Report: Google is working on a new iOS 6 Maps app — Apple News, Tips and Reviews. iOS’s lead over Android in app monetization is shrinking — Mobile Technology News. How Will The iPad Sell Compared To Other Mobile Gadgets? iPad sales figures show mixed reports; over 10 mln sold in 2011. Update: Read more on iPad’s launch weekend sales It’s day two now of the iPad mania and like everyone we are very curious to know what the sales figures were of yesterday and what they will be for this year. Most iPad coverage by the press and voices from the public (just look ath the hashtag #ipad on Twitter) have been fairly positive. The backlash electronics manufacturers usually see after a hyped product is released, seems to be non-existant with the iPad. There are some bugs to be worked out as usual but overall the device seems to be what people expected it to be.
Now let’s look at those sales predictions for this week, this year and onward. There is many industry analysts who have an opinion about this flaky subject. Four analysts stick out from the crowd: Gene Munster from PiperJaffray, Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets, Brian Marshall from Broadpoint-Amtech and research firm iSupply. Apple iPad Dents Notebook Sales | I am NOT Maverick Marketing Sydney. Posted on 18 September 2010. Tags: Apple , Gadgets , Statistics Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty issued a report to clients with a chart two days ago graphing the damage done to the notebook PC market over the past eight or nine months, with “Tablet cannibalization” a partial culprit.
She says: NPD data showing that after six months of decelerating growth, U.S. retail notebook unit growth fell 4% year over year in August, marking the first time those numbers had actually gone negative. Similar data for the first week of September showing that units fell 4% year over year again. And having played around on Emma’s iPad, I must admit to understanding completely why you might not be bothered with a notebook anymore. Rating: 5.0/ 5 (1 vote cast) Apple iPad Dents Notebook Sales , 5.0 out of 5 based on 1 rating. Trefis projects iPad Sales Numbers.
Aug 26 I am sure many of you have seen Trefis.com and it’s glitzy interface – the site allows you view palettes of products major corporations have and to get some insight into relative (financial) importance each product has on the company’s bottom line. I’ve played with Apple a bit – the iPad unit sales projections Trefis has are, in my eyes, a bit optimistic (30M by 2014) – but hey, Trefis allows you to modify the scenario, drop or jack up the numbers – if they are wrong – go ahead an correct them.
The GUI is super nice… Screenshots below – first the relative importance of each product to Apple: …Trefis’ iPad Unit Sales projections: Again, I think Trefis is a bit optimistic but still relatively aligned with some early projections that around 10M units might be sold in 2010 (see the first projections here. Apple’s iPad Reduces Netbook Sales. Netbooks have become hugely popular since ASUS released the first one a couple of years ago, they have seen massive growth over the last few year, and now it looks like that may be about to change, this is mainly down to the Apple iPad.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley have been researching netbooks sales and it looks that they have started slowing down since January, when Apple announced the iPad. Last summer netbook’s sales were up 641 percent over the previous year, but since January netbook sales have been declining, and have started to decline more rapidly in April when the Apple iPad went on sale. The main reason people purchase netbook’s was so they could surf the web, check their email and complete basic tasks on the go, all of these things can be done on the iPad and it is a lot more portable than the netbook. via Wired.
Analyst Raises Estimate for 2010 Apple iPad Sales - John Paczkowski - Mobile. Here’s a stunner of a data point: Apple is selling more than 200,000 iPads per week. Which means, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, that sales of the company’s new device have outpaced those of the Mac in the United States and are closing in on those of the iPhone 3GS. “Checks indicate that US iPad sales remain strong post-launch, driven by rising consumer visibility to iPad’s user experience, sustained PR/word-of-mouth marketing, 3G iPad launch, and broadening iPad apps/content,” Abramsky wrote in a note to clients this morning.
“We believe Apple is now selling >200k iPads/week, greater than US Macs (est. 110k Macs/week) and just below US iPhone 3GS first quart (246k/week).” Evidently, there’s quite a bit of pent-up demand for the device. Retail checks in mid-May showing widespread iPad stockouts at Apple (AAPL) stores and Best Buy (BBY). The 3G iPad is sold out at many Apple stores, and about 25 percent of them now have only Wi-Fi iPads available. iPad launches Apple to 3rd place in mobile PC market share. By Daniel Eran Dilger Apple's market share as a mobile PC vendor has surged along with the launch of iPad, breaking 200% year over year growth while vaulting the company from seventh to third place in global portable computing. As noted in a report by Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune, Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore has issued a note to clients outlining Apple's dramatic growth in portable computing, greatly accelerated by brisk iPad sales.
Even without counting iPad sales, Apple's growth in Mac notebooks has propelled it ahead of Dell, HP, Lenovo to achieve the second fastest rate of growth among mobile PC vendors behind netbook maker Acer. Adding in iPad, Apple leaps well above all rivals by a huge margin. "Our retail checks suggest this share shift continues in July," Whitmore wrote, "where the iPad is directly cannibalizing demand for other vendors' notebook products. iPad as a PC Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer didn't hesitate to refer to Apple's iPad as a PC, however.
iPad sales forecast 2010-2011 « fede's. Apple’s iPad Holiday Sales Looking Strong. By Bill | January 1, 2011 | 3 comments Looks like the iPad was on a lot of people’s holiday wish lists this year. We’ve received e-mails from readers, friends and relatives about the iPad being a top gift this year that surprised many lucky recipients. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Fortune, analysts are predicting a blockbuster holiday season for the Apple’s iPad.
Analysts estimate Apple sold between 5 million and 7.5 million units for this past quarter. The estimated sales volumes vary wildly by analysts but all of them are showing bullish numbers for Steve Jobs’ magic tablet. Fortune polled 27 analysts to get an estimate of how many iPads Apple sold during this current quarter (1Q for Apple). Among those polled, Bill Shope of Goldman Sachs had the highest estimate with 7.54 million iPads sold while Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square had the lowest sales estimate of only 5 million units.
Cheapest iPad Outselling Most Expensive Version More Than Two To One. And you thought that Apple shoppers had no budget. That infamous and adored iPad is on sale, and people are snapping up the cheap ones. Data collected by AAPL Sanity [via] outlines the orders of iPads thus far: more than two-thirds WiFi only, and an even split among the storage options. To be certain, this data is not perfect, but it is certainly illuminating. We have included the pertinent graphs at right. When the iPad was announced, many in the world of technology suspected that most purchasers were going to skew towards the higher capacity and 3G versions of the gadget.
After all, if you can afford a third computer (in between your smartphone and PC), you can tack on a few extra dollars to at least get the 32 gigabyte option, right? We were wrong. If you contemplate for a second on the data, you will at first notice what few top-price iPads are being sold. Flip it around and go the other direction. What is the price differential between the two?
iPad pre-orders – first stats » TamsIJungle. The state of iPad sales: Think disruptive | Apple. The consternation over Apple’s iPad sales in the December quarter is reaching a fever pitch, but at this juncture it’s unclear whether growth is merely pausing or something more serious. Worries about iPad sales in the December quarter (fiscal first quarter) are actually leading some analysts to call for “some pricing stimulus” on Black Friday and beyond. To wit: Business Insider noted that Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope rang the alarm bells about iPad sales. Shope said that it’s prudent to assume the iPad is seeing demand challenges. The Goldman analyst also argued that the iPad is overdue for a price cut. Overall, the iPhone is going to drive Apple’s results.Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes said in a research note that iPad sales are also worrisome. Reitzes noted that Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter iPad sales of 11.1 million was weaker than the 11.7 million expected by analysts. Here are some thoughts on what’s going on with Apple iPad sales.
The Amazon Kindle Fire effect. What Are the iPad Sales Figures All Time? Question: What Are iPad Sales All Time? There's no question that the iPad is the dominant tablet computer on the market, but you only get a true picture of how dominant it is when you see how many have been sold, and how quickly those sales have grown. Answer: As with many of its recent products, the iPad was a hit from its introduction. Its first weekend saw long lines that eventually led to short-term supply shortages. Exactly how much of a success can be measured by iPad sales. Oct. 22, 2013 - 170 millionSept. 21, 2012 - 84 millionApril 2012 - 67 millionJanuary 2012 - 50 millionOctober 2011 - 32 millionJune 2011 - 25 millionMarch 2011 - 19 millionJan. 18, 2011 - 14.8 millionSept. 2010 - 7.5 millionJuly 21, 2010 - 3.27 millionMay 31, 2010 - 2 millionMay 3, 2010 - 1 millionApril 8, 2010 - 450,000April 5, 2010 - 300,000.
Apple: Kindle Fire Could Help iPad Sales. Apple is not overly concerned about the impact of the Kindle Fire on the iPad, and says the Amazon tablet might actually help iPad sales in the long run, according to a new report. If anything, the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, and other low-priced options might help introduce consumers to the tablet market, prompting them to eventually upgrade to more feature-rich devices like the iPad, the report said. "In other words, we think Apple is not seeing much pressure from lower-price tablets, yet," JP Morgan wrote. Amazon said recently that it had its best-ever sales for Kindle devices on Black Friday, with the Kindle Fire leading the pack. The company did not release exact sales figures, but earlier this month, an analyst said Amazon took 500,000 pre-orders for the Fire. In October, Apple said it had sold more than 40 million iPads since it first debuted last year.
On the iPhone, meanwhile, JP Morgan said there is no indication that sales are tapering off.