Daniel Tello, a blogger-analyst who has been tracking order numbers submitted by volunteers at Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board, estimates that the iPad will see sales of one million by the second week after it ships.
"With three weeks and two weekends left before they ship, I wouldn't expect much more than half a million in pre-orders and reservations," he says.
"My best guess, although very tentative given the early stage and few data we have so far, would be that they hit the 1 million unit milestone by the second week after it ships," he told Fortune. "But this is a very speculative guesstimate based on just a weekend of pre-orders."
Tello reports approximately 120,000 first-day sales which should slow to 30,000 per weekday and half that on weekends.
The iPhone took 74 days to reach 1 million in sales. If the iPad can do this in 14 days it would be a tremendous achievement.
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"With three weeks and two weekends left before they ship, I wouldn't expect much more than half a million in pre-orders and reservations," he says.
"My best guess, although very tentative given the early stage and few data we have so far, would be that they hit the 1 million unit milestone by the second week after it ships," he told Fortune. "But this is a very speculative guesstimate based on just a weekend of pre-orders."
Tello reports approximately 120,000 first-day sales which should slow to 30,000 per weekday and half that on weekends.
The iPhone took 74 days to reach 1 million in sales. If the iPad can do this in 14 days it would be a tremendous achievement.
Read More [via Fortune]