Referring to the new iPad’s first weekend on sale, CEO Tim Cook said this morning that “We had a record weekend and we’re thrilled with it.” The company has followed up that statement with a press release where it announced that it has sold 3 million new iPads since Friday.
“The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch yet,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Customers are loving the incredible new features of iPad, including the stunning Retina display, and we can’t wait to get it into the hands of even more customers around the world this Friday.”
Not a bad increase over the 300,000 first generation iPads Apple sold when the iPad first launched.
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