Apple Market Share for iPad Drops from 94% to 61%

On July 23, 2011, in iPad, by wildst0rm

Apple-iPad-Market-shareYou all must have known the fact that Apple was all over in Tablets, and was at first position with global tablet shipments of 15 million iPads, but now Apple lose its position for iPad market from 94% which was just a year ago and now stands at 64%, according to Strategy Analytics.

Director at Strategy Analytics, Peter King said,

Global tablet shipments reached 15.1 million units in Q2 2011, surging 331 percent from 3.5 million in Q2 2010. Consumer and business demand for touchscreen computers remains high. Apple shipped a record 9.3 million iPads and registered a healthy 61 percent global tablet market share during the second quarter of 2011. However, Apple has drifted down from 94 percent share in Q2 2010 due to a rising number of competing software platforms.

Neil Mawston (Director at Strategy Analytics) also added that,

Android captured 30 percent share of global tablet shipments in Q2 2011. Multiple Android models distributed across multiple countries by multiple brands such as Samsung, Acer, Asus, Motorola and others are driving volumes. However, no Android vendor yet offers a blockbuster model to rival the iPad, and demand for many Android vendors’ products remains patchy. If Amazon decides to enter the Android tablet category later this year, that will bring fresh excitement and buzz to the Android community, but Amazon will need to deliver a truly standout offering if it really wants to make headway against the popular iPad.

You can have the full report here.

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