'Others' Have Surpassed Apple in Tablet Sales (1 Viewer)

[cstu]

Not Samsung, Amazon, ASUS, or Lenovo, but "Others"

At 46.2% of the market you think they'd break it out but it tells me that cheap tablets are soon going to take over the market, if they haven't already.

 

[msommer]

Commoditization.

I'd be surprised if Google is not right about now

Amazon apparently lost almost 70% of their sales YOY in the 4th qtr of the Fire...

A long term issue with Apple as a company. If your business model is tech innovation be prepared because sooner or later your creative spring dries up - when that happens and you can no longer out innovate your competitors - you are either going down or you need a new business model stat

 

[Cjw_55106]

I dont want to say its irrelevent, but it kind of is. Those that bought no name tablets, were never going to be in the market for an Apple anyways. I'd wager that tons of kids under 10 now have a tablet that cost less than $100.

 

[JaxBill]

I dont want to say its irrelevent, but it kind of is. Those that bought no name tablets, were never going to be in the market for an Apple anyways. I'd wager that tons of kids under 10 now have a tablet that cost less than $100.

That, and the people who got the "free" tablet from their cell carrier are going to be sorry when the bill comes in.

 

[snellman]

I dont want to say its irrelevent, but it kind of is. Those that bought no name tablets, were never going to be in the market for an Apple anyways. I'd wager that tons of kids under 10 now have a tablet that cost less than $100.

That, and the people who got the "free" tablet from their cell carrier are going to be sorry when the bill comes in.

not sure why you say this. Got a free tablet from Verizon for the wife, works great for what she uses it for wifi and 4G, only costs $10 per month.

 

[JaxBill]

I dont want to say its irrelevent, but it kind of is. Those that bought no name tablets, were never going to be in the market for an Apple anyways. I'd wager that tons of kids under 10 now have a tablet that cost less than $100.

That, and the people who got the "free" tablet from their cell carrier are going to be sorry when the bill comes in.

not sure why you say this. Got a free tablet from Verizon for the wife, works great for what she uses it for wifi and 4G, only costs $10 per month.

I guess it's personal choice. But I'd rather buy the tablet that I want, use it on wifi and not be locked into a contract. In roughly a year's time, I'd come out ahead.

 

[TenTimes]

I dont want to say its irrelevent, but it kind of is. Those that bought no name tablets, were never going to be in the market for an Apple anyways. I'd wager that tons of kids under 10 now have a tablet that cost less than $100.

They're probably hurting portable video game systems (if those are even a thing anymore?) more than the ipad.

 

[Slapdash]

A long term issue with Apple as a company. If your business model is tech innovation be prepared because sooner or later your creative spring dries up - when that happens and you can no longer out innovate your competitors - you are either going down or you need a new business model stat

Their business model is more about fashion than innovation right now.

 

[belljr]

I dont want to say its irrelevent, but it kind of is. Those that bought no name tablets, were never going to be in the market for an Apple anyways. I'd wager that tons of kids under 10 now have a tablet that cost less than $100.

That, and the people who got the "free" tablet from their cell carrier are going to be sorry when the bill comes in.

not sure why you say this. Got a free tablet from Verizon for the wife, works great for what she uses it for wifi and 4G, only costs $10 per month.

I guess it's personal choice. But I'd rather buy the tablet that I want, use it on wifi and not be locked into a contract. In roughly a year's time, I'd come out ahead.

Or buy the tablet during a promo where you aren't charged the 10 bucks