And yet I've honestly never seen an Android tablet out in the wild aside from the occasional Nexus 7.
Maybe you confuse the samsung tabs for the note...
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Apple's Share of Tablet Market Drops on Increased Android Tablet Sales
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Maybe you confuse the samsung tabs for the note...
Do not worry, Tim!
The people are looking at the iPad 2 and the non-retina Mini. And then... they are looking at the not outdated stuff, the other companies are selling for the same price. And those, who are not already in the ecosystem and are not brain amputed, are making a decision.
BUT:
The profit margin is still insanely high. Nobody else offers that less for so much! And this is, what counts! Isn't it, Tim?
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I am afraid, this is caused by having to update all apps for a more flat icon.
:-D
The people are looking at the iPad 2 and the non-retina Mini. And then... they are looking at the not outdated stuff, the other companies are selling for the same price. And those, who are not already in the ecosystem and are not brain amputed, are making a decision.
BUT:
The profit margin is still insanely high. Nobody else offers that less for so much! And this is, what counts! Isn't it, Tim?
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I am afraid, this is caused by having to update all apps for a more flat icon.
:-D
I don't believe this report is true. As far as I'm concerned I see iPads in the wild all the time and they have about 85% marketshare. I have to question the validity of these claims. Also look at all the internet traffic surveys iPads usage is way higher than anything on the Android side. I think this is a global conspiracy to make Apple look like they are failing when in fact they are still the market leaders with the biggest marketshare.
No way does Android slabs of cheap plastic have more users than iPad.
No way does Android slabs of cheap plastic have more users than iPad.
Maybe from Apple's financial results, maybe by flipping a french press upside-down and applying their tasseography skills.
1.4B Chinese nor 1.3B Indian people haven't even had access to an iPad until recently.
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Why would people be patient and waiting for Apple Maps when we already have Google Maps on iPhone and iPad.
You make it sound like people are holding back on an Apple tablet or phone purchase until their maps rival Google's but we already have Google's on our platform so I don't see why anyone would be waiting?
Google Maps rocks and it's free!
1) Clearly neither of you were on this site then for the period when Google Maps was not available and Apple Maps was the only option....
2) I was quoting examples I have seen on the site, not making a statement.
Personally, I don't doubt the sales (or shipped numbers) based on pricing alone. What I'd like to see is a number that represents daily usage (in hours) 6 months post purchase.
Most friends who have purchased other tablets either never use them or very rarely (such as on trips or for specific tasks) where friends with iPads use them as part of their daily life.
Most friends who have purchased other tablets either never use them or very rarely (such as on trips or for specific tasks) where friends with iPads use them as part of their daily life.
I'm commuting by train and see other (varying) commuters using a tablet nearly every other day. Roughly 95% of them are iPad users - unlike eBook readers, where the Kindle is dominant, but a lot more variety exists.
I wouldn't say "only", but the vast majority of tablet owners. Probably related to the predominant german technophobia (in public) and social envy.
At one time Apple was the "#1 PC maker" (Apple ad in 1993).
Of course that ignored that 85% of PC's ran Windows 3.1
Today Apple is the #1 Tablet maker.
Ignoring that 65% of tablets run on Android.
The speed of the erosion as top seller, ~11% a year, is the worrisome part.
Apple knows they can not and will not compete for the scraps at the bottom of the computing device pile, so they can never maintain the most market share just by counting widgets. It will be interesting if the public ever understands that.
Kind of funny how everyone praised these reports a few years ago whenever Apple was on top by a huge margin. Now all the sudden everyone scrutinizes them by a great deal, calls foul and then falls back on "Well Apple pulls the lion share of the profits" while ignoring Samsung Electronics pulling nearly identical profits.
I find this fascinating
I don't know ANYONE who owns an android-based tablet....phones, yes but tablets a big NO.The Samsung G4 phone is really, really good and a strong competitor to the iP5S but every android tablet I phoqued around with at Best Buy or Frys just seem like unfinished products and the OS can be uneven, for the sake of a better word.
So who is buying android tablets? what is the demographics? In what countries?
I'm being serious, not a troll. I'd like to know.
I don't know ANYONE who owns an android-based tablet....phones, yes but tablets a big NO.The Samsung G4 phone is really, really good and a strong competitor to the iP5S but every android tablet I phoqued around with at Best Buy or Frys just seem like unfinished products and the OS can be uneven, for the sake of a better word.
So who is buying android tablets? what is the demographics? In what countries?
I'm being serious, not a troll. I'd like to know.
I think there are several ways to look at a situation and as human beings we like to come to conclusions from what is presented to us vs asking for more data points. "What about returns?" is not an excuse but a question in that regard. "How about ecosystem/developer interest?" is another one, and not more or less important. More data points the better in terms of understanding different angles.
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 is the best tablet ever made.
It won't surprise me to see Samsung as #1 next year.
It won't surprise me to see Samsung as #1 next year.
Germans are probably more practical than many people around the world?
In the states, people are always fiddling with their iPads, doing I don't know what.
It's not the race to the bottom, it's slowing the hemorrhaging.
Or its channeling as much of the trend as possible to iPad.
And to reiterate, Apple has never recovered from its position as the "top PC maker" and that still impacts its Mac business. While iOS is still in a very strong position, the downward slope is very slippery.
Again, it's not the loss, but the speed of the loss that is bad.
People on this forum say "what about returns?" as a defensive mechanism when statistics come up to suggest Apple products are being outsold by Android.
But the data in the article says shipped not sold. Which includes free tablets given with the purchase of smartphones, or the ones that the manufacturers push to have in front of others in stores.
All I`m trying to say is, there is one set of data points here and it could mean so many different things.
android is not a product. it's a component shipped in products.
android does not generate significant revenue for google. iOS generates more ad revenue for google than android.
90 companies use android, 1 company uses iOS. iOS penetration is remarkable and mind-blowing.
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how odd -- i use my ipad for work on the road all the time. my work is comprised of email, web, spreadsheets, and remote connections. it works perfectly. my laptop died over a year ago and i havent replaced it.
can it be that this is not a relevant work device? what am i do wrong??
Touché. I'm actually excited. Competition is a good thing and hopefully it will help push Cook to take chances like Jobs did.
Totally agree.
Apple sees the challenge and made iOS7, great improvement, but needs a bit more work.
The devices IMHO are lagging compared to rest just a bit.
I think the ability to read/write USB flash drives is highly desirable from what a lot of people as me.
Apple really needs to up its game.