Sep 30. 2013
Sep 30. 2013
News – Android is taking over the iPad in the tablet market. Not only are more Android tablets sold, the turnover is now almost equal.
In the second quarter of this year, sales of Android tablets outpaced that of the iPad. In addition, the total sales of Android Hardware now equal to that of the iPad and approaches the average selling price of the iPad slowly the average in the tablet market.
writes market researcher ABI Research. In the second quarter of this year there were 23 percent more tablets on the market than in the previous year, it is striking that the smaller brother, the 7 inch, now claims the most for themselves.
Even the 7.9 inch iPad sells more than its bigger brother, 60 percent in numbers and now 49 percent of sales. The total turnover of tablets in the second quarter amounted to $ 12.7 billion, which for the first time ‘only’ 50 per cent was accounted for by the iPad.
According to ABI Research, the change in the tablet market can be seen in the average selling price. The average price of the iPad plunged 17 percent down while tablets of different brands just average price rose 17 percent. The decline of the Apple tablet is mainly due to the arrival of the smaller iPad. It must now come up with a new Apple iPad to remain leader says lead researcher Jeff Orr of ABI Research.
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