Android tablets gaining market share at the expense of the Apple iPad says report

posted by Alan F. / Oct 25, 2012, 9:06 PM

Android tablets gaining market share at the expense of the Apple iPad says report

Android has picked up global market share in tablets at the expense of the Apple iPad

According to Strategy Analytics, Android tablets are beginning to do something that for months seemed impossible...pick up market share at the expense of the Apple iPad. At the end of the third quarter, Android tablets had accounted for 41.3% of all tablets shipped globally. That was up dramatically from the 29.2% slice of the tablet pie the platform held the prior year. In the meantime, the Apple iPad saw its global share decline from a whopping 64.5% in Q3 of 2011 to a more mortal 56.7 this year. And as if to accentuate the gains made by the green robot, Windows share dropped over the same time span from 2.3% to 1.6% while the others category slumped from 4.1% to a barely breathing .4%

Yes, it could be that Apple solved the problem by introducing the Apple iPad mini the other day, designed to stem the market share losses made to the low priced 7 inch Android tablets like the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Google Nexus 7. But priced at $329 compared to the $199 that those Android tablets command, has Apple really solved anything? Under attack by the low-priced tablets, the iPad is also about to see enemy fire from the 10 inch full-price tablets like the Samsung Nexus 10 and the Microsoft Surface RT. The former is rumored to have a 2560 X 1600 resolution screen that surpasses the Apple iPad in pixel density while the latter has a built in kickstand and optional QWERTY docks.

And who knows? After owning such a large share of the global tablet market, perhaps it was just time for the Apple iPad to lose some market share. After all, you can only get so big before the balloon bursts.

source: StrategyAnalytics via AndroidCentral

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42 Comments

1. Nadr1212

Posts: 741; Member since: Sep 22, 2012

Damn, Windows is falling down HARD

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:10 PM 6

9. MeoCao unregistered

I have no doubt that Nexus 7 is the change factor. Boy, and Nexus 10 is coming!

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:57 PM 12

19. The.Dark.Knight.Rises

Posts: 72; Member since: Oct 24, 2012

Android tablets are not worthy of being compared to ipad.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:38 PM 1

23. The.Dark.Knight.Rises

Posts: 72; Member since: Oct 24, 2012

I meant they are not as good as ipad

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:57 PM 1

24. wendygarett unregistered

Let them make a choice, everyone love choices and you can't force them to get iPad :)

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 11:16 PM 4

25. rusticguy

Posts: 2828; Member since: Aug 11, 2012

Yup iPAD is really good but sorry people are still switching. Good or Bad is subjective. Substance over style isn't :)

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 11:37 PM 3

29. tedkord

Posts: 17133; Member since: Jun 17, 2009

And you're wrong both times.

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 1:30 AM 3

38. TritonForceX

Posts: 60; Member since: Sep 27, 2012

"Android tablets are not worthy of being compared to ipad." Are you flippin' kidding me?!

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 8:20 AM 2

42. Doakie

Posts: 2478; Member since: May 06, 2009

Refusal to accept that Apple has any competitors at all is what keeps Apple hype going. This naïve arrogance starts at Apple corporate and trickles down all the way to their fanboys. Without being able to have noticeably better hardware or software than other phones or tablets, this self convinced elitism is all these fanboys have. Reading all of the dismissive statements towards competitors regarding the iPad Mini by Tim Cook and Apple fanboys makes me want to hulk out and smash stuff. But in the end I need to remind myself that these are words from ignorant people convinced that possession of a specifically branded item makes them better than other people. I used to think like this too at one point in my life, back in high school I bought a Jansport backpack because all the cool kids had one, and all the lame kids had whatever else. In the meantime I have grown up and realized that seeming cool doesn't matter in my everyday life and does not play into my device decisions. So in the end I've realized that iFanatics opinions are really just those judgemental pricks from high school who never grew up. My words for the iFanatics who will thumbs down my comment, "You can buy what you want to buy, and I'll buy what I want to buy. I don't look down on you for your purchase, so don't look down on me for mine. However once you spout some BS about how your choice is better than mine you'll instantly end up on my list of Stupid Mouths that have nothing good to say. And I will dismiss your opinion accordingly."

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 1:29 PM 0

10. wp8forever unregistered

Correction windows in no falling down cuz they we no playing, I will ask you the same question in few month and you'll see what's going to happen once ppl start playing with surface pro full windows 8 on a tablet whattttt u really think ppl are going to get and ipad or android table no way Jose lol see u hater.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:03 PM 1

12. dickwyn

Posts: 621; Member since: May 07, 2012

personally i don't quite see me using an android powered PC in the near future i will still stick to Windows but i will sure buy multiple android phones

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:14 PM 4

2. Savage unregistered

As an avid android user, I'm still kinda sad to see this condition of Apple. iPhone 5 riddled with problems, iPad Mini & 4 response lukewarm. I mean they could easily bring up the best tech, with the amount of cash they are sitting on. God knows when will they kickstart R&D.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:24 PM 6

39. TritonForceX

Posts: 60; Member since: Sep 27, 2012

Their R&D Department is currently being utilized to Research and Develop new ways to screw other tech companies to prevent further loss of market share. Or in iTerms, the R&D department is being used to fill the holes in the sinking boat, not create a better hull.

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 8:23 AM 2

3. mas11

Posts: 1034; Member since: Mar 30, 2012

It was really only a matter of time

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:32 PM 5

18. almostdone

Posts: 426; Member since: Sep 25, 2012

I can't agree more. First the Android smartphones overtook iPhones and soon the tablets. We are educating the brainwashed iSheeps.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:35 PM 4

30. Izzy_V

Posts: 216; Member since: Jul 07, 2012

Not fast enough, unfortunately. In due time though, in due time.

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 1:34 AM 1

4. pikapowerize

Posts: 1869; Member since: May 03, 2012

im pretty pretty sure that it still depends in q4 if surface and any other win8/RT tablets will sell and get love before android will get that sales! :) because win8 tablet isnt just like another tablet... its a tablet PC

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:39 PM 2

22. tedkord

Posts: 17133; Member since: Jun 17, 2009

Win pro tablets are tablet pc's. Win RT tablets are just more of the same of what we've already got.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:47 PM 1

33. pikapowerize

Posts: 1869; Member since: May 03, 2012

winRT is also a tablet PC but with limitations... and i think RT is better for students!

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 3:18 AM 0

34. tedkord

Posts: 17133; Member since: Jun 17, 2009

Win RT is no more a PC experience than Android or even iOS. In fact, probably a little less than Android, since it will have built in limitations like iOS. Pro is a PC experience, but it looks like it will cost mouse than a mid-high end notebook.

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 3:55 AM 0

5. wendygarett unregistered

Android cares customers the most, and it deserves to gain the market share, nexus 7 and kindle fire are the best affordable tablets so far... However, android is too 'mainstream' for me, I'm afraid I will stick to the iPad mini :)

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:48 PM 4

13. networkdood

Posts: 6330; Member since: Mar 31, 2010

lol, too mainstream? That would be apple products....lame excuse...too mainstream.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:19 PM 5

15. wendygarett unregistered

99% of OEM pick android as tablet, if it's not mainstream, what is it? Don't get me wrong, I know what you mean... You're sayin about the market share (demand) but I'm sayin about supply.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:29 PM 2

36. cepcamba

Posts: 717; Member since: Feb 27, 2012

LOL, OEM chose Android? Even if they want OEMs CAN't choose iOS.

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 4:11 AM 1

40. networkdood

Posts: 6330; Member since: Mar 31, 2010

ok...sorry, Wendy - I really do like your burgers better than McDs....

posted on Oct 26, 2012, 11:04 AM 0

6. techguy22

Posts: 227; Member since: Aug 09, 2012

yup just matter of time before android tabs pass the ipad.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:48 PM 6

7. RaKithAPeiRiZ

Posts: 1488; Member since: Dec 29, 2011

Stuff like the Note 2 make even a RT tablet cry

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:50 PM 2

8. ajac09

Posts: 1482; Member since: Sep 30, 2009

Next quarter I am intrested to see what its like. With the ipad mini ipad 4 the rumored nexus 7 for 99 bucks the nexus 7 32gb the nexux 10 rumored kindle fire HD and others it will be intresting christmas for tablets

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 9:55 PM 0

11. jphillips63

Posts: 253; Member since: Jan 04, 2012

But have they taken into account how many manufacturers are actually building android tablets that's going up against apple? I'm no apple fan by far but give credit where its due apple is one company competing against what 4-5 companies. Yes Android will eventually take the top market share and with windows tablets coming on board and and the newer technology with android software and hardware now days apple will have to come up with something very revolutionary again in order to stay top dog. Until they loose this spot give credit where its due. One company against several don't make a level playing field.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:07 PM 1

14. networkdood

Posts: 6330; Member since: Mar 31, 2010

it does with apple, as people brainwash themselves into thinking iproducts are so great and wonderful - when someone wakes up from their apple slumber, they finally see the big picture.

posted on Oct 25, 2012, 10:21 PM 2

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