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Forums - Gaming Discussion - IDC: Apple’s iPad dropped to 43.6% tablet share in Q4, Samsung took second with 15.1%, Amazon third with 11.5%

torok on 31 January 2013
man-bear-pig said:

 


Speaking of Google, it looks like the company’s Nexus 7 tablets haven’t managed to help Asus, their manufacturer. The Taiwanese company saw its share slip from 7.8 percent to 5.8 percent despite what IDC says were “continued strong shipments” of Google’s 7-inch device.

In fifth place, Barnes & Noble shipped close to 1 million units, increasing its share to 1.9 percent, up from 0.7 percent. The company may not be an Amazon, but it clearly knows what its customers want.

 

The table shows Asus actually increasing market share and Barnes & Noble losing it. We will get Nexus 7 shipment numbers soon, but they will probably be around 6 million lifetime since Asus already declared it was shipping almost 1 million per month.



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Mummelmann on 31 January 2013

Less power to the market leader is good for consumers, Apples have become more and more ridiculous and the only ones who benefit from this near monopoly state is them.



rocketpig on 31 January 2013

Given Apple's closed ecosystem, this was inevitable. It's all about them staving off the competition and keeping as much marketshare as possible, not trying to "win" this thing (even though they're handily winning in the profit department, which is what really matters to a company).

Which is why I thought they should have released an iPad Mini at $299 or less almost a year before they did so. Grabbing that price point and size early would have added at least a year to their market dominance.

Either way, diversity is good for consumers.




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man-bear-pig on 31 January 2013
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?


How's the Nexus 7 doing?



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Somini on 31 January 2013
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?


How's the Nexus 7 doing?

That's not an answer now is it!!



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mike_intellivision on 31 January 2013
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?


This is the real question.

iOS is now less than half.

 

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nightsurge on 31 January 2013
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?

Well considering Android would be:

Samsung + Amazon + Asus

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32.4% Android total marketshare vs. 43.6% iOS marketshare.

Android growth and iOS decline looks good. Begun, the fall of iOS tablet dominance has.



torok on 31 January 2013
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?


How's the Nexus 7 doing?


How's Surface doing :D?



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

man-bear-pig on 31 January 2013
torok said:
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?


How's the Nexus 7 doing?


How's Surface doing :D?


Good. 900k for a new market entrant that's priced at £500 is impressive. It was only available for 2 months of the quarter aswell, which makes it even more impressive



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

torok on 31 January 2013
man-bear-pig said:
torok said:
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:
So how is the Android vs. iOS share looking?


How's the Nexus 7 doing?


How's Surface doing :D?


Good. 900k for a new market entrant that's priced at £500 is impressive. It was only available for 2 months of the quarter aswell, which makes it even more impressive


Comparing with the first entrants of Nexus line and Kindle, it isn't impressive at all.



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