wraggster
May 22nd, 2010, 21:50
With iPad going on sale internationally next week, it seems the device is increasingly hard to come by in the US.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has issued a research note outlining his findings when he called 50 Apple Stores to see which iPads they had in stock.
74% had none available, and 26% had some Wi-Fi models, but no stores had the 3G iPad in stock for immediate purchase.
While customers are able to reserve iPads and collect then 4-7 days later, or order them online, Munster suggests that it proves Apple's claims of demand outstripping supply in the US.
His latest prediction is that Apple will sell 1.3 million iPads in the current financial quarter, less than the 2.5 million suggested by other analysts.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/37226/Analyst-claims-iPad-sold-out-in-74-of-US-Apple-Stores
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has issued a research note outlining his findings when he called 50 Apple Stores to see which iPads they had in stock.
74% had none available, and 26% had some Wi-Fi models, but no stores had the 3G iPad in stock for immediate purchase.
While customers are able to reserve iPads and collect then 4-7 days later, or order them online, Munster suggests that it proves Apple's claims of demand outstripping supply in the US.
His latest prediction is that Apple will sell 1.3 million iPads in the current financial quarter, less than the 2.5 million suggested by other analysts.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/37226/Analyst-claims-iPad-sold-out-in-74-of-US-Apple-Stores