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More and more people are buying tablets with second quarter of this year setting a new record for media tablet shipments, reaching nearly 25 million units and representing 36% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and 77% year-over-year (YoY) growth. Needless to say, Apple is still dominating this game, with its iPad accounting for almost 69% of worldwide volumes for the period. In addition, Samsung (8.1%) and ASUS (4%) also grew in the second quarter, and worldwide shipments are now expected to exceed 100 million units by the end of 2012.
Apple’s 17 million tablet shipments in Q1 nearly matches 2010 total worldwide shipments of 17.3 million for all vendors, which is an impressive figure. Nearly 1 million of iPad 2 devices were shipped to US education customers during the period, contributing to the company’s growth but also its continuing average selling price (ASP) decline.
Samsung holds the distant second position and is followed by Amazon and ASUS. That, however, could easily change after the introduction of Google Nexus 7 and Microsoft Surface…
Finally, when it comes to connectivity options, most tablets only contain Wi-Fi support… Additional details are available from ABI Research.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
