Apple iPad 2 Will Ship Within the Next 100 Days?

Foxconn plans in Shenzhen, China have reportedly been notified they will ship the Apple iPad 2 within the next 100 days, according to a DigiTimes report.

Initial shipments are estimated at 400,000-600,000 units, according to sources from Taiwan-based component makers.


The sources pointed out that the iPad 2 will ship as soon as the end of February in 2011. Apple originally planned to start mass production in January, but because the device's firmware is currently still in testing, Apple has been postponing the schedule. Since Foxconn's new plants in Chengdu are still in pilot production, iPad 2 will be mainly supplied by its Shenzhen plants, while the company's upstream component partners have all been notified of the shipments schedule.

The original iPad was released in April of 2010.