Apple ( AAPL ) sold 42.8 million iPad tablets into channels through the first three quarters of 2012 and the most recent estimates suggest the company could ship 26 million more iPads during the holiday quarter . If Apple does manage to hit that record, total iPad shipments on the year would reach 68.8 million units. As impressive as that would be, however, DisplaySearch analyst David Hsieh thinks 2013 iPad sales could climb as high as 100 million units as iPad mini demand explodes.
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In 2012, Hsieh estimates that 9.7-inch iPad panel shipments that is, shipments of iPad displays from suppliers to Apple s manufacturing partners will have totaled 70 million units, including 23 million iPad 2 displays and 47 million third- and fourth-generation iPad panels. He also believes Apple s suppliers will ship 13.6 million iPad mini displays by the end of the year.
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Next year, however, the analyst sees Apple hitting a major milestone.
In 2013, it is likely that Apple will adjust its product portfolio to meet the strong demand for the iPad mini, Hsieh wrote in a post on DisplaySearch s blog. We believe that Apple is targeting total iPad shipments of 100 million in 2013, half accounted for by the iPad mini, and 40 million new iPad and 10 million iPad 2, as production continues at least until the middle of 2013.
DisplaySearch estimates that more than 170 million tablets will ship in 2013 and Apple s iPad will account for 60% of the market.
This article was originally published by BGR
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