iPad Air First Weekend Sales Quiet from Apple Inc. (AAPL) as AT&T (T) Reveal Record iPad Activations Since November 1 Release Date [Video]

By Michael Oleaga / m.oleaga@latinospost.com (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Nov 05, 2013 10:06 AM EST

The first weekend of the Apple's newest 9.7-inch tablet has come and gone, and sales figures for the device remain mum.

Apple launched the iPad Air on Nov. 1 in 42 countries, which is the largest debut for an Apple tablet ever. The Cupertino-based organization, however, did not reveal the number of units sold during the first weekend.

Revealing first weekend sales are usually something Apple touts such as the latest debuts of the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. As Latinos Post reported, Apple sold 9 million units of the two smartphones during its first-weekend debut in late September, which were four million units more than the iPhone 5 in September 2012.

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Although Apple did not reveal the number of tablets sold so far, mobile carrier AT&T issued a statement regarding the sales of the device. AT&T revealed iPad activations with the carrier tripled during the Nov. 1 weekend.

"iPad activations on AT&T increased more than 200 [percent] over the past three days compared to last year's launch weekend, driven by consumer excitement around the new iPad Air and the popularity of AT&T Mobile Share, which lets customers add an iPad to their existing data plan for just $10 a month," said the mobile carrier in a statement. "We also saw strong demand for AT&T Next, which offers customers an iPad for $0 down on the nation's fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network."

As Latinos Post reported, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, in a note to investors, stated the iPad Air could sell between 2.5 million and 3.5 million units during its first weekend of sales.

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The iPad Air launched in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States.

The launch for the iPad Air is 15 additional countries than the iPad with Retina Display, or iPad 4, encountered in 2012.

The iPad Air features a 9.7-inch screen with Retina Display at 2,048x1,536 resolution. The new Apple tablet is available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB models, but doesn't offer a microSD card slot. The iPad Air's rear-facing camera has 5 megapixels at 2,592x1,944 pixels, and the front-facing camera has 1.2 megapixels. The tablet utilizes the A7 dual-core 1.3GHz Cyclone processor and runs on the iOS 7 mobile operating system.

The 16GB model of the iPad Air will cost the consumer for $499, the 32GB model is priced at $599, $699 for the 64GB model, and $799 for the 128GB variant. With cellular data, the 16GB model cost $629, 32GB model is priced at $729, $829 for the 64GB, and $929 for the 128GB variant.