Apple iPad Quarterly 95% tablet share

Strategy Analytics, a market research firm, today announced the third quarter of the global tablet market statistics report, Apple iPad mad to occupy 95% of the tablet market share.

In the third quarter, a total of 4.4 million flat-panel machines were shipped in the world, an increase of 26% compared with the previous quarter, and the Apple family occupied 4.2 million of them, with the share reaching 95.5%. Although the Android system tablet ranked second, but the share is only poor 2.3%.

Strategy Analytics gives their survey opinion:

Although Android Tablet PC's share in the third quarter was only 2.3%, it is expected that with the launch of new models such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Android tablet share will increase in the fourth quarter.

• The United States became the largest tablet market in the third quarter, but demand in Western Europe and Asia has started to increase.

Analyst Neil Mawston said: “The competition in the tablet machine market has become increasingly fierce. Apple has used its brand advantage, wider retail channels and a more user-friendly interface to continuously increase its tablet market share. Android, Microsoft, MeeGo, webOS, Blackberry, etc. The platform tablet is currently lagging behind and has a lot of room for improvement."

Global Tablet shipments in the third quarter (unit: million) 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 Apple iOS 3.3 4.2 Android 0.1 0.1 Other 0.1 0.1 Total 3.5 4.4

Global third quarter tablet share statistics 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 Apple iOS 94.30% 95.50% Android 2.90% 2.30% Other 2.90% 2.30% Total 100% 100%

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