120,000 iPads Sold on Pre-Order Day One!

By Steve Yu on March 14, 2010

Apple has started taking pre-orders for iPad on Friday, March 12 for delivery starting April 3.

On the first day, Apple is estimated to have taken pre-orders for 120,000 iPads! Are you one of them?

The figure is based on the initial analysis of pre-orders for the iPad tablet computer by the team at Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity board.

Based on the analysis, the Sanity team estimates :

Nearly 120,000 iPads sold. Their math: 124,596 (orders of all Apple products Friday) minus 16,500 (the average number of online orders on a normal day) times 1.11 (the average number of iPads ordered per customer) equals 119,987 iPads.
Wi-Fi over Wi-Fi+3G. Customers preferred the cheaper (and available April 3) Wi-Fi-only iPad over the Wi-Fi plus 3G model (due out at the end of April) by roughly two to one.
16 GB iPads only slightly more popular. Pre-orders were almost evenly split between the 16, 32 and 64 GB models, with a slight preference for the less-expensive 16 GB model, which starts at $499. The highest-priced iPad is the 64 GB Wi-Fi+3G model, which retails for $829, AT&T charges not included.

Steve Yu is a technology blogger with five years blogging experience (since 2007). He is the founder of MyTechQuest.com.

David Macdonald

Y’ know, it’s better not being an early adopter. Apple slashed $200 off the iPhone’s original price merely 10 weeks after its launch. Maybe they’ll do the same for iPad. Being patient is rewarding.

http://www.mytechquest.com Steve Yu

I can’t agree more with you. Are you gonna buy iPad, I mean if Apple slashes the price?
In the mean time, I have some interest with this tablet computer and I am gonna wait for iPad to come to Malaysia.

David Macdonald

Not sure yet. It looks like a good alternative to netbooks. I have to check for user reviews first to find out its performance, usefulness and whether I can live without flash, USB and multitasking. Currently I’m keeping an eye on this gadget.

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