A million iPads sold in one day is a nice goal, but is it considered conservative?
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Apple, already selling out of new iPads on its online store, could break the 1 million mark on Friday alone when it is released.
That's according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who gave the estimate in a research note today.
The figure would far outstrip first-day sales figures for the original iPad, and would likely exceed comparable iPad 2 sales. (Apple didn't disclose that figure.) It highlights the exploding interest intablets even as other companies struggle to sell their own rival products. The device is slowly evolving from a luxury item into a necessary tool--even if it isn't quite there yet.
While Apple didn't provide a first-day sales figure for the iPad 2, analysts had their range of estimates. Munster a year ago predicted that Apple sold 500,000 over the first weekend, while others went as high as 1 million. Analysts note that the figure could have been smaller because supply constraints limited the number of iPads that Apple could bring to the market.
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