Though Amazon does not release sales numbers, the company did recently claim to own 22
percent tablet market share, which Anthony Diclemente of Barclays Capital estimates as 7 million tablets sold.
Samsung claimed 11
percent tablet market share, up from 6 percent.
Not exact matches
Samsung came in second, having sold 37 million
tablets to equal a 19
percent market share, a huge improvement over the 7
percent market it had in 2012.
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.
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.
Amazon will see around 4
percent market share here, and Windows
tablets will barely eke out 2
percent, the firm claims.
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.
IHS sees Barnes & Noble's Nook
Tablet far behind the Kindle Fire, with an estimated
market share of 4.7
percent.
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.
That represents a comfortable lead over domestic competitor Lenovo, coming in second with a 10.1
percent share of the domestic
tablet market.
The latest Gartner report has revealed just 2.1
percent market share for Windows in 2013, a period during which about 4 million Windows
tablets were sold.
RIM is all too happy to have hit upon that with the PlayBook
tablet device that has gone on to garner a healthy 15
percent market share in Canada.
In 2011, it is expected to take 83
percent of the
tablet computing
market share in the United States.
Apple's
share of the
market for
tablet computers fell to 50
percent in the third quarter as the iPad faced more competition from Android devices such as Samsung's Galaxy
tablets and Google's Nexus 7.
Taiwanese technology firm Asus today said it aims to grow its
share in the Indian
tablet market to 10
percent by the end of this year as it expands product portfolio and enhances retail presence across the country.
Taiwan - based Asus, which makes the Google Nexus 7
tablet, moved into third place with a 5.5
percent market share and 350
percent growth.
The
share of the
market held by Android - based
tablets fell to 26.8
percent in the second quarter from 34.0
percent the previous quarter, IDC said.
IDC said Apple had a 68.3
percent share of the worldwide
tablet market in the second quarter, up from 65.7
percent the previous quarter.
Strategy Analytics puts the hardware maker at 13.1
percent of the global
tablet market share for Q4 of last year.
Samsung, the number two vendor, saw year - on - year growth of 263
percent, selling 7.9 million
tablets and grabbing a 15.1
percent percent market share.
Sure the
tablet market itself is poised for a big jump in 2011 but Apple is not likely to be able to hold on to the above 90
percent market share.
However, Android
tablets too hasn't exactly been push - overs as they have improved their
market share by 8.2
percent during the first quarter of 2011, bringing its worldwide
share of the
tablet segment to 34
percent.
Within the Android
tablet market, Kindle Fire has almost doubled its
share in the past two months from 29.4
percent share in December 2011 to 54.4
percent share in February 2012, already establishing itself as the leading Android
tablet by a wide margin.
The
tablets, however, failed to ignite consumer interest and Sony has yet to break into the top five makers in a
market still dominated by Apple with around a 70
percent share.
Apple's
market share could drop down to 30
percent while Android
tablet will grow to make 65
percent of the
market.
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.
Neil Mawston, Director at Strategy Analytics further added, «Android
tablet volumes experienced 2000
percent sequential growth and its global
market share soared to a record 22
percent in Q4 2010.
HCL revealed they enjoy a 15
percent market share in the overall
tablet market and an even better 50
percent market share for
tablets in the sub INR 10,000 category.
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.
Android (s goog)
tablets are quickly eating into Apple's iPad (s aapl) leading
market share with 26.9
percent of shipped
tablets in the third quarter running Google's mobile operating system.
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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 reports that Samsung's
tablets took second place in
market share worldwide, and Amazon is apparently now in third with only about 4
percent of
market share.
While Amazon does not publish sales figures, IDC estimated it sold 2.2 million
tablets in the quarter, a leap of 5,400
percent from a year ago, giving Amazon a 5.7
percent market share.
That would give Android
tablets 17.3 % of the
market up only slightly from Android's 2010
market share of 14.3
percent.
Its
market share fell from 60
percent in the third quarter of 2011 as the overall
tablet market grew by 50
percent to nearly 28 million.
And while its enterprise bent does set it apart a bit in the increasingly crowded
tablet market, the PlayBooks main competitor will nonetheless be the Apple iPad, the holder more than 90
percent of the worlds
tablet market share.
Windows RT
tablets had just a 1.9
percent market share in 2013.
Microsoft Windows 7, RIM's Playbook, and HP webOS
tablets will likely comprise the lion's
share of the remaining 17
percent of the worldwide
tablet market at that time.
For instance, Strategy Analytics found that Microsoft shipped three million Windows
tablets in the first quarter, representing a 7.5
percent market share.
The Apple iPad, grabbing 93
percent market share, led the
tablet market to 4.5 million units during the third quarter - which was also good for netbook and e-book sales.
Google never disclosed sales figures for the Nexus 7, which is manufactured by Asus, but according to analytics firm Localytics Google's
tablet owns 8
percent of the global Android
tablet market share, trailing Amazon's Kindle Fire family (33
percent), Barnes & Noble's Nook (10
percent), and Samsung's gaggle of slates (9
percent).
The Apple iPad has plenty of company in the
tablet marketplace these days, but during the third quarter of 2010, the
tablet that reinvigorated the form factor nonetheless still held 93
percent of the worldwide
market share, according to ABI Research.
Gartner said
tablets running Google's Android operating system will see their
market share rise steadily — from 14.2
percent last year, to 19.9
percent this year, to 24.4
percent in 2012 and 38.6
percent in 2015.
That narrowed Apple's
share of the
tablet market to 75
percent from about 95
percent three months earlier.
According to IDC, Amazon had about a five
percent share of the worldwide
tablet market in Q2 2012, compared to 68
percent for Apple.
Detachable
tablets were a bright spot in the category, showing a year - over-year improvement of 2.9
percent and a 15.3
percent market share.
As for Samsung, the Korean electronics giant saw its
tablet shipments decline from 13.5 million to 11 million, while its
market share decreased from 17.2
percent to 14.5
percent.