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Apple previously announced that it sold 3.27 million iPads in the first quarter of sales, and another 4.19 million in the second.
Recent research from eMarketer estimates that consumers will purchase 81.3 million tablets in 2012, up from 15.7 million this year, 34 million of which could be iPads. Gartner estimates that 19.5 million tablets have been purchased this year, and will multiply to 54.8 million in 2011 and more than 208 million by 2014, "driven by sales of the iPad," the firm claims.
In the U.S., Forrester expects 24 million tablets will be sold, a full 20 million of which will be iPads.