How Low Is Android Tablet Market Share?

[danibbler]

Well, as of the end of June 2011, it seems that it might be very low!

"Breakdown by Google of Android devices in use by screen size. “Xlarge” is defined as any screen 7 inches or larger. By Google’s count, only 0.9% of activated in-use devices are tablets. Multiply that by the 135 million total Android “devices” that Larry Page announced last week during Google’s quarterly analyst call, and you get 1.21 million tablets. Compare that to the 28.73 million iPads Apple sold through the end of June."

Even if you were to add in smaller devices, say, the "large" category that only brings it up to 3.7% of the total 135 million or almost 5 million devices/tablets. Add that to the 28.73 million iPads out there and the Android "tablet" market share of the overall tablet market is only, at best, 15%.

That's a far cry from the 30% number used by those who are trying to confuse people with shipments and not sales.

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/screens.html

From a Daring Fireball entry for today:

http://daringfireball.net/

 

[danibbler]

Interesting, the above seems to be buttressed by this article I came across:

"Overall, iPad and iPad 2 activations made up 27.2 percent of all new devices on Good's system during the quarter, compared to 24 percent for Android phones, Good reported. Android tablets made up just 3.1 percent of overall tablet activations, a decline compared to the first quarter, Good said."

Overall, it seems as if the Android tablet (as of today) is doing very poorly. If one were to be generous, it's 15% but the reality is that it seems to be around the single-digit percentage mark.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Overall, it seems as if the Android tablet (as of today) is doing very poorly. If one were to be generous, it's 15% but the reality is that it seems to be around the single-digit percentage mark.

Perhaps they are more 'tech savvy' than clueless fanbois and want something more productive than an underpowered, limited, overpriced toy, FFS....

 

[AnimalMagnetism]

Well, as of the end of June 2011, it seems that it might be very low!

"Breakdown by Google of Android devices in use by screen size. “Xlarge” is defined as any screen 7 inches or larger. By Google’s count, only 0.9% of activated in-use devices are tablets. Multiply that by the 135 million total Android “devices” that Larry Page announced last week during Google’s quarterly analyst call, and you get 1.21 million tablets. Compare that to the 28.73 million iPads Apple sold through the end of June."

Even if you were to add in smaller devices, say, the "large" category that only brings it up to 3.7% of the total 135 million or almost 5 million devices/tablets. Add that to the 28.73 million iPads out there and the Android "tablet" market share of the overall tablet market is only, at best, 15%.

That's a far cry from the 30% number used by those who are trying to confuse people with shipments and not sales.

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/screens.html

From a Daring Fireball entry for today:

http://daringfireball.net/

LMAO you are really obsessing over this issue aren't you?

and again misrepresenting the facts and confusing them with assumptions and speculation....

First you take your "news" from a contribution to an Apple fanboi site daringfireball.net.
then you forgot to include a little fact at the bottom of the developer.android.com site

Note: This data is based on the number of Android devices that have accessed Android Market within a 7-day period ending on the data collection date noted below.

the article is simply a poll of the % of screen sizes, much like a poll where they ask 100 people what they think of Apple and then extrapolate information based on that

So your assuming that every android device accessed the Android Market in that 7 day poll period(Data collected during a 7-day period ending on July 1, 2011). I don't know about you but i don't visit Android Market on a weekly basis. do you?
then of course you fail to mention that Android devices have many places to access apps including Amazon market, getjar and numerous other sites. also you should know that to get apps for Android you can also use a browser on your PC and D/L. those sites are not included in the "poll"


so there you go confusing and misrepresenting FACTS once again *sigh*
I would say nice try, but it's a lame attempt at bringing tech news to the forum

I also know that the Asus Transformer alone has sold more than the 1.21 million number you say ALL android tablets have sold

 

[AnimalMagnetism]

Interesting, the above seems to be buttressed by this article I came across:

"Overall, iPad and iPad 2 activations made up 27.2 percent of all new devices on Good's system during the quarter, compared to 24 percent for Android phones, Good reported. Android tablets made up just 3.1 percent of overall tablet activations, a decline compared to the first quarter, Good said."

Overall, it seems as if the Android tablet (as of today) is doing very poorly. If one were to be generous, it's 15% but the reality is that it seems to be around the single-digit percentage mark.

*sigh* again you make this too easy.... you do realize that "activation's" refers to carriers activating 3g and 4g on the network? most Android tablets are WIFI only lol

it's like shooting ducks in a shooting galllery

 

[danibbler]

First off, you would think that if sales of Android tablets were as great as you suggested (30% right?) then, those new tablet owners would be flocking to the site over the last 7 days. It may be that if you look back over a month, then, those defined as tablets would be a lot less than 0.9%.

Second, the assumption would be that the Android marketplace is where MOST Android users get their apps and/or that that marketplace's sales would be most representative of overall sales. Unless, of course, you can find another Android marketplace that is MORE representative.

Third, the activations are not talking about carriers or 3G or 4G; these are enterprise networks they're talking about. Look at page 3 from here:

http://www.good.com/resources/Good_Data_Q2_2011.pdf

 

[danibbler]

I'm sorry but is this the same "know" that said that Office for Windows came out before Office for Mac? Is this the same "know" that didn't know the difference between "shipped" and "sold"?

Tell me, how do you know that Asus sold more than 1.21 million units of the Transformer? Asus has only said (to the best of my "know") that they're shipping 300k to 400k per month.

I also know that the Asus Transformer alone has sold more than the 1.21 million number you say ALL android tablets have sold

 

[onthebottom]

UBS has a clear view... doesn't look like much of a race anytime soon:

http://www.macobserver.com/imgs/tmo_articles/20110727ubschart1.png

OTB

 

[danibbler]

More bad news for Android tablet share:

To contrast the iPad’s unprecedented success in the consumer tablet market, the Motorola Xoom shipped 440,000 units last quarter. And, no, “ship” does not mean “sold.”

The italics are mine in case some idiots don't understand the difference.

http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-sell...m_campaign=Feed:+cultofmac/bFow+(Cult+of+Mac)

There is also an article that quotes Enderle as saying that by 2014 or 2015, the iPad may be in the same position as the iPod, essentially it will BE the tablet market.

 

[onthebottom]

More bad news for Android tablet share:

To contrast the iPad’s unprecedented success in the consumer tablet market, the Motorola Xoom shipped 440,000 units last quarter. And, no, “ship” does not mean “sold.”

The italics are mine in case some idiots don't understand the difference.

http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-sell...m_campaign=Feed:+cultofmac/bFow+(Cult+of+Mac)

There is also an article that quotes Enderle as saying that by 2014 or 2015, the iPad may be in the same position as the iPod, essentially it will BE the tablet market.

Interesting comparison, the Apple TV is considered a hobby by Apple, a failure by Apple haters on this board yet it sells more units in a quarter than the Xoom ships....

OTB

 

[danibbler]

As an update, it turns out that Asus sold 500,000 tablets between May and July after making 700,000 of them in the same period. I don't have the straight dope from Asus, just from a tablet website:

http://goodereader.com/blog/

Look at the Aug. 16 entry.