Last year, Apple recorded record sales during the winter holidays he didn't have enough of many products in stock to meet market demand. This year, the company from Cupertino does not want to be caught unprepared, so it has already ordered 20 million iPad 2 tablets for the months of October - January, anticipating a substantial increase in market demand. In O2 2011, Apple sold no less than 9.25 million iPad 2 tablets, and for the winter holidays we are practically talking about a doubling of the number of tablets sold.
Taipei, Sept. 9, 2011 (CENS)–Driven by strong market demand, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Apple Inc.'s contract assembler of iPad 2, has reportedly adjusted its shipment projection for the product upward to 20 million units for the third quarter of this year, representing a 42.8% increase from its original projection of 14 million units set in early July. Although declining to comment on the report, Hon Hai stressed that it is normal to forecast a shipment surge in the third quarter, a booming season for the electronic industry.
In the conference for the presentation of the financial results for Q3 2011, Tim Cook (CEO of Apple) announced that unfortunately the company could not deliver enough tablets to meet the existing demand on the market, so for the holiday period the company plans to ensure that it will not had empty shelves in stores. In addition to the iPad 2, Apple is preparing around 30 million iPhone terminals for the same period of the year, so we will practically talk about a new sales record for the company from Cupertino.
