Kindle Fire may have cost Apple 1-2 million iPad sales

Jan 03, 12 Kindle Fire may have cost Apple 1-2 million iPad sales

Morgan Keegan analyst Travis McCourt believes Amazon’s Kindle Fire may have taken one to two million iPad customers from Apple during the holiday season.  

Based on his projections, McCourt has lowered his own Apple tablet shipments expectation by 3 million, from 16 million to 13 million.

The reason behind the spark (pun intended) in Kindle sales cited by McCourt is the price of the Kindle Fire, $199 without a contract (tax not included), $300 cheaper than the least-expensive iPad 2.

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