There is an important question that not enough people stop to ask when talking tablet numbers, however: Who and what exactly is Apple
losing tablet market share to?
Not exact matches
CNBC reported that part of the drop stemmed from a clearinghouse's decision to boost margin requirements on the stock, while Bloomberg Businessweek attributed it to worries that the company could
lose smartphone and
tablet market share in China.
After a bump in
market share from the popularity of the Amazon Kindle Fire, android
tablets once again are
losing out to the iPad.
Earlier: Apple sells 3 million iPads, iPad mini
tablets in first weekend IDC report:
Tablet market grows nearly 50 percent, Apple loses iPad share IDC: iPad retains tablet share crown, Android rapidly catch
Tablet market grows nearly 50 percent, Apple
loses iPad
share IDC: iPad retains
tablet share crown, Android rapidly catch
tablet share crown, Android rapidly catching up
The Samsung Galaxy Tab family, which held 23.8 percent of the
market in December, is now a distant second at 15.4 percent, and every other major
tablet group — with the exception of the Asus Transformer and the Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1, which held steady around 6 percent and 1 percent respectively — lost market share over the same time p
tablet group — with the exception of the Asus Transformer and the Lenovo IdeaPad
Tablet K1, which held steady around 6 percent and 1 percent respectively — lost market share over the same time p
Tablet K1, which held steady around 6 percent and 1 percent respectively —
lost market share over the same time period.
IDC's figures for Q4 2011 show Apple
losing share in the
tablet market to Android, largely because of the Kindle Fire's launch.
A new report from NPD DisplaySearch predicts that shipments of
tablets that are between 7 to 7.9 inches in size, such as the iPad mini, will begin to
lose market share compared to larger
tablet products, thanks in part to competition from larger smartphones.
After a bump in
market share from the popularity of the Amazon Kindle Fire, android
tablets once again are
losing out...
Those
tablets were sold... Of course, that makes iFans rather upset that the iPad is
losing market share...
El Segundo, Calif. (Oct. 30, 2013)-- Apple Inc. in the third quarter remained king of the
tablet business as it held onto its lead in shipments, even though it
lost unit
market share in the third quarter.
Chitika found that
tablets from Amazon, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft gained a combined total of 5.5 percent
market share over that period, while Apple's iPad
lost 7.14 percent
share.
Without something new to fill the gap, Sprint could be setting itself up to
lose its
share of the
tablet market.
The latest report reveals that even though Apple continues to rank on top among global
tablet sales, it still has
lost its global
market share from 29.2 percent in 2013 to 22.8 percent this year.
Google Inc. is expected to
lose some
market share because of a fragmented
market and competition from
tablets running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 software.