Analyst: 300,000 iPad 3Gs sold over the weekend

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Sure, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster totally blew it when he guesstimated that Apple sold 700,000 iPads during the launch weekend of the Wi-Fi-only model, but that didn’t stop him from spending his Sunday penning a note to investors in which he estimated that Apple moved some 300,000 3G units this past weekend. If his assumption is correct (we feel it necessary to add it was simply obtained by calling 50 Apple Stores and finding all but one of them with no iPads left on shelves), this would mean Apple has more than surpassed the 1 million mark considering 1) 300,000 were sold one month ago today, and 2) it only took 500,000 sold to derail the international launch. Munster is sticking to his “conservative estimate” that Apple will sell 4.3 million iPads across the globe in 2010 with about 60% of them being the Wi-Fi model.

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23 Comments
  • Chris

    The funny thing is, even if real unemployment in the US wasn’t 17% and more like 5% there wouldn’t be any more Ipads sold in the US. Still a cool million.

    • Android 2003

      If you have 5000 widgets to sell and you sell 5000 widgets, certainly you couldn’t sell anymore, at least until you build them.

  • Bubba

    I called fifty friends and no one bought a iPad 3G.

    Thus, I predict Apple sold zero.

    /whur’s ma analyst monay?!?

  • Len

    All I can say is sales usually reflect on hype over quality of the product. Also BGR, when you post financial results of products, maybe you should wait until they’re official and based on fact instead of assumptions. You try a little too hard sucking Jobs off.

  • T

    I wonder how happy those 300,000 people are gonna be when they figure out at&t forces streaming videos to the lowest possible resolution. This happens on the YouTube app. Other apps, like ABCs app, are blocked entirely and prompt you to connect to wifi to use it. Brilliant! They paid a premium to download books away from home. Awesome selling point.

  • STFU

    wow just look at these Apple employee fags. Please wipe Steve Jobs load form your face!

  • jewsh

    i guess bgr should only do negative stories about apple. that would make these jackasses happy.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

    • Jewsh

      I told you to stop using my name, your making people think i am Apple fan.

  • Tay

    I love my iPad, people should quit hating and not click the post. Nobody is asking anybody to like it, if you don’t then more power to you and talking shit about Apple emloyees is retarded, they are just doing their job. Their getting paid to get excited. They made us do that at Best Buy and I could careless about Reward Zone cards and Replacement Plans.
    But anyway I wonder what the official number is sold

    • Flixoman

      As an asshole, it is not only within my rights, but also it is my mission to hate, tease, and make comments about douchebags as I see fit.

      Thus the three douchebagmigos return!

      Rejoice!

  • Marcus

    I shook my feather boas and put on another Boy George tune and kicked up my heels when I brought my 3G ipad home!

  • gad

    What the hell is the problem with Apple staff…they just get unnecessarily excited.Are they nuts or something,go get a life.

  • morale

    Rejoice!!! Another stunning achievement for the sultans of shameless propaganda and callous manipulation.

  • TypicalAppleHatingDBAG

    Apple sucks. The Iphone sucks. The Ipod sucks. the Ipad sucks. Steve Jobs sucks. Everything Apple sucks. People who buy apple sucks. DROID FTW!!!!

    • michael

      as much as a i hate apple, i hate “droid fan bags” even worse.

  • David

    The DOJ will want to know who these 3 guys are and why they’re so happy.

  • bill

    I bought 3 yesterday from Bestbuy and love it!

  • jewsh

    sorry, my name has been for years. piss off

  • jawman

    haha that picture just screams APPLE TOOLS

    • jawman

      seriously that picture is great, someone needs to photoshop steve-o blowing a load on them.

  • andy

    Is that John Gosselin on the left in that picture?

    • Snail

      You mean the one to the left of Robbie Williams?

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    3 guys are and why they’re so happy

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