The iPad went up for pre-order in the US last Friday, and the orders have been flying in, but not just from within the fifty states. Apple’s online store has been barraged with UK orders too, to the point where one import service has had to stop taking orders!
We told you how Bundle Box would allow you to ship an iPad to the UK weeks ahead of schedule, but if you were planning on doing just that, you’ll have to wait a bit: the company has told us it’s had to put iPad orders on hold temporarily while it processes current purchases.
iPad pre-orders: one sold every second
Despite the border obstacles (Apple US only ships to US postal addresses), the iPad pre-orders have come through at a rapid pace too. From Friday afternoon through to Sunday iPad orders came through at a rate of one a minute, dropping to one very five minutes on Sunday before surging once more on Monday morning.
While Apple has been keeping schtum on which iPad is proving most popular, leaving analysts to make the estimates, Bundlebox has revealed to us that 55 percent of its UK orders have been for the 16G Wi-Fi only model, a quarter for the 32GB iPad, and 17 percent for the 64GB Wi-Fi. Two percent of people are taking their chances with a 32GB iPad 3G model, and one percent for the 64GB iPad 3G, so we hope the networks come through with the right micro SIM cards if you count yourself amongst them.
Bundlebox’s CEO, Andre Schmidt, assures it’ll open up for pre-orders once the current batch are processed, so it’s not too late to nab an iPad early.
Out 3 April | $499 | Apple and Bundle Box
