Apple may sell 600,000 iPad 2 units this weekend, outpacing original

By on Mar 11, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tablets March 11, 2011

Several industry analysts estimate that Apple’s iPad 2, which became available online early this morning and will go on sale in stores this evening, should handily beat the opening weekend sales achieved last year by the original iPad. Analysts at Creative Strategies, Rodman & Renshaw and Piper Jaffray all concur, and it only seems logical, of course. Inventory shortages played a big role in hampering launch weekend sales of the original iPad model, which sold 300,000 units in its first 24 hours of availability. Despite being an incremental update that disappoints in some areas, the iPad 2 will be much more widely available at launch, with retail partners including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, Walmart, Sam’s Club and Target carrying the tablet on top of availability at Apple Stores across the country. The iPad 2 goes on sale at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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  • Anonymous

    With this launch, Apple will have total company sales of more than $2 Billion for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Pretty good weekend.

    • Anonymous

      I doubt that. They’ll be lucky to match the stratospheric Motorola Xoom sales.

      • Anonymous

        Funny. We all know the thing outsold the Xoom’s entire sales tally in its first 5 minutes of online sales. They’ll move 4x as many iPad 2s this weekend as the Xoom will sell for the entire quarter. especially now that reports have it moving a whopping 2 units a day from Verizon stores.

      • Anonymous

        It is comical. I was at a Best Buy shortly after the holiday season. I still saw folks picking up iPads. Hovering around the Apple area, I saw 3 people scooping them up in a 10 – 15 minute window. I can’t imagine what the daily amount is, and that’s from one store.

        XOOM will never make those numbers/margins. That isn’t to say it’s junk, or stupid. But if Android fans actually think it’ll compete they’re crazy.

        What’s even more comical is Fandroids; they tout the Android phones as the best because they’re the number one sellers. Yet, the XOOM and Galaxy are huge tablet disappointments, and the response is that they like it that way, and the tablets are for more “advanced users”…

  • Anonymous

    the more they make the more they will sell. it takes an analyst to figure that out?

  • Bringit

    yes. and…here come the angry bird Droidd posters!

    • Anonymous

      We are not angry. We are happy that we keep our very exclusive group of extremely smart people. A group which you, as an obvious Apple Fanboy, can’t be a member of.

    • Anonymous

      They call it an exclusive group…lol. Reminds me of the nerdy kids that were never invited to parties, so they made up their own little clubs and things.

  • Anonymous

    Yay more analysts…lol
    Any particular reason why we cant wait until the actual sales figures are out, then report that?

    • Anonymous

      Because Apple will lie anyway. You know that Zapy!

      • heyhey

        actually, apple may be branded as a dictatorship or a prison because of their closed system and itunes rule. but one thing u cannot label them is liars. when apple says something, it actually means it and does it. compare that to google or android manufacturers who lie about release dates and lie about software, saying it would support flash and then when the thing is released, surprise surprise! no flash and no Sd card support…..

      • Anonymous

        Understood, but whatever Google does I trust them and believe them. Not the case with Apple. Goofans (aka Apple Haters) are internally weird (sorry wired) to trust Google and their manufacturing partners ALWAYS! Not so is the case with apple. We have a natural distrust of Apple! If they tell us it’s 2P, we assume that’s a lie.

    • Anonymous

      It’s not like apple is popular or that they are setting record sales. We should be focused on the exciting updates and changes to the DROID Thunderbolts release which is sill unknown as this moment. This site needs to stick to three things. VZW, DROID, and DROID Tablets.

  • Anonymous

    Goofans rejoice. It’s obvious that Android is NOT for everyone. If you are not very smart (and that’s the majority of the population of the earth) then you are really meant for Apple, and that’s good for Apple and their shareholders. If you are advanced intellectually, then you are in OUR demographic. So this is good guys, very good.

    • Anonymous

      I agree that it is common knowledge that Apple fans are just huge idiots. Perhaps even brain dead. Only those who root their DROIDS know anything about technology.

      • Anonymous

        Right which is an oxymoron because ALL Android fans know how to ROOT their Androids and ALL do! You are correct… As always sensei, your wisdom is legendary.

    • Anonymous

      You and your buddy norm 4g should really get together. There could be something magical there. It’s ok we won’t judge you guys. Lol

      • Anonymous

        We have paired before.

    • Anonymous

      I love when apple haters get in a mad jealous rage. Apples been WINNING long before you google boys came around. I thing steve jobs and steve Wozniak may have changed Sergey and Larry’s diapers.

  • Bobdonhim

    Poor people. Buying a product that is inferior to the competition because they are Apple sheep.

    • heyhey

      actually, ipad 2 is an awesome product. i am just too broke to buy one and i am waiting for touchpad. i’ll tell you what; it is you and the rest of the android geeky dweebs who are pathetic because you are indeed buying an inferior product (android phone and tablets) simply because you hate apple and u just wanna be different. you people remind me of the wierdos in high school. the guys who are weird ugly and never get laid yet they think they’re cool with their nose peircings and their philosophy on life…..u’re the same group i swea. u r just older now that’s it….

      • Anonymous

        Funny you say that because that’s what people that had verizon did till the iPhone four came. Then all the android os phone users got the iPhone instead of something like the iPhone. It’s still funny to me that their best selling phone in the history of verizon was a 8 month old iPhone. Being apple a stock holder and a original apple fanboy as some of you kids like say is good.

      • Bobdonhim

        Ummm…I own BlackBerry and will get the PlayBook. No Android here

    • Anonymous

      No we just like are tablets bug lag and malware free. We like our tablets not to freeze up on us. And not have to force close and reboot. We also like to get the latest updates. And have the thing last for days before charging. We also like to have a 70,000 apps dedicated to our tablet to choose from. We also like get a luxury device like the iPad and not have it cost the same as a MacBook. We like customer support so if something does happen to our device we bring it to a apple store and have it repaired or replaced. Ya thats what we like.

  • Anonymous

    Not bad for a device that will get you Laid. It’s magical.

  • Eric

    600,001… I am buying one too! ;)

  • Jsantana0793

    I would not waste my money on the Ipad 2 if you have the Ipad 1… The better upgrade will be the Ipad 3.. Save your money or get ripped off… what the Ipad 2 is what the Ipad should have been in the beginning… All those so called new features were already in the Iphone 4. Apple is up to their money making schemes. I’m sure the I-fanboys and girls will fall for it. I do not hate on Apple, I just hate on their tippy toe steps they take to sell a product with just one or two upgrades for the same price of the previous one. In exception to the dual core processor, what’s new that not been already in the Iphone 4???? Nothing… Again, the real upgrade is the Ipad 3. You can wait 12 more months or less for the new Ipad 3.

  • Anonymous

    Apple will sell whatever iPads they have available. I guarantee by 5:30 they will have more iPads sold then all android os tablets tablets have ever sold.

  • Anonymous

    O wait they did that last year my bad.

  • RH

    Faster, but the screen is still the same resolution….Oh, I guess the REAL upgrade will be the iPad3.
    You gotta hand it to Apple, they KNOW their audience.

  • GuntherSto

    Could anyone explain to my why I need an iPad or any other Tablet. They cost as much as a Netbook or cheap laptop, and have half the functionality, or less in the case of the ipad which does not have, and will never have flash. It seems like a waste of money overall.

    • QNX Please

      I have been wondering the same thing, several friends have iPads, and all they do is surf the internet on it or watch you-tube videos, both of which offer a much slower and flashless experience. Get a netbook or smaller laptop, just a portable but it can do 100X more. Even has a RIM fan, I will not be buying a Playbook as I have zero use for one between my laptop and smartphone.

  • IFail

    Well, I guess this means that we now know there are at least 600,000 morons out there.

  • QNX Please

    Of course they will, just as most predicted last year when the iPad1 came out, every idiot that lined-up to buy the first, will line up to buy the second even though nothing really changed, except Apple will add 2 -cameras it should have had when it launched. Guess what, thats exactly what will happen these people will buy anything shiny made by Apple. Good for Apple, I commend them for have such a huge following. What makes me angry is the sad state of consumerism that people would actually line up for hours, for anything. Wait a month and you can walk in stores to get the same thing in under 15 mins. Especially since 99% of these people already have an iPad.

  • Kent

    I live in San Diego and the ipad sold out completely on Friday, almost everywhere I called and visited. I just looked on the apple website and it is showing 2 to 3 weeks for delivery. It will be interesting to see how many units they actually sell and when this initial interest will die down.

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