iPad 2 shipments total 2.4-2.6 million units so far, report claims

By on Apr 6, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Tablets April 6, 2011

Apple’s suppliers have shipped between 2.4 million and 2.6 million iPad 2 tablets to date, a new report claims. Citing sources at touch panel suppliers in Taiwan, industry watcher DigiTimes states that shipments of Apple’s iPad 2 have outpaced the original iPad. Apple is reportedly expected to take delivery of between 4 million and 4.3 million iPad 2 units each month between April and June, totaling over 12 million units for the second quarter. The iPad 2 has seen tremendous demand in the U.S. and globally, having sold out in nearly every retail location that made the tablet available. Lines continue to form as new inventory arrives at retail locations abroad, and strong sales have kept stock low at U.S. retailers as well. Shipping estimates for online orders placed on Apple’s website improved to 2-3 weeks last month but that is where they have remained ever since, suggesting supply still hasn’t caught up with demand. Apple’s iPad 2 launched on March 11th in the U.S., and we said in our review that it pushed Apple’s already huge lead in the tablet space even further.

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  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    The Galaxy Tab easily outsold in it’s first two months worldwide over the total first months sales of the iPad in the US alone. iPad is a joke. Sorry.

    • Hi

      ummm anyone who thinks the Galaxy Tab isn’t a joke is pretty funny.

      And no, I’m not an Apple fanboy.

    • Parrde

      Lmao let me have some of what your smoking. 978k units for Sammy tab upped to 1.1m for first month worldwide. And I bought 2.

    • Anonymous

      Thanks for coming out to us with the dream you had last night norm. Tomorrow you may have a dream that the xoom is selling out everywhere as well when they are truly just collecting dust on the best buy shelves. … sigh…

    • Anonymous

      You appear to lack intelligence. You sound like Android sheep.

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  • Romiy2k

    And they thought the xoom would outdo the iPad 2? I purchased a xoom before exchanged it for an iPad 2, and I couldn’t be happier…. Android is great specially honeycomb but still to premature for me. Not to mention the iPad gpu seems faster when comparison things, specially auto rotation….. iPad 2 for the win! Xoom not so much and playbook, hopefully it’s good cause we all know blackberry is trash and their days are numbered.

  • http://twitter.com/omegadark1 omegadark1

    Now thats allot of Ipads!

    • Anonymous

      “a lot”

      • http://twitter.com/omegadark1 omegadark1

        lol , I stand corrected Sir.

  • Anonymous

    If these shipment numbers are correct, that is an incredible amount. I have the first generation iPad, and I’m not planning on upgrading, since the improvements won’t really benefit me and my daily use of the device. I thought shipments would be high, but no where as high as this. Deutsche bank claims that the Xoom had only shipped 100k units. I know that would be low, but not that low. It will be interesting to see how these shipment and sales numbers are affected once other tablets start hitting the shelves.

    • Anonymous

      You underestimate the power of the Apple legion. They could come out with ipad2.1 tomorrow and those same people would turn around and buy it again.

      • Anonymous

        That’s the common misconception a fair share of iPad 2 buyers at launch weren’t previous buyers. A good bit of them used Windows 7 on their main computers.

  • Anonymous

    You are quite wrong…

    This is the quote direct from the South Korean based company:
    “Less than two months after the Galaxy Tab first became available, Samsung announced that global sales of its Android tablet have surpassed the 1 million mark.” – and this was during the holiday shopping season of 2010.

    Now, iPad 2 shipments since March 2011 are between 2.4-2.6 million. This is only after one month and not during a holiday season of rush shopping.

    Please check your facts before posting.

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      Oh and the iPads sales were US only compared to worldwide with the TAb. I guess I was wrong.

  • serpentor

    Only 2.5 million?

    Weak.

  • Bringit

    The haters will hate and be jealous drrroooid’ers – but Apple clearly makes the best tablet in the world. Deal with it.

    • Anonymous

      The lifespan of mAxiPads is short-lived since, once they go through menopause, they are USELESS rotten old tAmpons and, then, it’s time to get a new one. (for another 3 months)

      • Anonymous

        Again, this would be so much funnier if “maxiPads” were tampons.

      • Bringit

        PAPINYC is lacking basic intelligence, what do you expect.

      • Bringit

        PAPINYC is lacking basic intelligence, what do you expect.

      • Anonymous

        But they are; they’re all used periodically for iMenstruation and bleeding.

      • Nope

        It would be even funnier if that same joke had even an ounce of originality. Seriously, it’s an obvious joke that’s been overplayed for over a year. I’m not even bothered by the fact that it was a rip on Apple, I’m bothered that it was just painfully unfunny.

      • Anonymous

        you made a stupid comment

    • Anonymous

      Apple fans always tout sales numbers, but rarely does that make the best device. iPad benefits from having an OS that didn’t change from the basic phone OS while being able to just give a speed bump in processor power. It is also difficult for Android tablets to get a footing when they are constantly being sold via carrier first and not just plain wifi-only versions.

      If the Xoom or even Galaxy Tab had come out at $499 for 16gb Wifi only then it’d be doing a lot better.

      Also, as I said in another post, Apple has a very dedicated following that will buy whatever device comes out without hesitation.

      • Bringit

        So…

        If – based on the drooiid’ers favorite and tired argument – if people basically only buy iPads (or any Apple product) because they are iSheep, how come other people do not buy (in any significant number) for exaple the highly touted ZOOM?

        Could it be because the ZOOM blows and the iPad is a high quality product?

      • Anonymous

        Actually, by your own argument, Android users are less of a fanboy for their product than Apple people are, correct?

        Xoom (not zoom, dumbass) is actually an excellent product with great build quality. Apple’s benefit is that Honeycomb isn’t quite finished and has a much steeper learning curve than iOS — an OS that requires you to learn how to place a tile on a screen. Honeycomb is far more of a tablet OS than iOS, but Apple is far too ahead and ingrained in people’s minds as the best to buy.

        iPad2 is a great product, but it’s retard fanboys like yourself that think Android products like the Xoom are ass and not comparable. Do you monkeys even understand that without the Xoom, Apple wouldn’t have rushed their iPad 2 to market? Competition is important.

      • Anonymous

        Actually, by your own argument, Android users are less of a fanboy for their product than Apple people are, correct?

        Xoom (not zoom, dumbass) is actually an excellent product with great build quality. Apple’s benefit is that Honeycomb isn’t quite finished and has a much steeper learning curve than iOS — an OS that requires you to learn how to place a tile on a screen. Honeycomb is far more of a tablet OS than iOS, but Apple is far too ahead and ingrained in people’s minds as the best to buy.

        iPad2 is a great product, but it’s retard fanboys like yourself that think Android products like the Xoom are ass and not comparable. Do you monkeys even understand that without the Xoom, Apple wouldn’t have rushed their iPad 2 to market? Competition is important.

      • Anonymous

        htowngtr
        And excellent product with the only power button on the back? Hmmm.

      • Anonymous

        htowngtr
        And excellent product with the only power button on the back? Hmmm.

      • Anonymous

        htowngtr
        And excellent product with the only power button on the back? Hmmm.

      • Anonymous

        The whole Honeycomb is more a Tablet OS then iOS is, is complete B.S.!!! Every time I hear that, I have a good laugh!!! For your info APPLE was working on a Developing a TABLET BEFORE they ever started on the Iphone!!! Maybe you should start being less of a fandroid and learn a little HISTORY buddy. The Iphone may have made it out into the Marketplace FIRST, but the Tablet has been a long time Apple Project. So when Google Combines the Tablet and phone OS back together that THEY themselves say they play to do, then what will be your excuse for Android? Really how can it been on the Phone and a Tablet at once? Must not be a real Tablet OS!!! Not that right at this time the 2 Android OS’s are pretty Similar anyway.

        The Xoom is a Plastic piece of Beta Hardware, sold to suckers that will have to send it back in for however many weeks to get the 4G it was advertiseded installed. A Product you yourself just said Honeycomb wasn’finisheded! When you add in lack of great software like the IPAD has, as it’s no contest, who in their right mind would buy a XOOM? If anything it just left a bad taste in most peoples mouths. It was a Huge Letdown. Any company that thinks they can get away with releasing garbage like the Xoom currently is, I wouldn’t trust again. You don’t see Apple releasing Products like that. Hell No.

        I want Competition, but so far haven’t seen anything even come close. Maybe the Xoom2? If people will give it a chance and not be suckered like they did with the first one. I can only hope Motorola Actually does go ahead with the 4G Upgrades people paid for and not cancel the whole thing leaving People stuck with a unfinished Product.

      • Anonymous

        htowngtr

        The iPad 2 was rushed out because of the Xoom? Are you kidding me? The Xoom is as insignificant as Microsoft’s Zune.

        The Xoom was rushed out to compete with the iPad 2 you moron. It FAILED miserably (100,000 vs. 2+ million iPads)

      • Anonymous

        htowngtr

        The iPad 2 was rushed out because of the Xoom? Are you kidding me? The Xoom is as insignificant as Microsoft’s Zune.

        The Xoom was rushed out to compete with the iPad 2 you moron. It FAILED miserably (100,000 vs. 2+ million iPads)

      • http://twitter.com/jcoop9 Jermaine Cooper

        Why didn’t they do that if its so easy?

      • Anonymous

        Excuses are like A-holes, everyone has one! It’s already been shown that many people that are buying Ipads have never owned a Apple product before! Myself, I have a Iphone4, no tablet yet. I’ve never owned a single Apple product before that EVER!

        The Xoom was a rushed to the Market product that wasn’finisheded. Now everyone who got one will have to be without for however many weeks to send it in to get the 4G added that was left out. Still doesn’t do FLASH which was a big selling point, I don’t know why. On a PC FLASH may be important and so people think it is also oSmart phoneses and tablets, but it isn’t. If you want to do FLASH gamesOKOk, I guess, anything else is in HTML5 or there’s a App for the site anyway. You just don’t know it on your FlasEnableded PC that expects FLASH to be there. haven’t't missed FLASHED yet on my Iphone 4 and I thought I would before I got it.

        You can also have the Best hardware out there, which the Xoom doesn’t, but even if it did, Without great software for it, it’s a expensive Web Browser/e-mail reader. I’m still not sure if I’ll buy a IPAD2. My brother and dad have them, my brother had a Ipad also which he pretty much has passed of to one of his Sons which is now about 5 shortly. Watches his movies on it and plays Kids games and whatnot. Really knows how to get around and use it! haven’tvn’t seen a Android device yet that can compete. I do wCompetitiontion for Apple in this Area. I’m not going to buy a crappyer product to do it.

    • Anonymous

      Quantity does not mean quality. The opinion of best tablet varies by the needs of the individual users. . Only apple fan boys would call their product “the best”.

  • Anonymous

    let’s hope these aren’t the same reporters on the iPhone 5 launch….

  • $330AShareMakesMeWeep>8.-.(..

    Wall Street was expecting Apple to sell about 5,000,000 iPad 2s by now. Apple’s share price should continue to sink well into earnings.

  • Max

    How many do you BB Morons think RIMjob will ship? 100? 475?

  • Biggles

    I don’t care if it’s Apple, Google, or HP, tablets are purely luxury and exist in a dead space between laptops and smartphones. The fact that the ipad2 sells like hotcakes provides a rather pathetic insight into the population. I guess high gas prices, plummeting home values, and the lack of jobs won’t prevent someone from jumping line at the unemployment office, cruising on over to their bank in their Hummer, and taking out a third mortgage on their home so they can buy an ipad2.

  • Biggles

    I don’t care if it’s Apple, Google, or HP, tablets are purely luxury and exist in a dead space between laptops and smartphones. The fact that the ipad2 sells like hotcakes provides a rather pathetic insight into the population. I guess high gas prices, plummeting home values, and the lack of jobs won’t prevent someone from jumping line at the unemployment office, cruising on over to their bank in their Hummer, and taking out a third mortgage on their home so they can buy an ipad2.

  • Anonymous

    All I know is that I order one of these puppies 3 weeks ago and according to apple it won’t arrive until the 25th of this month. I guess demand is still crazy high.

    • Tool

      Are you that f*ucking stupid to realize that you could have gone to literally 20 different retailers and gotten an iPad2 immediately or within a week? B&H Photo has them available with $12 2 days shipping, Target, Best Buy, etc.

      Dumb, dumb, dumb.

  • http://www.bignerdblog.com BigNerd

    Looks like 2011 will still be the year of the iPad 2.

    Maybe 2012 will be the year of the [insert Android/WebOS/RIM tablet here]… and then the world will end.

  • Drew

    What does “shipped” mean Zach?? You make light of “..lines continue to form..”. How many have they sold?? Last time I checked, shipped didn’t mean sold. Stop with your confusing “Words of Maze” titles that are very misleading.

    • Shanghai Dan

      No, no, no… We can only play the “shipped not sold” game for non-Apple devices!

      • Sergio

        Given the fact that the iPad 2 is going out the door at retailers as soon as shipments arrive, given the fact that there are still lines queueing up at Apple Stores in the “hope” that there will be units for sale that day, given the fact that the Best Buy CEO stated just two days ago that they are effectively sold out of all iPad 2 SKU’s nationwide and he doesn’t think that a single one they’ve received has spent more than 24 hours on the shelf, and given the fact that there is still a 2-3 week shipping delay when ordering online I think it’s safe to say that the iPad 2 shipped vs. sold count is MUCH tighter than most companies who like to quote “shipped” numbers while their product sits around collecting dust on the shelf of the retailer it was shipped to.

        Let’s see here… just called all 3 local Apple Stores… none available. Just checked in store availability for all iPad 2′s at my 8 local Best Buys… none available… although 7 of the 8 do have XOOM’s available in store if you’re so inclined.

      • Sergio

        Given the fact that the iPad 2 is going out the door at retailers as soon as shipments arrive, given the fact that there are still lines queueing up at Apple Stores in the “hope” that there will be units for sale that day, given the fact that the Best Buy CEO stated just two days ago that they are effectively sold out of all iPad 2 SKU’s nationwide and he doesn’t think that a single one they’ve received has spent more than 24 hours on the shelf, and given the fact that there is still a 2-3 week shipping delay when ordering online I think it’s safe to say that the iPad 2 shipped vs. sold count is MUCH tighter than most companies who like to quote “shipped” numbers while their product sits around collecting dust on the shelf of the retailer it was shipped to.

        Let’s see here… just called all 3 local Apple Stores… none available. Just checked in store availability for all iPad 2′s at my 8 local Best Buys… none available… although 7 of the 8 do have XOOM’s available in store if you’re so inclined.

  • Gcfd08

    Anyone else notice that the black iPad is with a Black guy and the White iPad is with a White girl? Funny!!! I wonder if it was on purpose? Perhaps apple should look to making just gray iPads.

    • Drew

      …or red, yellow and brown ones.

  • Anonymous

    While Android, on 50 phones and 15 tablets, may outgrow Apple, it won’t matter much. Apple will dominate the high end and will suck most of the profits out of the sector. The company will double in size, profits and possibly stock price. It’s nearly inevitable at this point. And I’m not even counting the “one-more-thing” that comes next.

  • Anonymous

    How many have been returned for screen bleed? Ive returned 2 units……

    • Anonymous

      I don’t believe you. Did you buy one at all?

      • Jimmy

        Sorry you “don’t believe” me – are who the f**k are you? I don’t need you to validate me. Perhaps you should google “ipad 2 screen bleed”.

        I will say this – I want an iPad 2, a working one that could last me years. Ive wasted 2 weeks trying to get me hands on one which is sad. I thought I was lucky to secure not one but two units in the launch week when stock is so low but I was so disapointed they were faulty. I decided to give up and purchased a new ipad 1 from ebay for a steal but couldnt believe my eyes when this also had terrible screen bleed. I dont want to go Android, I dont like it but Apple is taking the piss with its quality control.

        And yes I am very unlucky!

  • lemon

    Wow, kinda incredible!
    And just read that Apple iPad 2 tops tablet ratings by Consumer Reports.
    Have to say, Apple win again! And I believe it’s iPad year, this 2011~ See how many folks are on iPading everytime!

    BTW: Now Im on my iPad movies watching…
    Watch and get Free movies on iPad, Tips here: http://www.ifunia.com/ipad-column/index.html

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