It can not be compared to the high -
end tablet segment but still does a pretty good job despite its flaws here and there.
It is the high -
end tablet segment that has eluded Samsung thus far, but with the launch of three new tablets in the Galaxy Tab Pro series, it is looking to rectify that by offering tablets that feature high - end hardware and quad - HD screens.
Not exact matches
Apart from the Galaxy Note 8.0, a few more
tablet devices both in the budget and high -
end segment are also likely from the South Korean company.
There are many
segments of the market that want a
tablet with
end to
end encryption and customized apps that make it more compelling than the vanilla experience that Asus and Acer provides.
The Google Nexus 7 is the best thing to have happened in the 7 inch
tablet category ever since the Amazon Kindle Fire had first lit up the
segment at the
end of last year.
The
end result, there is going to be one more
tablet to capture our imagination though this time, it's one of the biggest players in the PC
segment that is out to pamper us with a
tablet PC.
Although Samsung actively develops the commercial
segment of
tablet market and high -
end AMOLED
tablets, it remains difficult for that company to boost the sales of premium products.
The iPad make up the bulk in the mid price
segment while the newly introduced Surface Pro has given rise to the high
end tablet genre.
The Apple iPad had
ended the previous quarter with a commanding 95 % percent share of the
tablet segment Although it continued to loose ground as the year panned out, so that by the
end of 2010, the iPad was left with 75 %.
Whereas the original G Pad 8.3 was targeted at the high -
end segment, the new
tablets are mid-tier offerings.
Toshiba Excite is the company's latest Android
tablet aimed at the higher
end segment of the market by introducing a 10 inch
tablet slated for latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich); that is slim (0.3 inches), light (1.2 lbs) and durable (magnesium casing with Gorilla Glass).
It has launched
tablets in all shapes and sizes, with multiple models and sizes targeting the low -
end, middle and high -
end segments making it a challenge for consumers to navigate.
While that may be an incentive for manufacturers to stop putting much effort into regular
tablets, especially high -
end ones, big companies like Samsung and Apple continue to dedicate resources to the
segment.
Of course, sparking off a price war might
end up being detrimental to the entire
tablet industry in terms of the 7 ″
segment, where other manufacturers have no choice but to enter a price war.
Earlier this year, the company released
tablets in entry - level, mid-range, and high -
end segments.
More importantly, the slate
tablet segment has become synonymous with the low -
end of the market.
Although market performance of the Nexus 9 is yet to be examined, HTC has provided high -
end specifications and premium design to compete with other popular
tablets under the same
segment.
The high
end of the
tablet market is a rather wide - ranging
segment, but it's here where
tablets go from being secondary devices to legitimate laptop replacements.