Highs & lows

iPad achievements and epic fails

THE FIRST MILLION

More than 1m iPads sold in less than a month from release. iPhone took around three months to sell its first million.

MARKET PEAK

At the start of 2012, iPad accounted for nearly 60% of global tablet shipments.

3 MILLION IN 3 DAYS

In November 2012, at the launch of iPad mini and fourth-gen iPad, 3m sold in three days – double the previous first-weekend record.

APPLE PENCIL CHARGING

To charge, the original Apple Pencil plugged into iPad’s Lighting port end-on, sticking out awkwardly and perilously.

WHO WANTS TO READ? Digital newspapers and magazines never quite took off on iPad. The Newsstand app was quietly killed off in 2015 in iOS 9.

“BENDGATE”

Buyers complained some costly 2018 iPad Pro units are warped out of the box.