So with the numbers in, can we stop saying Apple NEEDS a 7 inch tablet to compete with the army of Mini Cheap Plastic Android Tablets that are "eating the iPad's lunch."
An iPad Mini might be nice for variety but it's not a necessity for Apple. Never was never will be.
And if they do have a Mini, aka 8” iPad (rounded the same way we call the current iPad 10”) it will be 40% larger than a 7” tablet.
The pricing on this will be interesting, Unlike Google and Amazon I'm assuming MS is looking to make $$ of the hardware. That's why I laugh when I see clowns like the ones over at Mashable saying Apple needs to release a 7" tablet and it has to be $199. It's easy to sell a tablet for $199 when you don't care if you make any money off of it.
Android tablets have been on the market for a long time. Where are they all going? Every 3 months we get new marketshare numbers. What happened to the Android tablets from the previous quarter? Are they still the same ones in the channel this quarter?
My question is... do Android tablet manufacturers keep shipping tablets to stores if no one bought the previous supply? Or do stores stop placing orders if their previous stock hasn't sold?
Wouldn't we hear about massive quantities of tablets being shipped back to the manufacturer for scrap?
Someone's got to be buying them... right?
You could see better if they broke it down by manufacturer.
Certainly some are being sold and others are sitting In stores while a different manufacturer ships them tablets they can't sell.
A more interesting breakdown is a comparison by model phone. My opinion says Apple would spike high against everyone else. Having a definite upgrade path along model lines benefits Apple greatly. No other manufacturer has, at this point, the ability to offer that to customers.
If you travel outside North America, the picture is very different. I would say I'd see 30% to 50% of smartphones are iPhones in Hong Kong (was there last week), 10% Blackberry, a handful of WP7, and lots of crappy Android phones (though I started to notice lots of GS3s and Notes). As for tablets, there are A LOT of crappy Android tablets around. I would say 68% iPads wouldn't be too far off for HK, just because if someone wanted a tablet, they have a lot of cheap Android ones to choose from.
I was also in HK last week and that's my take, too... The "small tablet" form factor is what I saw the most of, followed by iPads. I think it's mostly about size, though... I'll bet Apple would sell shiploads of 8" iPads on the west side of the Pacific...
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Originally Posted by blackbook
So with the numbers in, can we stop saying Apple NEEDS a 7 inch tablet to compete with the army of Mini Cheap Plastic Android Tablets that are "eating the iPad's lunch."
An iPad Mini might be nice for variety but it's not a necessity for Apple. Never was never will be.
And if they do have a Mini, aka 8” iPad (rounded the same way we call the current iPad 10”) it will be 40% larger than a 7” tablet.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
It's odd that I don't see one Android-based tablet for every 2 iPads.
Apple has 90% of the market when you count sold through to a customer.
Did the survey of Tablets and tablet OSes count eReaders?
You could see better if they broke it down by manufacturer.
Certainly some are being sold and others are sitting In stores while a different manufacturer ships them tablets they can't sell.
I am certain the bulk of the Android number is the fire and the Nook.
A more interesting breakdown is a comparison by model phone. My opinion says Apple would spike high against everyone else. Having a definite upgrade path along model lines benefits Apple greatly. No other manufacturer has, at this point, the ability to offer that to customers.
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Originally Posted by OriginalG
If you travel outside North America, the picture is very different. I would say I'd see 30% to 50% of smartphones are iPhones in Hong Kong (was there last week), 10% Blackberry, a handful of WP7, and lots of crappy Android phones (though I started to notice lots of GS3s and Notes). As for tablets, there are A LOT of crappy Android tablets around. I would say 68% iPads wouldn't be too far off for HK, just because if someone wanted a tablet, they have a lot of cheap Android ones to choose from.
I was also in HK last week and that's my take, too... The "small tablet" form factor is what I saw the most of, followed by iPads. I think it's mostly about size, though... I'll bet Apple would sell shiploads of 8" iPads on the west side of the Pacific...