Amazon is gearing up for the release of its anticipated tablet with orders estimated to exceed 1 million units, according to DigiTimes.
This would make Amazon the biggest competitor by volume to Apple's iPad.
Apple alone will take delivery of 14-15 million iPads from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) in the third quarter compared to 10.5-11 million in the second. Among orders from non-iPad vendors, those from Amazon are said to be the most positive, with demand for touch panels likely to reach two million units for the August-September period, the sources indicated, noting that shipments of tablet PCs to Amazon are expected to reach 1-1.2 million units by a conservative estimate in the third quarter.
Amazon has been successful with sales of its Kindle and hopes to translate these successes to its tablet which is expected this fall.
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This would make Amazon the biggest competitor by volume to Apple's iPad.
Apple alone will take delivery of 14-15 million iPads from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) in the third quarter compared to 10.5-11 million in the second. Among orders from non-iPad vendors, those from Amazon are said to be the most positive, with demand for touch panels likely to reach two million units for the August-September period, the sources indicated, noting that shipments of tablet PCs to Amazon are expected to reach 1-1.2 million units by a conservative estimate in the third quarter.
Amazon has been successful with sales of its Kindle and hopes to translate these successes to its tablet which is expected this fall.
Read More