The release of Apple
Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPad mini has attracted smaller crowds from Sydney to New
York on Friday than have been usual for previous Apple product debuts, events
marked by people queuing up for hours and in some cases, days.
An explosion of
comparable competitor devices may have shattered some interest for the device,
which is priced above rival gadgets from Amazon and Google.
A few hundred of people
were standing in the line at Apple’s Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York at
about 8 AM, days after the city was beaten up by Hurricane Sandy.
Lisa Sieber from
Germany rode a bike to come to the Apple store on Friday as she said she is been
going stir crazy from the lack of power and water at her mother’s home, which
is in Manhattan. She did not think she needed an iPad but she felt once anyone
gets a Mac, he slides to iPhone and eventually it becomes easier to get Apple
products.
Many people have been
happy to camp overnight at the New York store for launches in the past,
however, some where angry that Apple change the opening time of the store from
8 AM to 10 AM.
In Amsterdam, 2 hours
after the Apple store opened, it seemed to be a usual day at the store with no
lines outside the door. An Apple employee told Reuters that people had lined up
before the store had opened.
The iPad was released
in 2010 by late Steve Jobs and since that time it has taken a huge chunk out of
PC sales. Some investors are worrying that Apple might have lost its chief
visionary with Jobs and that the new managements may not be able to stay forward
of the pack as competitors innovate and intrude on its market share.
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