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Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by dualogy »

smtddr wrote: post #21
laureny wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Tablets are the post PC device, and the skip-the-PC device. It really depends what people mean by "post". If it's post as in "will replace", then it's nonsense: laptops and desktops are going to be around for a very long time. If it's "will complement the laptop/desktop market", then I completely agree.

Nah, the only people who actually need a laptop/desktop instead of a tablet+bluetoothKeyboard are people who need a lot more power than tablets can provide today. So that's digital artists, developers with their VMware/VirtualBox/etc and servers. I look to my non-techie dad(though he use to do those punch-card stuff) as an example; got him an iPad and the only thing he misses from his previous laptops is the keyboard…

> the only people who actually need a laptop/desktop instead of a tablet+bluetoothKeyboard are people who need a lot more power than tablets can provide today

So anyone developing mobile apps then ;)

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by programminggeek »

Minor point, but from a business perspective, this isn't helping hardware vendors. They are selling a nearly zero margin product. Apple's taking the profits, everyone else is fighting for the leftovers, the unprofitable part of the market.

This is to be expected from the flood of $100 Android tablets, but to be honest this isn't hurting Apple, this is hurting Microsoft.

Apple has their very profitable segment of the market, Android is taking the low end, and there just isn't much of a place for Windows tablets.

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by halostatue »

alexeisadeski3 wrote: post #25

How do I square these numbers with the fact that I've only seen two Android tablets in the field?

I've seen a lot more than that here in Toronto as I'm on transit—but far more often I see either eInk readers (Kobo, Kindle, rarely Sony) or iPads (mini or full-size). In the last few weeks, I think I've actually seen more Playbooks than Android tablets, but that's unusual.

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by [deleted] »

dualogy wrote: post #31
smtddr wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, the only people who actually need a laptop/desktop instead of a tablet+bluetoothKeyboard are people who need a lot more power than tablets can provide today. So that's digital artists, developers with their VMware/VirtualBox/etc and servers. I look to my non-techie dad(though he use to do those punch-card stuff) as an example; got him an iPad and the only thing he misses from his previous laptops is the keyboard…

> the only people who actually need a laptop/desktop instead of a tablet+bluetoothKeyboard are people who need a lot more power than tablets can provide today So anyone developing mobile apps then ;)

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Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by wybo »

programminggeek wrote: post #33

Minor point, but from a business perspective, this isn't helping hardware vendors. They are selling a nearly zero margin product. Apple's taking the profits, everyone else is fighting for the leftovers, the unprofitable part of the market. This is to be expected from the flood of $100 Android tablets, but to be honest this isn't hurting Apple, this is hurting Microsoft. Apple has their very profitable segment of the…

It may not be from a business perspective. But in terms of whether the market is working its wonders, I'd say it is perfect. Consumers benefit because there is a lot of fierce competition.

Exactly the way it should be for a hardware product like this.

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by halostatue »

psbp wrote: post #24
adrianlmm wrote: post #12

I own an Asus TS300 tablet, and one thing comes to my mind, Android is mediocre, I've tried the iPad and the Surface and their quality is 10 times better, so I presume this numbers are due the cheap $59 tablets that have become popular, but just for the price.

I enjoy using my Nexus 7 over my iPad mini and 3rd generation iPad. The apps aren't at parity, but I think the OS is a lot more fluid and easy to navigate.

My Nexus 7 is sitting in its dock, as it has been for the last six weeks except for maybe a few minutes a week.

I bought one of the original 16GB Nexus 7s; the battery life sucks; the responsiveness made my iPhone 3GS running iOS 5 look good. I commonly tell those who ask that the Nexus 7 is one of the worst technology purchases I’ve made in the last ten years (the worst before that would have been the Compaq iPaq in 2001; it didn’t even run Linux very well, although that ran better than WinCE at the time). I use my iPhone in preference to the Nexus 7 for just about everything. I bought a Kobo mini for $50 because the Nexus 7 wasn’t even a good epub reader, and that’s having tried four or five different ebook readers on the Nexus 7.

This is anecdotal, but I am not sure whether I’ll ever buy another Android product—regardless of manufacturer—and I say that despite feeling the need to stay on top of available technology from a friend/family recommendation perspective. (That, and I do like gadgets, but I'm much less willing to put up with crap these days.)

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

clarky07 wrote: post #28
ZeroGravitas wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article claims the average selling price of non-iPad tablets (which must be 99% Android) increased by 17%, while the iPad mini pulled the iPad ASP down by the same amount, so your theory is at odds with the facts.

You have to know the real numbers to make that determination. Increased 17% from 100 is 117. iPad decreasing from 550 to 450 (pulled out of my ...) would mean the parent is still right.

That's not how averages work. More $59 tablets will only increase the ASP if it's below $59.

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by slurry »

benihana wrote: post #13

Stories like this are interesting me because while sales numbers show Android doing well, usage numbers from all over the internet seem to indicate that not many people are actually using their Android tablets, at least not in the numbers people are using iPads. And then you read the last paragraph and wonder why you just wasted your time with this linkbait article. > And while Android appears to be making headway ag…

Thunderstorms like this are interesting to me because while surveys of the first two floors show the water rising, an inspection of the attic seems to indicate that not much water has actually come up here yet, at least not more than an inch or two.

And then you realize this flooding comes from several different storm systems and wonder why you just wasted your time with this linkbait article.

Re: Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

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Post by smtddr »

dualogy wrote: post #31
smtddr wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, the only people who actually need a laptop/desktop instead of a tablet+bluetoothKeyboard are people who need a lot more power than tablets can provide today. So that's digital artists, developers with their VMware/VirtualBox/etc and servers. I look to my non-techie dad(though he use to do those punch-card stuff) as an example; got him an iPad and the only thing he misses from his previous laptops is the keyboard…

> the only people who actually need a laptop/desktop instead of a tablet+bluetoothKeyboard are people who need a lot more power than tablets can provide today So anyone developing mobile apps then ;)

Yeah, exac- ..wait, http://i.imgur.com/j74SykU.gif
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