That figure is far more than any single brand
of tablet sold on the planet while being almost twice that of its competitors.
It's likely that this, coupled with the lower cost and wider range of Android - based tablets (which accounted for 65
percent of all tablets sold worldwide in Q2 2016), could see the company struggle to maintain its share of the market in the coming year.
One U.S. analyst, Chetan Sharma, figures the
number of tablets sold with attached data plans to be as low as 10 %.
61.3 - percent
of tablets sold worldwide run iOS, analysts Strategy Analytics calculate, with Android taking the lion's share of what remains, at 30.1 - percent.
They know the vast
majority of tablets sold do not have any of their competitors» apps pre-loaded on them and this is a 1st party advantage for Google Play verified tablets.
So while carriers have taken it upon themselves to start supporting tablets like crazy, we don't think they will ultimately do
much of the tablet selling.)
Gartner, in a forecast released Monday, said mounting competition will see Apple's share of the touchscreen tablet market decline but the iPad will still make up nearly
half of all tablets sold in 2015.
Face it, if the majority
of those tablets sold wind up being rooted and used as anonymous 7 ″ tabs, then Amazon will lose a bundle.
Samsung announced last year that it was going to put more focus on its tablet lineup as smartphone sales begin to slow and also to try and get on the same
level of tablets sold as Apple.
For those wondering which Surface device better performed, a majority
of the tablets sold comprised the Surface Pro vis - à - vis the budget - friendly Surface 3.
At the most generous counting, Android tablets account for around a
quarter of all tablets sold, and the «iPad» is fast becoming synonymous with «tablet».
Most of the tablets sold out quickly in the US at the various retailers who sold the Transformer leaving many shoppers empty handed and wondering why Asus didn't just make more.
«More than 35
percent of tablets sold in 2012 will be cannibalistic, particularly as relates to netbooks and notebooks.»
There isn't even a Nook logo on
any of the tablets they sell.
Apple's iPad dominates the tablet market and accounts for 90 percent
of all tablets sold in the third quarter, according to IDC data.
Finally, Gold said an online store would help Google get «major numbers
of tablets sold to compete head - on with iPads... this [online store] could stimulate market interest and get more devices sold from all the Android vendors.»
The company said it will fix
any of the tablets sold and expects the cost of the recall to have no significant impact on earnings.
Amazon hopes its brand recognition and loyal book - buying customer base will enable it to do battle with Apple, which produced 75 %
of the tablets sold this year.