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Apple's tablet market share rebounds in Q2 to previous record levels, Samsung distant second

0. phoneArena posted on 15 Aug 2012, 03:37

The telling story here is not the almost 70% market share Apple has in this market, but that its share rebounded 44% since Q1, after the new iPad was introduced. Of course, the numbers might subside this quarter, after the initial rush to buy the newest tablet from Apple, and the Nexus 7 introduction, yet this market share is pretty telling what steep hill the other mobile ecosystems have to climb in the tablet battles...

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1. fragmentation (banned) posted on 15 Aug 2012, 03:39 4

iPAD FTW!!!

2. hateftotti posted on 15 Aug 2012, 03:43 4

For now maybe but with upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 and Samsung P10(without name yet) I don't think so;)

3. fragmentation (banned) posted on 15 Aug 2012, 03:47 2

can it beat the new ipad
with 2048-by-1536-pixel resolution at 264ppi retina display?

No I dont think so haters!!

5. hateftotti posted on 15 Aug 2012, 03:59 5

Every thing is not PPI and pixel density(If is is important for you Samsung P10's screen is going to be 2560*1600).You should buy something that can do many things for you.Just watch Note 10.1 videos and see how many interesting things it does that ipad's users can not imagine them!

6. fragmentation (banned) posted on 15 Aug 2012, 04:01 1

For example?

11. remixfa posted on 15 Aug 2012, 07:53 5

you know its not really retina until its over 300ppi right? Its just a marketing term anyways, but Apple is lying to its customers.

Also, the new A15 chips coming out are capable of MUCH higher resolutions.

And, the new ipad's "amazing" resolution is powered by samsung chips. You dont really think that no one else can make a high resolution tablet do you?

15. PhoneArenaUser posted on 15 Aug 2012, 09:16 4

"No I dont think so haters!!"

Why haters? Where do you see hate in hateftotti comment?

4. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 15 Aug 2012, 03:55 3

oh please.. an oversize note with a pen.. are you for real... for you mayber.. but be real people... iPad will still dominate... nexus might come next but it dont offer what iPad can offer..

but if the surface news that it will only sold at $199 its a real killer!!! nexus 7 wont even have a share if that will come true!! a 10" premium body tablet on a price of a 7" plastic made tablet.. what will people choose? and not to mention its a microsoft product... and people who long to own a loptop might want this tablet if its price is true!

8. willytbk posted on 15 Aug 2012, 04:48 1

agree ! the only thing a tablet can compete with iPad is only because of the pricepoint. no matter what the killer features that the company advertise for now like a pen that u can draw to ur tablet ? for God sake.

9. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 15 Aug 2012, 05:26 2

I disagree, Google Now is awsome and there will be more. Apple cannot compete with Google in innovation.

13. -box- posted on 15 Aug 2012, 08:46

@pika the ipad is an ipod jumbo. That argument is invalid.

Agree with you about the Surface RT

16. gallitoking posted on 15 Aug 2012, 12:40 1

I have been hearing that since the launch of the copycat OG Galaxy Tab

7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 15 Aug 2012, 04:35 3

With JB there will be many tablets that can challenge the iPad.

10. remixfa posted on 15 Aug 2012, 07:51 1

JB tablets are going to be the first real challenge to the iPad since the introduction of HC (which ended up sucking). Unlike HC, JB is the opposite of suck, it rocks. If the little nexus7 is any hint at things to come, android is finally ready to fight for dominance in tablets. They came really close to overtaking the market until the ipad3 came out anyways, and that was with HC. Let the nexus10 + whatever sammy and asus throw out with JB hit the market and see it explode compared to what it is now. JB not only has way better features its silky smooth in everything it does. The comparative advantages of iOS are gone other than "tablet specific" apps, but then again 95%+ of the android market is tablet compatible anyways.
If it doesn't gain heavy traction I'd be really surprised.

14. -box- posted on 15 Aug 2012, 08:50 1

In fairness, Remix, Android folk have been saying that everything since FroYo would be a challenge to the ipad. Sadly, they haven't. Granted JB is the best chance so far, but consumers seem to have had a brainwash and forgotten about tablets pre-ipad, and seem to automatically gravitate towards it because it's the known product in the category (like one of my examples a few days ago, same reason people will buy coke instead of any other cola that are much better, or Kleenex instead of other tissues, or Band Aid instead of other adhesive bandages, etc etc).
I'm hoping that Windows8 and JB will be a one-two punch against the ipod jumbo and its brethren, but I'm not expecting it

12. remixfa posted on 15 Aug 2012, 07:54 2

btw, I take issue with the quip at the end of the article about Samsungs "throw everything at the market" approach.

Can you tell me how many new tablets samsung released in Q2 to justify that remark?

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