Survey shows the iPad mini creates new market for Apple, rather than eat into iPad sales

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Survey shows the iPad mini creates new market for Apple, rather than eat into iPad sales
When the iPad mini came out, some analysts thought it might cannibalize the sales of the existing iPad franchise with its comparatively low price, to which possibility Tim Cook answered ""We have learned over the years not to worry about cannibalization of our own product. It's much better for us to do that than for somebody else to do it."

The first survey of consumer intentions regarding Apple's smaller iPad by Cowen shows that it might actually create more new market for Cupertino, rather than cannibalize iPad sales.

The survey was done with a sample of 1,225 respondents,. and half of the 12% who intended to get an iPad mini over the next 18 months said they'd never had a tablet before. In fact, only a third of those said they will replace an iPad with it, whereas 42% said they will get it instead of a Windows-based computer, and 13% instead of a Kindle Fire



Cowen analyst Matthew Hoffman explained:



In other words, Apple seems to be achieving its goal to move into a niche market it didn't have presence before, of smaller tablets, for the sake mostly of computer purchases and Android slates, rather than existing iPads. Tim Cook reported record 3 million iPad 4 and mini sales in launch weekend, which, when compared to the new iPad launch, even if not evenly split, shows that Apple is largely creating a new market with the iPad mini for itself, rather than encroach on its other slates.

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