Samsung's ambition of grabbing a larger pie
of the tablet market share next year has been reported and rumored quite a few times in the last...
Apple continued to win out in terms
of tablet market share this past quarter, according to the latest figures from ABI Research, with a 55 percent share of all shipments during the period.
Some of the change is being attributed to bargain pricing from competitors (with Amazon moving 4 million units and Lenovo shipping 3.7 million units, totalling over 11 percent
of the tablet market share together)... but other theories seem more likely.
With the iPad hitting almost 95 %
of tablet market share these days, the Galaxy Tab is a welcome addition to the Tablet arena hoping to make a dent in Apple's current domination.
Android tablets come from dozens of manufacturers all fighting for a piece
of tablet market share.
However, both could agree on some larger trends: for starters, Apple continues to lead in terms
of tablet market share, though that lead is slipping.
Not exact matches
The report concluded that the fluctuation in
tablet market share is driven by the extreme popularity
of tablets eight inches and smaller powered by Android.
No one's predicting the downfall
of the iPad — there's a fine line between bold and stupid — but Amazon's Kindle Fire will singe away
tablet market share from almighty Apple, to say nothing
of Samsung and Motorola.
This one - app - to - rule - them - all approach is how the company plans to overcome its disadvantage in phones and
tablets, where it is way behind Apple and Google in terms
of market share and total number
of apps.
Although it has canceled several families
of chips designed to serve as the main processor for phones and
tablets, the company is still pushing hard to gain
share in the
market for modem chips, a secondary but nonetheless important part
of phones.
Apple on Tuesday reported that it sold 9.1 million iPads during the first quarter
of 2018, giving the company its highest
share of the worldwide
tablet market during that quarter in four years, according to IDC.
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.
He said that the company still had a relatively small
share of the PC
market and that the smartphone and
tablet businesses were expanding quickly.
Today, the android OS dominates
market share and shipments
of smartphones whereas iPad / iOS still retains the lead for install base
of tablet devices.»
Like HP, Samsung, Toshiba, RIM, and others have made significant investments into the
Tablet device but are combined a very small fraction
of the
market share.
Apple and its iPad have the lion's
share of the educational
market locked up, but Amazon and its Kindle Fire are giving administrators reason to pause before blindly ordering up
tablets from Cupertino.
(ABI Research assigns to Apple 51 %
of worldwide
tablet market share as
of December 2013.)
Given its enormous presence with windows and office
market, MS will grab a good
share of tablet market much like kindle brethren.
The third largest
tablet manufacturer was Samsung, whose
market share grew from 5.5 % in Q3 to 5.8 % in Q4 2011, followed by Barnes & Noble with a 3.5 %
market share (down from 4.5 % in Q3) and Pandigital, which held 2.5 %
of the
market.
For the same period, Android accounted for 46 percent
share of the
tablet market, or 53 million
tablets.
Figures revealed by analysts Gartner show that Apple has had a 36 percent
share of the
tablet market in 2013, almost half that
of the 62 percent
share that Android has had for the same period.
Though still quite insignificant with 2.1 percent
market share and 4 million
tablet sales, it could make for a much better performance in 2014 on the back
of rumors
of a thoroughly improved Windows 9.
Then again, the Fire does make up a rather large percentage
of the overall Android
tablet market, and with additional models potentially on the way, that
market share could grow even bigger.
Good luck to everyone that will be racing to the bottom on price just to have a chance to gain a little
market share before they bow out
of the
Tablet field.
«Apple's
tablets remain strong in the higher end
of the
market and, Apple's approach will continue to force vendors to compete with full ecosystem offerings, even in the smaller - screen
market as the iPad mini sees a greater
share», writes Cozza.
Amazon, Asus and Barnes & Noble with 11.5 %
market share, 5.8 % and 1.9 %, respectively, finish off the top - five list
of tablet vendors.
After a bump in
market share from the popularity
of the Amazon Kindle Fire, android
tablets once again are losing out to the iPad.
The PC industry may be shaken up by the rapid encroachment
of tablets into consumer and enterprise spending habits — a trend that's seeing lighter devices like the iPad, as well as cheaper
tablets like Amazon's Kindle Fire and more, eat into the
market share of bigger and more expensive computers.
Strategy Analytics believes that enterprise purchases (as well as consumer purchases
of two - in - one
tablets to replaces PCs) will continue to fuel sales
of large
tablets over the next four years, with shipments almost doubling to 19.3 million units, or a seven percent
share of the total
tablet market, in 2019.
HP and Fusion Garage, creator
of the JooJoo
tablet, are already touting their Flash support in a bid to slice off some iPad
market share.
Samsung came in second place, shipping a total
of 8 million Android and Windows
tablets, or 15.1 %
of market share.
While Gartner said Android - powered
tablets will see their
market share rise from 14.2 percent last year to 19.9 percent this year, most
of Apple's
tablet rivals are struggling.
Description The second generation Google Nexus 7
tablet contiinues with the tradition
of the first to offer great specs at cost, which ballooned the Android
tablets market share, chipping away at the archrival's iPad domination.
According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly
Tablet Tracker, and reported on bgr.com, while growth of tablet shipments slowed overall in the second quarter of 2013, Android and iOS based tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around
Tablet Tracker, and reported on bgr.com, while growth
of tablet shipments slowed overall in the second quarter of 2013, Android and iOS based tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around
tablet shipments slowed overall in the second quarter
of 2013, Android and iOS based
tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around
tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase
of around 163 %.
IHS sees Barnes & Noble's Nook
Tablet far behind the Kindle Fire, with an estimated
market share of 4.7 percent.
It may not seem like a big deal now, but I remember when the idea that the Apple iPad is the «iPod
of tablets» (meaning it will always maintain 80 % +
market share, just like the iPod in the music player
market) was quite popular, because some tech writers wrote a few articles with some pretty convincing (at least on the surface) arguments why that may happen.
If I were to take a calculated assumption, I'd say the average price
of tablets right now is somewhere around $ 300, and it's probably going to continue to go down further, with the Android
tablet market share being on the rise.
Apple led the global
tablet market with 28.8 per cent
share in the first quarter
of 2018 as
tablet shipments reached 31.7 million — declining 11.7 per cent from the same quarter last year, the International Data Corporation (IDC) reported on Friday.
Another interesting fact is that Amazon shipped around 1.14 Millions Kindles devices in the summer and currently its covers 41.5 %
of the total
market share of pure ebook readers whereas Apple iPad has got 87.4 %
of the total
tablet market share before the Samsung Galaxy Tab was released.
iOS: As the operating system for the
tablet king when it comes to mind
share — the iPad — the popularity
of Apple's iOS is undeniable, although it's been challenged by shrinking sales and
market share recently.
In smartphones they did, which meant it was only a matter
of time before they passed past Apple in worldwide
tablet market share, just like they did in smartphones.
What has also come to light is that Apple continues to sit on top
of the
tablet heap with its
market share actually increasing by 3.1 percent.
The rise
of tablets and the iPad has diminished their
market share but there is still room to maneuver in the
market that is obsessed with newspapers, comics, graphic novels, and books.
That represents a comfortable lead over domestic competitor Lenovo, coming in second with a 10.1 percent
share of the domestic
tablet market.
e-Readers have experienced diminished
market share due to the rise
of lower priced
tablets.
While there is no doubt that the
tablets are going to take some
market share, it doesn't seem out
of the question that they can happily coexist, particularly with Amazon releasing Kindle software apps for every platform imaginable.
HTC had also turned down a request from Google to co-develop the Nexus
tablet largely because the Google
tablet clashed with its
marketing policy
of not giving in to price cutting strategies to win
market share.
«From the first day it shipped, we thought — not just me, many
of us thought at Apple — that the
tablet market would become larger than the PC
market, and it was just a matter
of the time that it took for that to occur,» said current Apple CEO Tim Cook though his predecessor Steve Jobs too
shared the same vision.
This also marks the first time Apple's
share of the
tablet market to slip below the half way mark.
In 2011, it is expected to take 83 percent
of the
tablet computing
market share in the United States.