• Sales Partly Suspended: South Korea Apparently Loves the iPad 2

    Serkan Toto

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

    It looks like the iPad 2 is selling well in South Korea, too. According to a Reuters article from today, the device is actually flying off the shelves in the country (where it went on sale on April 29). Major Korean telcos SK Telecom and Korea Telecom at least had to suspend sales today even though they started offering the iPad 2 online less than a week ago.

    As usual with Apple products, country-specific sales numbers are impossible to get, but SK Telecom says they are completely sold out and blames the iPad 2′s “global supply shortages” for the situation.

    Google Translate tells me Koreans can still order the iPad 2 (all models) in Apple Korea’s online store though (even though customers have to wait 1-2 weeks).