Well that didn’t take too long, it took Apple exactly one weekend to sell more than three million of its new iPads!
According to a press release from Apple “Sales of the 7.9-inch iPad mini and fourth-generation 9.7-inch version, both Wi-Fi only models, were double the first-weekend sales of the Wi-Fi iPad sold in March”
While Apple announced that they sold three million iPads over the weekend, analysts estimate that about 2.3 million of the new iPads sold were the mini-tablets, this surpassed the expectations of 1 million to 1.5 million.
While lines for the new iPads were shorter than usual for a new Apple product, the company said demand was so strong that it “practically sold out of iPad minis.”
The company said it had already shipped many of the new iPads ordered before the release date, but some would not be sent out until later this month.
“We set a new launch weekend record and practically sold out of iPad minis,” Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a statement. “We’re working hard to build more quickly to meet the incredible demand.”
The 7.9-inch iPad mini is the first time Apple has entered the smaller-tablet segment and is the company’s first major new device since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs last year.
We will have extensive reviews of both devices later!
