IDC have done a preliminary survey
on the largest tablet sales figures and detachable 2 - in - 1's for Q1 2018, which indicates that Apple is the leading brand with a 28.8 % market share, Samsung down but still in 2nd place with a 16.7 % market share, Huawei significantly up as expected with a 10 % market share, Lenovo slightly up with a 6.6 % market share, with Amazon down almost 50 % since last year with a 3.5 % market share in the first quarter.
Not exact matches
Some simple math shows that, if the activation number is accurate, Android
tablet sales on a daily basis are nearing 40 percent of iPad
sales; a
large jump from a year ago.
The
large international electronics store Gearbest is celebrating it's 4th anniversary for 2 weeks with some
sales I'm following
on tablets, 2 - in - 1's, computers, and related electronics.
What's definite though is that there's a
sale on Amazon Fire
tablets starting today and ending
on February 13th: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=6669703011 With the
tablet sale, the 7 - inch Amazon Fire 7 is $ 10 off with a price of $ 39, the
larger Fire HD 8 is $ 20 off at... more...
However, Samsung has not come out clean with its future
tablet plans except revealing that they would like to come up with more
tablet PCs that are both
larger and smaller than the 7 inch Galaxy Tab now
on sale.
I am serious advocate of
large screen Ereaders, I believe trend of
sales doesn't imply most prefered choice it would do only if there are enough options available, it is said in the same way before 5inch phone became the most preferable option and before the
tablets booming
on 9inch, if I am not wrong iPad Air has more
sales than iPad mini.....
They are hoping to solve the situation by firing a
large percentage of their workforce, capitalizing
on digital
sales and releasing a new
tablet.
With the
tablet sale, the 7 - inch Amazon Fire 7 is $ 10 off with a price of $ 39, the
larger Fire HD 8 is $ 20 off at $ 59, and the
largest 10.1 - inch Full HD
tablet is
on sale with $ 30 off for a new
sales price of $ 119.
The 16 GB 7 - inch Kindle Fire HD was put
on sale on Sunday with a price cut from $ 199 to $ 159, while the 32 GB model was cut from $ 229 to $ 189, making this the
largest percent wise discount
on a Kindle Fire
tablet so far.
According to research firm IDC,
tablet sales in India, one of the
largest growth markets for the smart device, are expected to remain flat this year
on account of mandatory BIS compliance and increasing demand for «phablets».
Amazon is sitting precariously in the third spot (with a meagre.5 % lead
on Motorola), likely due in
large part to their Fire
tablets as opposed to their unremarkable smartphone
sales.
Whether the retailer will immediately slash prices
on ebooks to drive
sales of its new
larger Kindle Fire
tablet to be released in November, or whether it will continue to keep the price of ebooks at the higher publishers» price in order to make up for past lost revenues will be determined later.
This
tablet will be available for pre-order
on May 4, with real
sales starting
on May 13, at Best Buy, Amazon, and other
large electronics retailers.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 has gone
on sale in the UK at the company's own Experience Store in Westfield Stratford City.The
tablet, which sits between small form factor devices like the Nexus 7 and
larger iPad sized slates, also includes the S Pen found... Read more
Even if two of the
largest discounted shopping days are behind us, there will still
tablet deals to be ahead before the holidays, and coming up tomorrow is a pre-Christmas
sale on the Toshiba Encore Mini (WT7).
The world's
largest Internet retailer, which says its nine - month old Kindle Fire now accounts for one in five U.S.
tablet sales, has teamed up with Nokia
on mapping, the two people told Reuters.
The
larger 9.7 - inch screen Apple iPad
tablet hit the 1 million sold mark just one month after going
on sale in April.
The commoditization of
large smartphones is having a direct impact
on tablet sales, especially in the Android arena, and while the overall market is growing, it appears that consumers are choosing to buy
larger, mid-range smartphones and hold
on to their laptops for more comprehensive productive spurts.
Reflector 2: This tool makes it possible to mirror or stream what you're doing
on your smartphone or
tablet onto a
larger screen (think projected screen in
sales meetings).