Apple May Sell Up to 66 Million iPads This Year

Apple‘s announcement yesterday that it had sold 3 million iPads in its opening weekend — the best ever launch of the tablet, according to the company — is so much better than analysts expected that a few have raised their estimates for shipments this year.
Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, who predicted opening sales of 1 million to 3 million, says Apple could sell as many as 66 million of its touch-screen tablets in 2012, up from his prior estimate of 60 million. Shaw Wu of Sterne Agee, noting that 3 million was at the high end of his estimate, boosted his forecast to 60 million for 2012, up from 55 million.

“The bottom line is the iPad is ramping at an accelerating rate,”
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Apple has sold more than 55 million iPads since it introduced the device in 2010, and it is now the company’s second best-selling product after the iPhone, accounting for 20 percent of revenue.

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Apple held the No. 1 spot in the fourth quarter, selling 15.4 million iPads to capture a 54.7 percent worldwide market share, according to IDC. That was down from its 61.5 percent share in the third quarter, a nod to the release of Amazon’s new ebook reader. Amazon took second place, with 4.7 million Kindle Fires shipped and a 16.8 percent share of the market. Samsung was No. 3 in the market last quarter, with a 5.8 percent share, up from 5.5 percent in the third quarter, IDC said.
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