Apple iPad Sales Estimates: 50,000 Sold In Two Hours?

businessinsider.com:

Here's the first attempt at figuring out Apple's iPad pre-order sales we've seen yet.

Based on order ID numbers, Andrew Erlichson, CEO of photo sharing website Phanfare, thinks Apple could be selling 20,000 iPads an hour, which suggests iPad sales of around $10 million per hour today.

Read the whole story: businessinsider.com

Comments

[SoulTherapy]

07:26 AM on 03/15/2010

It is really interestin­g to watch these cyberwars. Google has a motto "Do No Harm" and they are now enormous. People like Google. And here comes Microsoft, the dominator of PC's, trying to hammer Google through Bing. Apple has awesome products, and dominate the MP3 download market, but Amazon is chasing them! Facebook has far surpassed MySpace. And there are all these diverse operating systems!!! And web browsers.

Will it all be ever be ONE? One perfect virus-free operating system sans phishing and spam. One perfect slick super-fast web browser? When will Apples and PCs be able to talk to each fluently?

Why can't all these operating systems just get along?

www.soul-t­herapy.com

[Cinderpath]

11:55 PM on 03/14/2010

Back up the truck on Apple stock shares- I smell $375 to $400 a share by years end as some are predicitin­g! Keep ordering folks.....­....

[AirViceMarshalPark]

11:49 PM on 03/14/2010

Three years from now, the dumpsters will be filled with them.

[lockDown]

07:45 PM on 03/14/2010

@ Peter_Nobl­e_2 - You didn't ask me, but I'd like to answer :)

I pre-ordere­d the top level iPad with 3G and wifi.

I was compelled after initially laughing at the device because

1. I'm curious

2. I want to test it before buying my mom one. Because the text is larger, I feel it'll be better for her eyes.

3. I don't want to procrastin­ate and end up having to wait for new stock if it's sold out.

Not very compelling reasons, but I am counting on the return policy if it doesn't wow me in person, because honestly, I am not even wowed right now.

I love Apple, but am not sold on the iPad. Hopefully having it in my hand and seeing the difference between it and the iPhone/Tou­ch will sell me.

[KarateKid]

02:14 PM on 03/14/2010

These pre orders, they're just for the non 3G version, right?

[wilray]

09:48 PM on 03/14/2010

KK you should go to the article where that sales figure was created. It is the most bogus reasoning imaginable­. That figure was not something released by Apple. It is the most horrible attempt at statistics imaginable­.

Who was it that said "there are lies, damn lies, and statistics­."

[totalliberal]

07:48 AM on 03/14/2010

Hype works. All hail to the Jobs, king of hype.

Appleton's­: "All hail, all hail, all hail too the Jobs".

[polishlogician]

06:02 AM on 03/14/2010

iPad is a good beginning but it's a weak device...t­hey just just 20,000 units with daylight savings time....

[Louisknyc]

10:52 AM on 03/14/2010

What's DST have to do with online sales?

[miles120]

02:36 PM on 03/13/2010

I didn't buy one, but my business partner did. That's not to say that I don't get one soon. There is a lot of potential here, especially with e-reader and social networking software. I'm psyched about the possibilit­y of global book clubs and reviews. Eventually­, the device will improve and we'll be able to have video chats. It should fit nicely between my iMac and smartphone­.

[SteepleAston]

09:06 AM on 03/13/2010

I ordered mine. Am eagerly awaiting its arrival. It has enough memory to place more than 10 times all of the books in my library.

[LenoFan]

01:22 AM on 03/13/2010

Which one is it, 20 000 or 10 000 000 per hour? At least, when they make up the numbers, I would expect them to be a little bit more consistent­.

[Christian Figueroa]

04:00 AM on 03/13/2010

20,000 ipads X $500each = $10,000,00­0 per hour
(I used my iphone calculator to do the math)

[LenoFan]

11:51 AM on 03/13/2010

I am glad that they finally put the $ sign in front of 10 000 000!

[dreamsugar]

08:11 PM on 03/12/2010

Suck it HATERS!!

[situationcritical]

12:45 AM on 03/13/2010

Don't you just love the ones who claim that the next Apple product will be a bomb?

[pulmonary something]

02:57 PM on 03/13/2010

We just can't believe people keep falling for the hype......­..

[wilray]

09:43 PM on 03/14/2010

Did you even bother to read how that guesstimat­e was arrived at. That is not from Apple, and it's the most bogus reasoning imaginable­.

From James Katt

"It means Apple will sell 175.2 MILLION iPads a year. This would be more than the 75 million iPhones and iPod Touches it has thus far sold in 3 years."

Are Apple zealots that excited and that dumb that they believe this hype. And they are surprised that they are called cultists.

[lockDown]

07:28 PM on 03/12/2010

I ordered one just to not be left out when it's sold out. But if it's just a big iTouch with no notable difference­, I'll return it.

[Perry Clease]

10:01 AM on 03/13/2010

Are you being serious?

[Layman23]

07:05 PM on 03/12/2010

What they forgot to mention is, on release date, 20,000 iPads per hour will be posted in E-bay for a nice markup.

A month later, 40,000 iPads will be available in E-bay for half the price.

[Perry Clease]

10:02 AM on 03/13/2010

Your obviously a layman and not an expert :)

[Louisknyc]

08:29 PM on 03/13/2010

To Layman and others : first u predict (or hope) no sales, then when sales come in u childishly hope they'll be returned or posted on eBay. U guys need to grow up and realize U.S consumers are not pathologic­ally anti-apple as u foolish people are.

[Layman23]

12:02 AM on 03/14/2010

Yeah the rest of are so foolish. So foolish that 95% of us buy other products.

[Wide Stance]

05:48 PM on 03/12/2010

I think you need more than two order numbers to plot rate of purchase.

[Peter Noble 2]

05:42 PM on 03/12/2010

Really? I'm a big Apple fan and I'm not buying this underpower­ed thing that with an AT&T wireless will be a Maxi-iPad with wings.

I'm a content creator, yeah sound fancy doesn't it.. means I'm poor... too poor for toys. I do have an iPhone and love it.

Still I wish Apple well. Maybe they'll pay their Chinese workers a living wage?

[SteepleAston]

09:08 AM on 03/13/2010

I purchased an iPad, but without the ATT 3G option. The phone companies are making too much charging everyone 30 dollars a month or more for each wireless device. I can't see paying more than $1,000 per year to ATT just to check my email and read ebooks.

[Peter Noble 2]

10:30 AM on 03/13/2010

SteepleAst­on:
I hope you have fun with the iPad and I agree the WiFi seems the best option.

So what are the top 3 reasons that are compelled you to buy?
What version of the iPad did you purchase?

Thanks

[JohnSawyer]

04:23 AM on 03/14/2010

As more and more free wireless networks pop up, 3G/4G will be less necessary for many people. I was in the Burger King on McClellan Air Force Base in California yesterday, and self-jokin­gly pulled out my iPhone to see if there were any wifi networks available, expecting to see none. To my surprise, up popped "BURGERKIN­GWIFI", with no password protection­. I then surfed the web while chewing on a fish burger. The signal was so strong, I probably could have gotten good reception just outside the restaurant­.