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Pre-orders for the iPad have kicked off today in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK – the same countries where the iPad will be available in stores May 28th.
Pricing varies a fair bit by country, but it looks as if one common factor is the expected markup on US prices. TechCrunch has all the pricing details here:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/10/ipads-international-roll-out-heres-what-youll-be-paying/
Given the way the iPad has sold out rapidly in the US, it might be a good idea to get your orders in quickly if you’re in one of the nine countries listed above, if you want to get hold of an iPad soon.
More amazing iPad pre-order and pre-sales numbers being reported at the end of this week. Numbers and things that stand out:
- Close to 250,000 pre-orders
- Guesstimates of roughly the same amount of in-store pickup reservations.
- The fact that these estimates do not even include orders from enterprise, schools, or small businesses. I imagine their may well be quite significant iPad interest in those last two sectors at least.
I think these numbers – if they end up being even close to accurate – are just one of a growing number of signs that the iPad is going to be another big hit for Apple.
Source: Fortune via 9to5Mac
If current estimates are correct, Apple has already had over 150,000 iPad pre-orders over the first weekend of accepting them, and that’s not counting all the reservations for in-store collection (which were already estimated at 40,000 on Day 1).
Daniel Tello, who has been tracking the numbers closely, predicted that Apple will sell about 30,000 iPad preorders on weekdays, and half of that on weekends. He forecasts no more than a half-million preorders and reservations will be taken before the April 3 launch. He told Elmer-DeWitt he believes Apple will sell 1 million iPads by the second week after the device ships.
That’s from an Apple Insider report today. If Tello’s numbers are accurate, that would be pretty stunning, given that most Wall Sreet analysts predict one million sales in the iPad’s first year on the market, and that the original iPhone took over two months to hit one million sold.
Sources: Apple Insider, Mashable, CNNMoney
Just as expected, iPad pre-ordering has gone live this morning at Apple’s online store.
You can now go to store.apple.com (in the US) and …
– Pre-order any of the WiFi models for delivery April 3rd (or April 5th if your area does not have Saturday delivery available)
– Pre-order any of the WiFi + 3G models for delivery in late April
– Pre-order most of the Apple iPad accessories (with varying delivery dates)
I’ve opted to skip pre-ordering for now, as I still don’t feel good about the Saturday delivery piece of it. Hoping to find out what’s possible with reserving at a local Apple store later this morning.
