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iPad Sales Drop After First Day of Pre-Orders

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 16, 2010 | 1882http%3A%2F%2Fipadmodo.com%2F188%2Fipad-sales-slow-after-first-day-of-pre-orders%2FiPad+Sales+Drop+After+First+Day+of+Pre-Orders2010-03-16+15%3A00%3A05Mary+Ann+Nederhttp%3A%2F%2Fipadmodo.com%2F%3Fp%3D188

Following the report by AAPL Sanity Board of 120,000 pre-orders on the first day, they also believe that sales dropped dramatically after the first day. They calculate pre-orders as clocking in at around 1,000 per hour on Saturday and Sunday which is a huge difference from the 25,000 an hour reported when the orders first began. The group estimates are based on a sample of 120 orders for 137 iPads over the course of 39 hours. Over 72 hours, they’re pegging the orders (not counting in-store pickups) as 152,000, with a probably half-million by launch.

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