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.
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.
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.
Looking at the above broadly, innovation
by partners is helping keep Android growing, while Windows claws
market share from
tablet leaders.
Worldwide
Tablet / 2 - in -1 Shipments,
Market Share, Year - Over-Year Growth, and 5 - Year CAGR
by Operating System, 2014 - 2018 (shipment volumes in millions)
Worldwide
Tablet / 2 - in -1 Shipments,
Market Share, and 5 - Year CAGR
by Region, 2014 - 2018 (shipment volume in millions)
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.
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.
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.
In
market share, the iPad was followed
by the Samsung Galaxy
tablets at 4 % and the Google Nexus at 2 %.
«With the cost and time - to -
market advantages afforded
by their Chinese supply chain... small - to - micro brand vendors are eating up
tablet market share.
Canalys believes that Microsoft will account for 5 % of the
tablet market next year, with its acquisition of Nokia helping to push it closer to turning that
market share around
by turning the company into «a fully - fledged smart mobile device vendor.»
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.
By collaborating with Fujitsu and Sharp which not only have the significant
share in the Japanese smartphone
market but also offer a wide range of devices across the globe, SCE will deliver the unmatched PlayStation experience to even more smartphone and
tablet users around the world.
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.
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.
What is surprising that Amazon sold 16.7 million Fire
tablets and their
market share increased
by over 38 %.
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.
Its first Kindle Fire
tablet in 2011 was
by no means a home run, but the versions that followed proved substantially better, even if Amazon's
share of the worldwide
tablet market remains a miniscule.4 %, according to IDC.
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.
The iPad captured a 97 %
share of the
tablet browsing
market as reported
by ComScore over the last quarter.
By comparison, Android's figures are the shipped number of
tablets, so any devices sitting on a store shelf actually count, and they shouldn't for
market share purposes.
While that clarifies the definitions used for the analysis, it also muddies the waters for actual
market share of Android
tablets in use
by version.
A recent set of figures provided
by Comscore and their thorough analysis shows that Amazon Kindle Fire has over 50 % of the Android
tablet market share.
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.
The Kindle Fire is an effort to take a larger
share of a
tablet computer
market dominated
by Apple's iPad.
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 other, more intriguing possibility put forward
by the one of Reuters» sources suggests that Google might price the new
tablet even more competitively at $ 149 in a bid to gain
market share for Android
tablets.
Maybe Apple customers» product loyalty is so great that they can pull it off, but it says here that Apple hubris has just opened the door for the Kindle Fire and other Android - based
tablets to take a majority
market share in the
tablet market by the time the 2013 holiday buying season is under way.
A few analysts are divided on the value of the move, which was reported
by the Wall Street Journal, saying an online store wouldn't help Google cut significantly into the 65 %
tablet market share that Apple's iPad holds.
«Apple's iOS
share will continue to lead
by more than 40 percentage points over Google's Android for the remainder of the year, but we expect Apple's
share to fall closer to 50 %
by the end of the forecast period as manufacturers bring new
tablets to
market.»
Kindle Fire joins a crowded
tablet market dominated
by Apple's iPad, which is projected to have a 73.4 %
market share by the end of the year, according to research firm Gartner.
Kindle Fire joins a
tablet market dominated
by Apple's iPad, which is projected to have a 73.4 %
market share by year end, according to research firm Gartner.
IDC is the firm with the figures and they've shown that Samsung Electronics was the largest
tablet maker worldwide, with a 19 %
market share in Q1 2017, followed
by Foxconn, with 16 % and Compal a 13 %.
According to a report commissioned
by research group Digitimes, it estimates that approximately 40 million Apple iPad
tablets will be shipped this year, giving it a 61 % global
market share in the
tablet market.
Based on the worldwide
tablet market data during first quarter sales released
by IDC, Apple's unrivalled
market share is crowned the top spot at 39.6 %.
The key quarter, pointed out
by the research, will be towards the 2011 holiday season, incorporating Thanksgiving and Christmas, which will be the true test for
tablets across the
market share spectrum.
Apple continued to top the
tablet market in Q1
by shippin 8.9 million units and grabbing a
market share of 24.6 %.
The
market - watchers at DisplaySearch, for example, recently projected that the touch - panel
market would top a quarter of a billion units
by 2016, with the lion's
share of those panels going into
tablets.
Google can increase their
tablet market share 3 %
by shipping an extra 500,000
tablets over the course of 1 quarter, which is the amount of Android phones they ship in a single day.
Past
tablet - based initiatives
by Microsoft such as TabletPC, WindowsCE, PocketPC and UMPC failed to gain
market share because hardware partners priced devices too high and failed to realize the potential put forth
by Microsoft».
The PlayBook is a bid
by RIM to snag a part of the growing
tablet market at the same time that BlackBerry phones face increasing competition and slower sales growth as the iPhone and Android - based phones eat up more
market share.
Android
tablets are sure to make some inroads, but achieving close to 40 - 50 %
market share by next year seems unlikely.
In 2013, the
share of Apple's iOS dropped 16.8 percentage points as the
market demand was driven
by the improved quality of smaller low - cost
tablets from branded vendors, and white - box products continued to grow in emerging
markets.
Sales of
tablets based on Google's OS will grow from 17.3 million to 37.9 million, allowing its
market share to increase
by 3 percentage points to 32 percent, according to Gartner.
The full report, Global
Tablet OS
Market Share: Q4 2010, is published
by the Strategy Analytics
Tablet & Touchscreen (TTS) service, details of which can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/5rc4tfk.
AdMob does not break out which
tablets were owned
by the users, but the survey was conducted in March this year, at a point when Apple's iPad accounted for the lion's
share of the
tablet market in the US — although Samsung's Galaxy Tab had also been available for a few months.
Chitika's web traffic report has always shown Apple dominating web traffic
by a far higher degree than
tablet ownership
market share would dictate.
The iPad still has
by far the largest
share of
tablet web traffic, with nearly 79 % of the
market, but Amazon's Kindle Fire nearly doubled its
share in December to 7.5 %.
A series of updates are ameliorating this and other shortcomings, but research
by Strategy Analytics shows that RIM's
tablet still has a long way to go: SA pegged the PlayBook's
market share at a measly 3.3 per cent.