Apple’s Tim Cook: the iPad is ‘the most popular computer in the world’

Apple
CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPad Pro during an Apple media
event in San Francisco, California, September 9,
2015.
Reuters/Beck
Diefenbach

• The iPad is now the most popular computer in the world,
  according to Apple CEO Tim Cook.  
• Apple has sold 44.2 million
  iPads worldwide, the highest sales of any major computer
  manufacturer — according to Apple.
• Apple announced a new iPad Pro on Tuesday, along with an
  updated MacBook Air and Mac Mini. 

Apple’s iPad is now the most popular computer in the world,
according to CEO Tim Cook. 

The iPad, Apple’s groundbreaking tablet, has reached 44.2 million
in worldwide sales, the highest of any major computer company,
like HP, Lenovo, Dell, and Asus. HP comes close with 36.9 million
in sales.

Cook announced the sales figures at Apple’s iPad launch event in
Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. Apple also announced a new
iPad Pro, a new MacBook Air, and a new Mac
Mini at the event. 

Apple currently sells several versions of the iPad: the iPad
Mini, iPad, and iPad Pro. The tablet starts at $329 and can cost
as much $1,279, and it runs Apple’s mobile operating system,
iOS.