Apple iPad beats Android in tablet sales

[rpm]

iPad beats Android in tablet sales

Apple’s iPad outmuscled its Android-powered tablet computer rivals in early 2012, in a global market suffering from post-holiday hangover, a survey showed Thursday.

[Fudzy]

Well that's no surprise.

TechSpot puts Android tablets in it's list of tech failures over the last decade:

http://www.techspot.com/guides/511-tech-fail/

I don't think the race is over yet though. Netbooks got crushed by tablets, it's only a number of time before some new piece of kit comes along to shake things up.

[Jola]

Need Asus Infinity 700 tablet to compete with iPad 3 (Full HD screen, real quad-core, etc, etc).

Android tablet manufacturers have been slow out of the blocks !

In the meantime I will wait for the Asus Zenbook (Ivy Bridge version) - great screen, backlit KB, etc, etc).

If I can find good software to replace iTunes I may even buy an iPad 3, although this is unlikely as I want 128GB on board (or an external flash card slot).

[ZAFluffyBunny]

With bigger screens and Ice Cream Sandwich the next gen Android smartphones are tablets. If you already have one of these devises, why would you need a tablet? A device for only watching movies and surfing the net seems a bit of an over kill

[Fudzy]

With bigger screens and Ice Cream Sandwich the next gen Android smartphones are tablets. If you already have one of these devises, why would you need a tablet? A device for only watching movies and surfing the net seems a bit of an over kill

Screen real estate and comfort I would say are the biggest factors.

[beans100]

Warning: Not for the faint of heart
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/photos/...0/Apple_se.png Warnin: Not for the faint of heart

[undesign]

One can never rely on Android shipped stats as a gauge of sales...

And it is a bit of a stretch to include the Kindle Fire in Android tablet figures, it really is a different class of device - and barely Android.

Warning: Not for the faint of heart
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/photos/...0/Apple_se.png Warnin: Not for the faint of heart

LOL

[BigAl-sa]

One can never rely on Android shipped stats as a gauge of sales...

Can one rely on any company's stats about their sales figures?

And it is a bit of a stretch to include the Kindle Fire in Android tablet figures, it really is a different class of device - and barely Android.



LOL

If it's not Android, what is it?

[undesign]

If it's not Android, what is it?

The Kindle Fire is a tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader. Announced on September 28, 2011, the Kindle Fire has a color 7-inch multi-touch display with IPS technology and runs a forked version of Google's Android operating system.

In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software.

[cerebus]

Android has totally failed to respond to the iPad, both from a software and a hardware point of view. A tablet buyer (an average, mainstream buyer - possibly not a tech fundie with particular gripes or requirements) is going to look at the $400 price point and see an iPad2 and nothing competitive at that price; and at $500 the iPad3 and nothing even remotely close. And every time tablet makers start catching up with iPad a year later, Apple manages to release a new version that totally outclasses anything else on the market once again. It's a very dire situation.

[GreyBush]

Android has totally failed to respond to the iPad, both from a software and a hardware point of view. A tablet buyer (an average, mainstream buyer - possibly not a tech fundie with particular gripes or requirements) is going to look at the $400 price point and see an iPad2 and nothing competitive at that price; and at $500 the iPad3 and nothing even remotely close. And every time tablet makers start catching up with iPad a year later, Apple manages to release a new version that totally outclasses anything else on the market once again. It's a very dire situation.

The thing about this Android vs iOS battle is the apps, once you've invested in apps for a specific OS you aren't going to switch easily... (which is why you get such passionate fanbois from both sides)

Android seems to be focusing on smart phones, which will cause a lot more people to invest in android apps which will inevitably make them choose an android tab when they one day decide to buy a tablet... if I was samsung or whoever I would try dominate the smart phone market for now and when tablet tech starts to stagnate release a tablet with iPad beating specs at a much lower price point.

But they can't take too long because once someone buys an iPad they aren't likely to buy anything else...

[cerebus]

The thing about this Android vs iOS battle is the apps, once you've invested in apps for a specific OS you aren't going to switch easily... (which is why you get such passionate fanbois from both sides)

Android seems to be focusing on smart phones, which will cause a lot more people to invest in android apps which will inevitably make them choose an android tab when they one day decide to buy a tablet... if I was samsung or whoever I would try dominate the smart phone market for now and when tablet tech starts to stagnate release a tablet with iPad beating specs at a much lower price point.

But they can't take too long because once someone buys an iPad they aren't likely to buy anything else...

I don't fully agree, but the trouble is that iPad is just too strong an offering for people to be motivated to change. And yes I suppose adoption and lethargy does set in as long as Apple keeps putting the good stuff in the IV drip. The real issue is qualitative though. No other tablet is as good as the iPad.

[Dolby]

Android has totally failed to respond to the iPad, both from a software and a hardware point of view

That's not really true?

I could probably list 10 things (software) the iPad can't do ... But we all know the reply. So certainly wrong on the software side!

As for hardware, remember they were the only tablet running a sub 1Mb camera in 2012 ... And they weren't the first with LTE, faster processors or anything. Seems like its only the screen?

[cerebus]

That's not really true?

I could probably list 10 things (software) the iPad can't do ... But we all know the reply. So certainly wrong on the software side!

As for hardware, remember they were the only tablet running a sub 1Mb camera in 2012 ... And they weren't the first with LTE, faster processors or anything. Seems like its only the screen?

None of those things have had even a fractional impact on the market. Impact is in consumer perspective and dollars. So like I say, fundies and so on can point out aspects where Android has superseded IOS - from my perspective ICS is far better than IOS 5.1 - but nobody is buying it, at least in tablet form.

[Dolby]

None of those things have had even a fractional impact on the market. Impact is in consumer perspective and dollars. So like I say, fundies and so on can point out aspects where Android has superseded IOS - from my perspective ICS is far better than IOS 5.1 - but nobody is buying it, at least in tablet form.

True ... The better product doesn't always sell though? Look at Betamax ...

I'm just saying that I disagree it's your statement that nothing has stepped up to the iPad. They have - and bettered it in some aspects - but they're not selling as well.