The Unofficial Apple Web Blog is reporting that as many as 50,000 iPads were ordered in the first two hours:
it seems that as many as 50,000 iPads were pre-ordered in its first two hours of availability this morning. That’s pretty staggering demand, especially considering that on a typical day Apple only receives an average of 15,000 online orders for all products combined.
Wow. One of those was mine- the 32Gb Wi-Fi version. As I am in Australia, I will have to wait until April 7th for mine to be delivered thanks to my parents who are coming over for a well timed trip. I was surprised that I could not be guaranteed that any accessories would be delivered on April 3rd, so I held off on my keyboard and case order. So, how much did I contribute to Apple’s quarterly revenue?
even if all 50,000 of those iPads were the $499 version (which is very unlikely), based on iSuppli’s analysis of that unit’s build cost, it means Apple gained nearly $13.5 million in revenue profit from the iPad alone in a mere two hours — and that’s the bare minimum. Once you factor in all the other models and their higher prices, the numbers climb by several million dollars.
Double Wow. I could not be more excited for this…
