{"id":422444,"date":"2010-03-13T19:26:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T23:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-03-12:article\/419-putting-the-ipad-pre-order-numbers-in-some-context"},"modified":"2010-03-13T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T23:26:21","slug":"putting-the-ipad-pre-order-numbers-in-some-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/422444","title":{"rendered":"Putting The iPad Pre-Order Numbers In Some Context"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL<\/a>) was selling pre-orders for the iPad at a rate of about 25,000 an hour this morning, according to a Forbes<\/strike> Fortune piece<\/a>. The methodology is very unscientific; it’s based on differences between the order numbers assigned to early buyers. <\/p>\n

But if it is accurate, here’s how it compares to some initial figures thrown around during the debut of the iPhone and iPhone 3G S: Pre-orders were not allowed<\/a> for the first iPhone, but about 200,000 phones were sold<\/a> in stores on the first day the phone was available. As for the iPhone 3G S there were reportedly<\/a> “hundreds of thousands” of pre-orders. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So, given that there are three weeks left to pre-order before the iPad actually hits stores<\/a>, it seems plausible that, as some analysts have predicted<\/a>, pre-release demand may in fact be greater than it was for the iPhone. We’ll see.\n<\/p>\n

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