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Non-Apple tablet PC shipments expected to grow 134% on year in 2012
Aaron Lee, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia
Monday 8 August 2011

  • Posted on Oct 26, 07:22

    Sales equation: (iPads + iPhones) > (Android Phones + Android Tables)? Chances are, this is not accurate, how many providers give free iPhones with services instead of Android phones. Cost always plays a factor in decisions, especially this economy.

  • Posted on Aug 11, 19:48

    What are you talking about? Some anonymous source says everyone returns Android devices? I work in the industry, and that is just not the case. Just like the PC (and smartphone) market, methinks Apple will lose their lead, because one-size doesn't fit all

  • Posted on Aug 11, 09:49

    Apple would obviously loose the lead. Not everyone is rich enough to buy their product. As prices drop other tablets would eat into their share.

  • Posted on Aug 9, 21:39

    All current comments are totally on! Amazing how reports/speculation like this focus solely on hardware. Hardware, per se, is not at issue here. It's the ecology of the device that is the deciding factor. Apple has the others beat into the next millennium

  • Posted on Aug 9, 19:48

    Have to agree with others here. "shipped" is rather misleading when units just sit in inventory. Even the sell through numbers might be over inflated for non-Apple tablets as we hear more and more about the return rates of those devices.

  • Posted on Aug 9, 19:47

    "Ice Cream Sandwich...ability to cross platforms such as smartphones, tablet PCs and LCD TVs, market watchers expect the new strategy will help attract consumers from Apple's platform to Android". Right! Because iOS can't cross platforms!

  • Posted on Aug 9, 15:09

    Forecasts are what they are. We have seen these forecasts for a year and a half and everyone of them has died dead. When some non-Apple tablet sells ten million units into the hands of consumers and the return date passes, that might mean something.

  • Posted on Aug 9, 13:42

    Who cares about shipments. A company can ship 100 million but shipments mean nothing if no one buys them. Talk about how many will be sold. After that, look at how many are returned because of customer dissatisfaction.

  • Posted on Aug 9, 12:19

    2011 has been pretty bad for non-Apple tablets, so a 134% increase in 2012 is not exactly an achievement.

  • Posted on Aug 9, 05:01

    How is the demand for iPads reaching saturation if they are expected to ship 55 million in 2012, which is up from 36 million in 2011? If anything, that proves that there is still a great demand for the iPad.

  • Posted on Aug 9, 03:29

    Wait, a category comprised of a single product by a single manufacturer won't grow as quickly as a category comprised of every device made by all of that company's rivals?

  • Posted on Aug 8, 22:28

    Consumers will not be attracted from Apple's platform to Android. Non Apple owners may be more attracted to Android in the future, but Apple rarely loses a customer once they're aboard.
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