Apple's
tablet market share rose 2.5 percentage points year - on - year.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
e-Readers have experienced diminished
market share due to the
rise of lower priced
tablets.
Apple increased its dominance in the media
tablet market with the iPad's worldwide
share rising to nearly 70 % in the second quarter, according to research firm IHS iSuppli — although Apple will face new competition from Microsoft and Google in the back half of 2012.
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.
The latest numbers from IHS show that Samsung's
share of the worldwide
tablet market has
risen to around 22 %, which still puts it behind Apple in overall
market share, although that will change in a hurry if the company can really make good on its vow to ship 100 million Galaxy
tablets this year.
Although consumers may not favor Android
tablets over the iPad, Android
tablets»
market share could still
rise considerably.
Do you think Android
tablets will continue to
rise up in
market share?
A
rising number of Android - based
tablets, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab, threaten to carve their own
market share.
Apple's estimated
market share for
tablets rose to 69.6 percent, up from 58.1 percent in the previous quarter.
With Samsung's
market share gains in
tablets quickly
rising in 2013, every possible future
tablet design becomes important.