Apple iPad continues to dominate in the tablet market
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Among the top five tablet manufacturers, the biggest loser in the second quarter was Acer. Not only did the firm's market share of the global market drop from 4.2% to 1.8%, shipments declined 38.7%. Overall, the number of tablets shipped rose to just shy of 25 million units in the April-June period of this year from about 15 million in 2011. If you remember how to do quick and dirty division, that works out to a 66% rise in the number of tablets shipped.
While there is a huge drop off from Apple's 17 million tablets shipped in the second quarter to runner-up Samsung's 2 million, it represents opportunity for one of the other manufacturer's to cut that gap. Will Amazon be able to make a move with the sequel to the Amazon Kindle Fire, or will it be ASUS, manufacturer of the red hot Google Nexus 7.
source: IDC
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17 Comments
1. Tre-Nitty posted on 02 Aug 2012, 20:11 10 9
Hate all you want but that's a huge gap and it'll probably grow with apple possibly releasing a iPad mini!
5. Tre-Nitty posted on 02 Aug 2012, 20:57 8 3
That's fine, they're ignorant! Android lovers and thumbing down is hilarious. All it means is that i'm right. Unlike y'all, I carry an ios device and android and have no loyalty to either.
13. bigdawg23 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 22:46 1 0
Tre-Nitty, I am with you. I have an iPad 1 and Galaxy Note. Its the best of both worlds. iOS is good on the iPad but restricted to use on a phone.
14. TheLibertine posted on 03 Aug 2012, 01:05 1 2
You see what i did say in that other thread, did you? Phonearena, please proof your "facts".
Ah, yeah i own an Galaxy Note and today i will buy my iPad. High five, best of two worlds.
10. frydaexiii posted on 02 Aug 2012, 21:31 1 8
So people prefer touch screen digital photoframes with games over real tablets, how is it Google's fault people are dumb?
16. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 03 Aug 2012, 07:37 0 0
Could be, but the mini might take sales away from the full sized iPad. Have to wait and see.
17. gallitoking posted on 03 Aug 2012, 11:34 0 1
it wil take from people that cant afford the big tablet and are thinking of buying the kindlefire or the nexus 7 .. is coming out fo othose people.. not the ipad.. just watch,...
2. sorcio46 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 20:17 0 0
Indeed, I can see even good results from Samsung and Asus about the last year growth
8. jroc74 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 21:10 3 2
Yea....68% is nice. Very nice
Wasnt it higher than that one time? Alot higher? Just throwing some perspective out there...
12. Pings posted on 02 Aug 2012, 22:32 1 1
It was. It just a matter of time before we see Android on the top of that list. It's a numbers game. Look and the iPhone vs Android sales. It's not even fair. One phone vs an OS, come on. In time and not much longer Android will be on top the tablet market share. It's a numers game. You don't think so? Ok bet you were on of those people that thought Apple would dominate the market share of smartphones. Well that wasn't the case. Love or hate Apple, it has nothing to do with it. Again it is a numbers game.
11. Pdubb posted on 02 Aug 2012, 21:43 0 0
Interesting!! Maybe that is why they are suddenly(well not suddenly) lumping it in with the pc. Getting close to a monopoly market share like Windows. That would be interesting indeed.


