News - Tablet shipments up 75 per cent from a year ago

[HEXUS]

However iPad market share fell from 51.6 to 43.6 per cent.

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[azza1991]

Just got my Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 today as it goes, extreemly impressed. TBH i was skeptical of tablets at first, especially with the iPad (its good but not £450 good...) but after using family and friends tabs i got converted so took the plunge as i got an awesome deal on the samsung tab (£220 with a 32GB sd card to boot!). Just super useful can now use it for uni and just sitting in the lounge instead of going up to boot up my big old gaming machine.

[crossy]

The jump in Samsung's market share presumably explains why they got singled out for a legal mugging by Apple!

Market is such that I think if you've got £300-400 to spend then you're pretty much spoilt for choice - with a lot of very well spec'd devices available. Likewise, who'd predict that we'd have so many good 7" ones.

As to the Surface, with hindsight maybe Microsoft should have launched it "at cost" to get a foot hold in the market. Based on the comments here, most folks seem to be unimpressed and prefer to hold out for the Surface Pro. Certainly if there' was a £200-250 Surface then I'd be interested, but at twice that it's a no sale for me.

I've now got three tablets - a 7" that gets little use (it's too small), an original Asus Transformer, and now a Galaxy Note 10.1. Both of the big tablets have different capabilities, but it's the Note that's getting the "love" now - love that digitizer.

[Saracen]

It's inevitable that iPad market share is going to fall. The iPad is a premium-priced product aimed at specific buyers, including those that prefer Apple products, like the design and UI ethos, want a fashion icon or are just early adopters. But the one thing ALL iPad buyers is a wilingness and ability to pay a premium price.

But that excludes a large proportion of the population, that either can't or won't pay iPad pricing, including me.

But, offer me a tablet like the Samsung Tab 10.1 at a net price of £120, which is what I paid, and you get my interest. Admittedly, that was a very good price, and reflects a net of VAT price, but even without the VAT refund, it's still only £145.

There is going to be a very large number of people that will pay £200 that won't consider buying at £400 -£700, so inevitably, as the product matures, the price point drifts down opening up accessibility to those in a market segment that Apple doesn't address.

Which is why Apple can see a simultaneous increase in sales and drop in market share.

[rabbid]

Indeed there are some much better spec lower price units coming out now, the mid-lower end a year ago was very uninspiring

[hotjiggy]

.. why is ipad still so expensive...

[3dcandy]

Had this discussion recently with loads of people, and so many less techy do not even realise that there are alternatives to the iPad!

[Sohaib.27]

I think brands like nook will never catch on as fast as apple and samsung! Apple is the winner..always!

[crossy]

I think brands like nook will never catch on as fast as apple and samsung! Apple is the winner..always!

Wrong.