Analysts: on iPad sales exceeded not only the iPhone

American analysts, who study electronics market, reportedThat the tablet computer from Apple - iPad - so far since the start of sales is incredibly popular device. In particular, Mike Abramsky (Mike Abramsky), Fellow analyst firm RBC Capital Markets, said that the tablets are sold in the US by 200,000 units per week. These sales can be compared only with the popular iPhone 3G. At one time, during the first quarter after the release of communicators bought 246 thousand pieces a week.

Abramsky among the reasons for this interest in the iPad user calls the gadget more attractive to people, quality, and PR the so-called word-of-mouth marketing, launching 3G iPad, as well as increasing the number of content and applications for the actual tablet. Analysts also suggest that the iPad «surpassed" even the most popular Mac computers (which were sold by 110 thousand units per week).

These mid-May show that the demand for new Tablet PC is great. Immediately after its release in Apple stores and Best Buy even observed devices deficit. It is known that the iPad with 3G support were quickly sold out, and about 25% of all retail sales outlets are now available only with iPad support for Wi-Fi. There is even a practice of drawing up lists of priority orders - in order to meet the needs of the needy in the novelty consumers.

As a result, having studied the market, Abamski suggests that in the first year sales of 8 million tablets from Apple (he had previously forecast sales of 5 million units per year) will be purchased in the United States.
But Tony Sakkonagi (Toni Sacconaghi), an analyst at Bernstein, still believes that iPad sales will amount to 5 million units in the first year. And, according to Katy Huberty (Katy Huberty) from Morgan Stanley, Apple will sell about 6 million iPad this year.

When such data are available, involuntarily comes to mind prognosis senior analyst at Piper Jaffray Gene Munster (Gene Munster), which is immediately after the exit iPad in April expressed as follows assumption. According to him, the tablet is capable of some negative impact on sales of Mac computers and the iPod. Although this statement was made with little certainty, there is reason to believe that such an outcome is much more likely than previously thought.