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Boutros on 04 April 2010

http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2010/04/04/analyst-apple-sold-more-than-600000-ipads-saturday/

Analyst: Apple Sold More than 600,000 iPads On Day One

April 4, 2010 - 1:16 am

Apple sold between 600,000 and 700,000 iPads during the tablet computer's first day of sales Saturday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to investors Saturday. That's up from the range of between 200,000 to 300,000 units Munster had predicted earlier. Munster cited "longer than expected lines" and good iPad availability:

"As of 7:30PM ET on Saturday night (4/3), 19 of 20 stores we called still had availability of all models, which is a positive for first day sales given Apple was able to fulfill most demand. In addition, we noted longer than expected lines at the five Apple stores we surveyed. For example, at the 5th Ave Store in New York we counted 730 people in line at 9am (when iPad sales began) compared to our count of 350 people for iPhone 3GS, and 540 people for iPhone 3G. Similar to the other launches, the lines died down within an hour of the store openings. Putting the iPad launch into perspective."

Munster has an overweight rating on Apple's stock.



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kingofwale on 04 April 2010

iSheep are being herded. they will buy anything Apple makes.

still, nothing beats my iphone, no need to buy everything apple brings out



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KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
Buzzi on 04 April 2010

I'm happy for people who bought something inferior to a PC, inferior to a phone, inferior to a laptop, infrerior to an MP4 player and spent a lot more!



CURRENTLY PLAYING: Xenoblade (Wii), Super mario 3D land (3DS), Guild Wars (PC)

 

MontanaHatchet on 04 April 2010
kingofwale said:
1. iSheep are being herded. they will buy anything Apple makes.

2. still, nothing beats my iphone, no need to buy everything apple brings out

No offense, but those two contradict each other a bit (or agree with each other, however you see it). 



 

 

kingofwale on 04 April 2010
Buzzi said:
I'm happy for people who bought something inferior to a PC, inferior to a phone, inferior to a laptop, infrerior to an MP4 player and spent a lot more!

to some, it is important to be let other know they have the 'magical' device.

 

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Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
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kingofwale on 04 April 2010
MontanaHatchet said:
kingofwale said:
1. iSheep are being herded. they will buy anything Apple makes.

2. still, nothing beats my iphone, no need to buy everything apple brings out

No offense, but those two contradict each other a bit (or agree with each other, however you see it). 

no they aren't. Apple makes some quality products, there's no dismissing that.

 

but to buy ANYTHING that bears a fruit logo is just pure stupid.

 

 



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
vlad321 on 04 April 2010

It's nice to know that the masses are idiots who fall for marketing every single time.

An iPhone without the phone or camera or the portability and a netbook without the ability to do anything worthwhile and it still sold millions of dollars.

My opinion of the public has fallen to a new low.



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gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

MontanaHatchet on 04 April 2010
kingofwale said:
MontanaHatchet said:
kingofwale said:
1. iSheep are being herded. they will buy anything Apple makes.

2. still, nothing beats my iphone, no need to buy everything apple brings out

No offense, but those two contradict each other a bit (or agree with each other, however you see it). 

no they aren't. Apple makes some quality products, there's no dismissing that.

 

but to buy ANYTHING that bears a fruit logo is just pure stupid.

 

 

Yeah, so it seems to me that if these 600,000 people believe that the iPad is a quality product, then they're no more "iSheep" than you.



 

 

oldschoolfool on 04 April 2010
vlad321 said:
It's nice to know that the masses are idiots who fall for marketing every single time.

An iPhone without the phone or camera or the portability and a netbook without the ability to do anything worthwhile and it still sold millions of dollars.

My opinion of the public has fallen to a new low.


your to cynical. I agree with your post,but I would'nt be that cynical and cold about it.



oldschoolfool on 04 April 2010
MontanaHatchet said:
kingofwale said:
1. iSheep are being herded. they will buy anything Apple makes.

2. still, nothing beats my iphone, no need to buy everything apple brings out

No offense, but those two contradict each other a bit (or agree with each other, however you see it). 


You change your avvy.