RUMOR: 216,000 Kindles sold? (Probably Not)

Kingston · 04-27-2008, 08:26 PM

While Amazon won't release numbers, an enterprising commenter on Engadget comes to this conclusion based on data released by Amazon's e-ink manufacturer.

The Taiwan-based company said its current monthly shipments of 6-inch EDP modules, priced at US$70-80 each, amount to 60,000-80,000 units, with 60% going to Amazon and 40% to Sony.

60% of 60,000 units * 6 months since release = 216,000 units sold.

http://tinyurl.com/4s7qql

Nate the great · 04-27-2008, 08:34 PM

I saw that too.

That data must be wrong. If there is really a 60/40 split of the Vizplex screens between Amazon and Sony, then that would mean that Bookeen got 0% and Hanlin got 0%.

Alisa · 04-28-2008, 12:45 AM

Maybe they did get some but it's too small a percentage for them to mention.

KoopaOne · 04-28-2008, 01:56 AM

These are rough estimates, since the difference between 60.000 and 80.000 is also rather big, don't you think? But at least it gives us an idea, how maby devices OVERALL are beeing produced and (probably) sold.

MoSo · 04-28-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by KoopaOne

These are rough estimates, since the difference between 60.000 and 80.000 is also rather big, don't you think? But at least it gives us an idea, how maby devices OVERALL are beeing produced and (probably) sold.

Maybe that's the price difference between 4 gray scales and 8 gray scales. I doubt they'd be giving away, in a press release, the fact that Customer A gets a better price break for slightly hgher orders than Customer B.

DaleDe · 04-28-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MoSo

Maybe that's the price difference between 4 gray scales and 8 gray scales. I doubt they'd be giving away, in a press release, the fact that Customer A gets a better price break for slightly hgher orders than Customer B.

There is no difference in the display between those gray levels. It is a controller issue, not a display issue.

Dale

Alisa · 04-28-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KoopaOne

These are rough estimates, since the difference between 60.000 and 80.000 is also rather big, don't you think? But at least it gives us an idea, how maby devices OVERALL are beeing produced and (probably) sold.

Yep. This is also listed as the current production. They've been saying they were ramping up to meet increased demand. This doesn't say what it was back in November.

laugh555 · 04-30-2008, 01:39 AM

davec67 · 04-30-2008, 06:00 PM

knowning that the supplier does 60/40 split to amazon and sony then if you know any of sony numbers then you should be able to approximate that to the number of kindles sold.

Does anyone know how many sony readers were sold in the last 6 months?

spirits · 04-30-2008, 07:41 PM

I don't even think 216,000 eink device has been sold to begin with. That's a pretty huge number. I'd say more like 16,000. Perhaps 40,000 if you want a wilder guess.

MoSo · 05-01-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by spirits

I don't even think 216,000 eink device has been sold to begin with. That's a pretty huge number. I'd say more like 16,000. Perhaps 40,000 if you want a wilder guess.

The direct quote from the article is:

Quote:

The Taiwan-based company said its current monthly shipments of 6-inch EDP modules, priced at US$70-80 each, amount to 60,000-80,000 units, with 60% going to Amazon and 40% to Sony.

Granted early production number probably weren't that high, but it implies that Sony alone is selling more than 16,000 a month now.

spirits · 05-02-2008, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MoSo

Granted early production number probably weren't that high

That made more sense. However, production doesn't equal units sold either.

And like other poster mentioned, there are other brand name eink device as well.

Of course, I'm certain Engadget is not suppose to promote them.

Engadget worked too hard to create the comment "216,000 units sold"

Ervserver · 05-02-2008, 11:26 AM

I agree, I think the number sold is surprisingly small to some

Quote:

Originally Posted by spirits

I don't even think 216,000 eink device has been sold to begin with. That's a pretty huge number. I'd say more like 16,000. Perhaps 40,000 if you want a wilder guess.

Alisa · 05-02-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by spirits

Engadget worked too hard to create the comment "216,000 units sold"

I don't think you can equate a private commenter on Engadget speculating that the Kindle had sold 21,000 units with Engadget working hard to create the comment made by someone here that the number is 216,000.

spirits · 05-02-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Alisa

I don't think you can equate a private commenter on Engadget speculating that the Kindle had sold 21,000 units with Engadget working hard to create the comment made by someone here that the number is 216,000.

My apology for not seeing it was merely a private commenter. I'll take that part about Engadget back.

04-27-2008, 08:26 PM	#1
Kingston Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 834 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Tennessee Device: Kindle, Iliad v2 & v1,Gen 3 from NAEB, Sony PRS-505, Jetbook	RUMOR: 216,000 Kindles sold? (Probably Not) While Amazon won't release numbers, an enterprising commenter on Engadget comes to this conclusion based on data released by Amazon's e-ink manufacturer. The Taiwan-based company said its current monthly shipments of 6-inch EDP modules, priced at US$70-80 each, amount to 60,000-80,000 units, with 60% going to Amazon and 40% to Sony. 60% of 60,000 units * 6 months since release = 216,000 units sold. http://tinyurl.com/4s7qql

04-30-2008, 06:00 PM	#9
davec67 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	does sony publish its numbers knowning that the supplier does 60/40 split to amazon and sony then if you know any of sony numbers then you should be able to approximate that to the number of kindles sold. Does anyone know how many sony readers were sold in the last 6 months?

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04-27-2008, 08:34 PM	#2
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I saw that too. That data must be wrong. If there is really a 60/40 split of the Vizplex screens between Amazon and Sony, then that would mean that Bookeen got 0% and Hanlin got 0%.

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Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	Maybe they did get some but it's too small a percentage for them to mention.

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KoopaOne Austrian Bookworm Posts: 141 Karma: 2138662 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Austria Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4	These are rough estimates, since the difference between 60.000 and 80.000 is also rather big, don't you think? But at least it gives us an idea, how maby devices OVERALL are beeing produced and (probably) sold.

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04-30-2008, 07:41 PM	#10
spirits Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 321 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kindle	I don't even think 216,000 eink device has been sold to begin with. That's a pretty huge number. I'd say more like 16,000. Perhaps 40,000 if you want a wilder guess.