The New iPad
De nieuwste versie van de iPad, gewoon iPad genoemd, werd vorige week gelanceerd in Amerika en een paar andere landen. Apple heeft een persbericht verstuurd waarin we te weten komen dat de iPad 2012 tijdens het openingsweekend meer dan 3 miljoen keer verkocht werd. Dit maakt de lancering van de iPad 2012 de meest succesvolle tot nu toe volgens Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. Het volledige persbericht vind je hieronder.
CUPERTINO, California―March 19, 2012―Apple today announced it has sold three million of its incredible new iPad, since its launch on Friday, March 16. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G supports ultrafast 4G LTE networks in the US and Canada, and fast networks around the world including those based on HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA.**
“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.”
The new iPad is already available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin Islands and will be available in 24 more countries starting at 8:00 a.m. local time on Friday, March 23 through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
The new iPad Wi-Fi models are available in black or white for a suggested retail price of 479 Euro inc. VAT (395,87 Euro excl. VAT) for the 16GB model, 579 Euro incl. VAT (478,51 Euro excl. VAT) for the 32GB model, 679 Euro inc. VAT (561,16 excl. VAT) for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for is available for a suggested retail price of 599 Euro incl. VAT (495,04 excl. VAT) for the 16GB model, 699 Euro incl. VAT (577,69 Euro excl. VAT) for the 32GB model and 799 Euro incl. VAT (660,33 excl. VAT) for the 64GB model. iPad is sold in Belgium through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com) and select Apple Authorized Resellers. Additionally, the incredible iPad 2 is now offered at a more affordable price of 399 Euro incl. VAT (335,29 excl. VAT) for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just 519 Euro incl. VAT (436,13 excl. VAT) for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.
*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.
**4G LTE is supported only on AT&T and Verizon networks in the U.S. and on Bell, Rogers, and Telus networks in Canada. Data plans sold separately.
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