Apple Just Announced Awful iPad Sales

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		Home Tech/Media Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Thursday, October 25, 2012 Apple Just Announced Awful iPad Sales Apple just announced that it sold 14 million iPads during its fiscal fourth quarter.  This is a massive disappointment. Two reasons: Apple's iPads business actually shrank q/q. 14 million iPads sold in Q4 is 3 million fewer than the 17 million Apple sold in Q4.  Apple missed analyst expectations. Until Tuesday, analysts were all predicting that Apple sold 17.5 million iPads during the quarter. Then, when Apple announced the iPad mini, it pre-announced some disappointing sales figures and analysts revised their numbers to 15 million. So Apple missed original expectations by 3.5 million, and pessimistic, revised expectations by 1 million. Here's a chart showing Apple's iPad business shrinking q/q: Read » Also On SAI Today: Tim Cook On Microsoft's Surface Tablet: It's Like A Car That Flies And Floats Now Apple And Microsoft Are Gunning For Pandora And Spotify Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: How Much Will Apple Beat Its Earnings Guidance By? CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook's Revenue Deceleration Is Over! CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Owns Identity On The Internet Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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