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Apple sells 3 million iPads after Mini launch

The sales figure compares with 1.5 million iPads sold in the first three days after Apple launched the third-generation iPad in March and cut the price of the iPad 2.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: Apple employees compare the thickness of an iPhone and a new 'iPad mini' on the morning of the tablet's launch in the Apple Store in Covent Garden on November 2, 2012 in London, England. Customers have queued outside Apple Store branches around the world to be some of the first people to purchase the new smaller iPad tablet computer; the screen on which measures 7.9 inches diagonally compared to 9.7 inches for a regular iPad. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

NEW YORK -- Apple says it sold 3 million iPads of all kinds in the first three days it sold the new Mini model.

Apple started selling the Mini on Friday, starting at $329. It's a third smaller than the full-size iPad.

The sales figure compares with 1.5 million iPads sold in the first three days after Apple launched the third-generation iPad in March and cut the price of the iPad 2.

The full-size iPad got an update on Friday as well, with a faster processor and a better front-facing camera.

The launch encompassed 34 countries, including the U.S., Japan, Germany and Britain. According to analyst Brian White at Topeka Capital Markets, the Mini model sold out at 60 percent of U.S. Apple stores.