction we’ve heard, but it must be remembered that just a few days into pre-orders Apple supposedly sold more than 150,000 units in the US alone. Elsewhere, Apple itself is said to be surprised by the number of people that have registered their interest in the device. Even though the competition is sure to explode as we head deeper and deeper into 2010 and beyond, iSuppli is already speculating that 2011 will see sales of 14.4 million units with 2012 seeing 20.1 million sold. If any one company can move this much gear that truthfully serves no purpose other than content consumption, it’s definitely Apple.

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  • Nokia N900

    In other News, 7.1 million people are idiots

    • modano

      I don’t think I’ll take any analysis from someone who’s adopted a cell phone brand name as their handle, thanks.

    • john

      iGnorant sheeple do iDiotic things.

      Oh, and the N900 is more of a powerhouse device than the iPad. A Mozilla browser on the N900 can also handle sites a $900 iPad can’t.

      Start the flaming crApple lovers.

      • jonathan

        I like the N900, but its a phone(desktop look) and comparing it is irrelevant since the Ipad does not do phone calls. Have fun reading Ebooks, watching Netflix and Hulu on your N900.

    • Paul

      These predictions are just scams. Make it like huge success.

    • titivating

      Precisely, iPad is basically a larger and more expensive version of iPhone, and according to Stephen Colbert- It is a great tool to make salsa sauce and that is it!. LOL

      • titivating

        correction: not iPhone (hence you can’t make a phone call), but more like iTouch.

      • DaJe’ J. BarbouR

        he was being funny about at&t idiots

      • Tdot34

        Correction…. larger itouch… the ipad has no phone capabilities.

        While 7.1 million sales is easy to do for Apple, there are easily 7.1 Million fan boys willing to buy anything from Jobs, its long term success will determine if its actually a great product. Wait until people start actually using it.

    • cold dead fingers

      More like 7.1 million people who actually believe in factual proof that the product is good. You fucking idiots will still say the iPad is useless, despite the fact that early reviewers praise the product.And, they all say the same thing, they were skeptical at first but once they actually got their hands on the product they haven’t been able to put it down.

    • Ben

      I know, it’s easy to call everybody that doesn’t agree with you idiots.

      • MotoRoi

        I agree Ben, Ive seen you do it many times on other posts. I can post some of you quotes if you would like.

  • Outsider

    Of course they will. Meanwhile all the techtards on engadget, giz, and BGR will continue to bash it.

    • Kal-El

      Giz bash it?…are you kidding me?… There has been a non-stop BJ session going on with that device for the last 4 days… its ridiculous…

      • katiepea

        i have now blocked all access to gizmodo and will cease to read that site anymore due to 24 of the last 30 articles being iPad circle jerks.

  • Gregory

    @Nokia N900,

    I didn’t know that me having interest in a product and buying said product with money I make, makes me an idiot? I just don’t see your logic.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Luzerne North America

    • yaya

      i doubt you have interest in the product. you have interest in the brand. no doubt that the ipod was/is a great mp3 player. and that the iphone 3g is a smart phone with a very user friendly ui.

      but now since you have some brain-washed brand loyalty, you go ahead and buy the ipod touch xl even though you can clearly see that it is completely impractical.

      that, gregory, is what makes you an idiot.

      • emmortal

        OMG finally someone nailed it right on the head. Ipods did fine sure, and iphones were actually great! But the Ipad has no purpose and anyone I’ve heard that says they want to buy one can’t name one reason why its better than what they have already! Brand loyalty you have to respect Apple for that they make people followers and they don’t even know it!

      • Gregory

        @yaya

        Impractical? I’m not brand loyal to Apple. So your argument makes no sense to me. If I was brand loyal I would own every single product they make. I do not. I own two. An iPhone and a Macbook, and soon I will own a third, an iPad. My reasonings for getting the iPad are simple- it’s going to be a convenience for me. I can’t watch movies on a 3.5 inch screen, so I end up taking my 15″ Macbook with me on all travels- when it will be the only thing I use it for- watching movies. Well, that eliminates the need for my Macbook. I take my Macbook with me every day to college- I don’t like web-browsing on a 3.5 inch screen. Well- look at that, another elimination for my Macbook.

        I have a few other reasons for wanting the iPad. If you’d like to know them, then by all means, get in touch with me and I will send you an e-mail and let you know every single detailed reason. I’m not going to argue with you here. You don’t like the iPad. Great! I’m not asking you to. I’m not forcing you to! To each his own! But to call me an idiot for being “brand loyal” when I am not is absurd. Furthermore, to call me an idiot for buying an “ipod touch xl” is even more absurd. I don’t own an iPod firstly, so maybe THIS will be my iPod touch. Secondly, I ordered the 3G version of the iPad. When did they star making 3G iPod touches? I missed that news memo. For surely, if the iPad I bought is an iPod touch xl, then they must be identical, only difference in size. So when you provide me with proof of a iPod touch with 3G- then I will concur, I am an idiot.

      • jonathan

        I’m in the same boat you are. I notice apple haters resort to calling anyone with an apple device an idiot and I think its because they are in denial about Apple’s success with the Iphone and Ipods. Stick to bashing technical aspects of the device and no names.

      • Gregory

        @jonathan

        I am not disagreeing with you that Apple is a successful company. They saw major success with their iPod market, and with their iPhone market and they probably will with their iPad market. And yes, I’ve noticed many people who dislike Apple don’t bash the technical specs of the device, they by no means go for the fact that it is simply an “Apple device”. Just because it’s an Apple device, doesn’t mean it sucks people.

        All of these arguments about Apple sucks and so forth. I own a 2010 BMW. I’ve owned a 2009 BMW, a 2008 BMW, a 2007 BMW and a 2006 BMW. I’m brand loyal to BMW, I get a new one every year. So I like the BMW brand. This doesn’t mean my friend who owns a 2010 Honda, or my other friend who owns a 2009 Toyota, or another friend who owns a 2009 Volkswagen deserves to be called an idiot because they bought something different from me. In my eyes, BMW’s are the only car I can ever drive and I will ever own- to me it’s the best car. This doesn’t make it true to everyone. I’m sure not everyone likes BMW’s. And they don’t have to. But don’t call me an idiot for buying one, and I won’t call you an idiot for buying a Hyundai.

        Best analogy I could come up with at the moment.

      • ItsMeBeaches

        I dont care whether u wanna buy this product or not…the reason why ppl are so down on it is because it is not a useful product…it really doesnt do ANYTHING a laptop or even a high end phone can, heck lets add the ipod touch to the mix…Now with the economy as bad as it is, how does apple convince ppl who are trying to not be reckless with their money to buy an overpriced item THEY DONT NEED? that is the question…and the common answer is brand brainwashing…i kinda agree.

      • Mark Texas

        @Gregory. I am so going to be your best friend. If your primary reason for buying a iPad is watching movies, here you go:

        http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sylvania-10-Portable-DVD-Player-SDVD1023/12531486

        I just saved for $500 dollars friend. You won’t need to dump that Macbook afterall. What’s even crazier is you can get a set for your 2010 BMW!

        I hope your still in college as it seems you have much to learn still.

      • palmenta

        Come on man, really? That piece of junk isn’t worth a hundred bucks. It’s arguably a lesser value than the iPad. “The battery lasts 2hrs 20min. It takes 4-5 hours to charge.” The resolution stinks and, oh yeah, it needs DVDs!

  • Mistro

    More like 1.7 million. If you have a smartphone and a laptop, there’s no point in getting this thing.

  • JFritz

    the ipad is cool and all, I just don’t like how the UI just looks like a big iPod touch.. they could have done better with the home screen if you ask me. but if all my college txt books become available on this thing then I might just have to pick one up.. just sayin.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

    • ken

      i think you can pretty much count on this happening at some point. who gives a shit about the ui. it’s all about the apps. you may not like it, you may not want to accept it, but it’s the truth. they have not only reached critical mass – they are obliterating the competition. android is so far behind and they really aren’t go to catch up, esp. if apple opens it up to other carriers this summer.

      • MotoRoi

        Android has only just begun :) apples first attempt was an edge phone without even mms. Android is doing quite well thank you.

    • ItsMeBeaches

      Finally some1 makes a point that kinda interests me…if i can get access to all my textbooks on this device it might interest me…but at the same time thats just a MIGHT, i doubt i would ever fork out the money for this device its just not worth it (in my opinion)…but that is a pretty good selling point…it definitely peaked my interest.

  • The Drizzle

    7.1 million people with more money than your broke asses

    • Mistro

      Broke? I could easily buy one of these things without emptying my wallet, but I choose not to waste money on something I’ll probably never use when I have a Droid for all of my pocket computing and laptop for the heavy-duty computing.

    • MotoRoi

      Broke Asses? I know plenty of people who can afford this but choose not to. Money does not make you a better person, your comment, just show,s your disconnect with the real world and your arrogance.

  • drew down

    “all your cash IS belong to us” I don’t get it? Anyway they won’t sell that many unless they are dirt cheap prices. Otherwise I call BS.

    • yaya

      it’s from an old meme i think. “all your base are belong to us”.
      the problem is that there are a lot of brand loyal people out there, and since this is the latest craze by apple, it could get very close to that figure.

      • jonathan

        Creating brand loyalty is a company’s dream. Don’t tell me Motorola, HTC, SE, Nokia and etc. don’t want that. Got to give credit to Apple for that at least.

      • yaya

        no for sure, they get credit where it is due. as a logical consumer i dont like brand loyalty. it displays stupidity of my fellow consumers. but i was just saying that is why the 7.1 mi figure could be reached.

    • ken
  • cam

    i doubt those number but hey anything is possible….people are so hype…glad i’m not the only one losing 500 this year

  • StevenGlansburg

    in other news, only 7 people bought the N900

    • geoyag

      Sometimes you need to think before you talk.

    • Drew

      At least it was 7 people who knew what the fuck they were doing…. Sometimes just STFU!!!

  • joe

    Well given the enormous success of Apple’s other mobile devices, I believe it. iPods and iPhones are great successes and this will likely be no different.

  • Kal-El

    The OVER-HYPING of this product rivals nothing I have ever seen…ohh wait… well there is the iPhone…

    • yaya

      but the iphone was at least a decent device.

    • MikeD

      Hmmm. How about the Droid. It was Hyped like crazy. And it benefitted. What is wrong with that? Whare as Nexus One didn’t get any hype, so its sales lags way behind the Moto Droid.

      Business is business. Market or get out marketed.

  • Charles A

    I think a lot of that 7.1 million will be people who are gonna take a chance on Apple product for the first time. I just don’t see the point in getting one if you have a Mac, an iPhone (and probabaly an iPod) already.

  • katiepea

    ahahahahahahahaha 7.1 million. ahahahahahahaha… wait thats probably accurate, the ipod touch is the exact same device, so they can probably combine the sales to get that number. dear apple, please make a portable device with a real os that i can put files on, and install real applications on, and be part of the real world, i want my device to be mine, i don’t want to exist in your DRM ridden developers wasteland. you haven’t made anything relevant in 5 years, what happened to you, i miss you.

    • jonathan

      Dear Katiepea:

      We are too busy being no. 1 and please try out our new Ipad. We missed you too.

      Steve

  • sliznut
  • bahaha

    vote me up if you are straight.
    vote me down if you are gay.
    don’t vote if you are unsure of your sexuality.

    • Drew

      Sorry, I was gonna vote you up but your Mom is on her knees in front of me….. and she’s really good at what she does soooooo, I hit the minus button by mistake. Bummer :-(

  • iName

    i just dont think its a smart idea to buy an iPad now, i would rather wait for gen 2, it will more than likely have enough features to ease the effects of buyer’s remorse. its not like the iphone which is cheap enough to upgrade every year or so. buying an iPad would be a pretty big investment that i would want to last a lot longer than just the first year.

  • Trent

    It should be ‘All your cash ARE belong to us’

    (From the original ‘All your base are belong to us’)

  • Jim

    I’m sure the iPad will sell well. Although I wouldn’t have any particular, burning use for it (I already have a phone, portable media player and laptop) it does look like a cool tech toy.

    I’m not going to call people who do buy it idiots though. Why should it bother anyone what someone else chooses to purchase with their money?

    Don’t criticize my purchase of tech toys, and I won’t criticize you for buying a blow-up doll.

    • jonathan

      The fact is that the Ipad is not necessary at all, its strictly an option for people. If you have a laptop and a smartphone then you are good to go. Apple is aiming for a particular niche on this one and hoping with the success of the Ipod touch and Iphone spilling over to the Ipad. I am not getting this right away, its best to wait till version 2 when there will more added features. I don’t have a doubt that with Apple’s marketing prowess and apps this will be a hit and nobody is an idiot whether they buy it or not cause’ thats just a silly comment born out of jealousy to me.

  • Palomosan

    As usual, trying to create buzz for a half product.

    The more you promo an item the more it’ll sell.

    7.1 Million, who’s this idiot.

  • MotoRoi

    isuppli? Good hell, Enough. this might be an ok product for some, But are we going to have to hear ithings for the next iyear starting with idelivery,iunboxing,ihandson, ireview.and then if they add one little ithing we,ll hear about iupdate.

  • jjlo

    This device is a want not a need purchase. It is not meant to replace a laptop, netbook, desktop or phone. It does not fit a practical reason to purchase. It can be fun for those that choose to purchase one for books, newspapers and casual email and browsing. I find hard to understand how people see this as a phone or laptop replacement.

  • AceRimmer

    I heard a rumor that UPS made a huge mistake and many of the ipads that were supposed to be delivered to Apple stores tonight (for customers to pick up tomorrow) were left in the Louisville facility.

    Anyone heard anything?

  • iamjoel5

    Boy genius bloggers,
    Are you on Apple’s employees list?

    • http://www.bgr.com/ Michael Bettiol

      No, we’re not.

  • http://www.dreamwalkmobile.com Ruby

    These predictions may be true. We have different points of view and each one of us is not obliged to believe this. Others may find iPad as useless but others may find iPad is great.

  • user

    I will buy these sanitary pads for my lady friend.

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