New Data Suggests That Android Could Overtake the Apple iPad in the Tablet Market

[dgstorm]

Perhaps this pic above is the way Apple perceives Android: The Android-Terminator!

According to a new Pew report, shared in an article at Forbes.com, new data suggests that Android tablets are gaining ground quickly and may overtake sales of the Apple iPad in the near future. Here's a quote with the details,

A year ago, according to a report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, Apple enjoyed 81% of the tablet market, but that lead has been reduced to 52%. Now, says the report, “Nearly half, 48%, now own an Android-based device; about half of them, 21%, Kindle Fires.” The Kindle Fire uses Google’s Android operating system with a different user interface and access to Amazon’s app marketplace rather than the Google Play app store.

This is bad news for Apple and the news could get worse as lower cost Android tablets start to flood the market. Already, Amazon has reduced the price for a slightly updated version of its original Kindle Fire to $159 as it starts to ship higher-end models including a $199 7-inch version and a nearly iPad-size 8.9 inch model starting at $299.

Apple does have a chance at keeping some of its market-share if it introduces a 7-inch tablet (dubbed “iPad Mini”) at an aggressive price but it’s likely to see the same kind of erosion in tablets that it’s already seen in smartphones. Android phones, according to IDC, have 68.1% market share compared to 16.9% for Apple and 4.8% for Blackberry.

We knew that Android was gaining ground on iOS in the tablet arena, but we honestly didn't realize it was this fast. Maybe this is why Apple sees Android as such a threat and is attacking them in the courts?

Source: Forbes

[eRazvan]

About the last part - Apple attacking Android (Samsung most likely) for the fact that their sales dropped a lot enough 'cause of the Galaxy S1/S2/S3 phones, Galaxy TAB and Nexus devices. Noone prefers anylonger to buy a phone which costs more than the ones above and yet it's half the performances, and it's iOS which it's way limited than the stock Android ^^. I myself had an iPad once, before the Galaxy started releasing devices, and I realized what a bad decision I've made. That's the reason why Galaxy S3 lately got so many discounts and offerts, cause of the lawsuit which costed them pretty much, yet, even this could be considered as a good side for customers all around the world :.

[maybish]

My mother in law has an ipad and every time she sees my xoom she tells me she wishes she got the xoom instead!

****May's Galaxy****

[eRazvan]

My mother in law has an ipad and every time she sees my xoom she tells me she wishes she got the xoom instead!

****May's Galaxy****

Don't you have a pink S3? xD

sorry for the off-topic, but it's world-war related!

[rocer]

Most likely a pink Zoom.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3

[Jeffrey]

If they make a pink Zoom, May will have it....

[maybish]

No pink xoom or s3 but have pink cases for both!


****May's Galaxy****