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Tech: Android tablets surpass iPad for the first time
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Android tablets surpass iPad for the first time
195M Tablets Sold In 2013, Android Grabs Top Spot From iPad With 62% Share
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A new tipping point in the world of tablets: today the analysts at Gartner have released their tablet sales numbers for 2013, and Android has topped the list for the most popular platform for the first time, outselling Apple’s range of iPad tablets nearly twofold. Of the 195 million tablets sold in 2013, Android took nearly 62% of sales on 121 million tablets, while Apple sold 70 million iPad tablets for a 36% share.
In comparison, last year, Apple led the tablet category with nearly 53% of sales on 61 million units, compared to Android at nearly 46% with 53 million tablets sold.
Interestingly, while many saw Amazon and its cut-price Kindle Fire as disruptors in the tablet space when the e-commerce giant first entered the market in 2011, it looks like the company has lost some steam. Sales were up by some 2 million to 9 million, but its overall market share declined to 4.8% from 6.6% in 2012. (And Gartner is not alone here; IDC noted similar declines for Amazon in quarterly sales earlier this year.)
Price and size alone will not do it in the future, it seems. Gartner believes that this may signal a turn towards more features, even on less expensive devices.
Among platforms, distant third Microsoft took a modest 2.1% share of total purchases, on sales that grew nearly threefold to 4 million, with Gartner noting that its ecosystem “still failed to capture major consumers’ interest on tablets.”
“To compete, Microsoft needs to create compelling ecosystem proposition for consumers and developers across all mobile devices, as tablets and smartphones become key devices for delivering applications and services to users beyond the PC,” writes Cozza. However, the updates announced last week during MWC, which will see more of Microsoft’s traditional PC tweaks restored to the tablet form factor, seems almost a move counter to this.
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Not going to discredit the acclaim and success of the iPad, but that is a MASSIVE jump for android in just 1 year.
Rise Google, this is only the beginning 
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googles playtime is over.
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As apple tries to sue google for copying
All those tablets are still crap compared to iPads
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They still suck compared to the iPad.
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Of course, u can find any android tablet for 30$ while iPad costs over 390$
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Originally posted by MadMagical
They still suck compared to the iPad.
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Originally posted by Caesar
All those tablets are still crap compared to iPads
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Which is your unpopular opinion because these numbers don't lie. 
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Yeah because no one wants to pay the iPad price lol
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Yeah but barely anyone out there are actually buying those cheap half assed ones. Face it, Samsung, Google, Asus, and Amazon Kindle have, alongside the always improving Android software and content ecosystem, becoming genuine competitors to iPads. Consumers are taking notice
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they lost when they lost instagram 
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Nearly 200 million tablets were sold last year?
Society is such a disgrace.
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Which is your unpopular opinion because these numbers don't lie. |
True sis, but there are way cheaper android tablets and many of them in the market. The fact that only iPads run iOS and barley had an update for the past 3 years is impress for the users they have now.
But congrats to Andriod.
before, Apple snatches the wig back this year or the next 
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Originally posted by Musickid203
Which is your unpopular opinion because these numbers don't lie. |
Those numbers aren't a representation of quality. There's 100's of Android tablet brands selling cheap tablets of all shapes and sizes in bulk, while Apple is on it's own, selling expensive, high quality tablets.
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Originally posted by Caesar
True sis, but there are way cheaper android tablets and many of them in the market. The fact that only iPads run iOS and barley had an update for the past 3 years is impress for the users they have now.
But congrats to Andriod.
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Cheaper tablets? Instead of it being an excuse, it's an excellent business strategy. Majority of the cheap ones are half baked anyway.
And don't some of the iPads get the iOS 7 update?
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Originally posted by Musickid203
Cheaper tablets? Instead of it being an excuse, it's an excellent business strategy. Majority of the cheap ones are half baked anyway.
And don't some of the iPads get the iOS 7 update?
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I'm pretty sure if Apple was selling their tablets for $200, they would sell way more. Queen Apple isn't that desperate tho
EDIT: I ment like major changes like the Design, features ect., iOS 7 wasn't really that big.
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Originally posted by MadMagical
Those numbers aren't a representation of quality. There's 100's of Android tablet brands selling cheap tablets of all shapes and sizes in bulk, while Apple is on it's own, selling expensive, high quality tablets.
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Same goes with Android phones, 100's of them and they are still up to par.
Which why people STILL buy a GS3.
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Originally posted by Caesar
I'm pretty sure if Apple was selling their tablets for $200, they would sell way more. Queen Apple isn't that desperate tho
EDIT: I ment like major changes like the Design, features ect., iOS 7 wasn't really that big. |
If.
Apple is a great OS, tho. I prefer iPhones over android anyway tbh.
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Same goes with Android phones, 100's of them and they are still up to par.
Which why people STILL buy a GS3.
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Well phones are different, I'll admit the popular companies Samsung and Googles Nexus phones are great, but the tablets... I'm speaking from experience, I've owned a Samsung Galaxy Tab, It was sloppy and just not good quality.
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Personally I like my Android-run Eee tablet so 
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Poor Apple. 
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