The iPad 2, released on Friday, apparently sold out of every store in the United States by Saturday. Munster estimates something between 400,000 and 500,000 iPad 2s were sold this weekend, as compared to 300,000 original iPads sold on the opening weekend last year. Other reports are saying there were an estimated one to two million iPads sold.
Munster’s team called a number of retailers such as Apple stores, Target, Best Buy, and found no stock of iPad 2 anywhere they checked. In addition to large sales to existing iPad owners, they found about 70 percent of people in those lines were getting their first tablet. 47% of them got a 3G model, and 41% bought the 32 GB iPad 2, an increase from the 32% who had gotten the 32 GB first-generation iPad, and that 64 GB models also sold better than before. This may have been driven by availability: Fortune reports that many Apple stores ran out of 16 GB iPads first, and 32 GB models. “iPads are sold out across virtually all channels,” said Munster, adding that his team was “unable to find any availability.” Munster now believes that sales could exceed his earlier prediction of 5.5 million iPad 2s in this quarter.
DeutscheBank did their own survey, and discovered that there were absolutely no iPad 2′s available at ANY store nationwide.
So, does this mean the iPad 2 will have more sales than the iPad? Or are people holding back for the 3rd gen? Only time will tell…
