Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) new generation iPad is showing
strong signs according to a new report from Goldman Sachs’ equity
research. This week marked the sixth
anniversary of a technology that was critical for the smartphone market as we
know it today.
Computerworld reports that a pair of buyback companies is
seeing more than double the number of consumers asking for price quotes on
their older Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) tablets than last year.
Anthony Scarsella, chief gadget officer at Gazelle, said
that trade-in price quote volume is up 130% from October 2012 levels. Jeff
Trachsel, chief marketing officer at NextWorth, said their quote volume is up
127%. Both Messrs. Scarsella and Trachsel credited the redesign of the iPad Air
with consumers’ increased interest in trading in their old devices. Read more.