Half a million iPad 2s sold over the weekend, says analyst2011-03-14 09:39 by DanielaTags: iPad 2, tablet, Apple
Financial analyst Piper Jaffray says that most iPad 2 buyers are new users - a whacking 70 percent, in fact. However, it says, some 65 percent have an iPhone already, so aren't entirely new to the world of joy that is Apple. Piper Jaffray says it believes that between 400,000 and 500,000 of the devices have been sold already - more, even than the 300,000 original iPads that were shifted over the launch weekend. And it confirmed reports that many outlets sold out almost immediately - bad news for people who failed to snap one up online. Apple's own stores, Target and Best Buy have all run out of stock, an d online buyers are being warned they'll need to wait for up to a month. According to Forrester, competing tablets are doomed to failure, and it forecasts that Apple will have at least an 80 percent share of the US tablet market this year. The main reason is down to customer service, it says. Read more -here-
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