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Figuring Out Why Android Wins On Phones, But Not Tablets

Posted by timothy on from the apple-a-day-vs-swallowing-tablets dept.

GMGruman writes "Android smartphones have overpowered the iPhone in market share, yet Android tablets barely register in sales versus the iPad. Android tablets are as competitive in most respects against the iPad as Android smartphones are against the iPhone. So why the difference in success? Galen Gruman examines five theories for the gap, and concludes the reason is that Android tablets' real competitor is in fact not the iPad."

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  1. Who's on first by jklovanc · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Lets see, when the iPad came out there was no other tablet on the market and years of marketing hype which created a pent up need. The iPad came out and they sold a crap load of them. There is also the Apple fanboy factor "If it is Apple I must have it". Many, if not most, people who would buy a tablet now have iPads thereby deceasing overall demand for tablets.

    An Android pad with a real tablet OS comes out, is panned by the tech community and people wonder what it didn't sell as many as the iPad? Most people who want a tablet but have yet to buy a iPad are a patient bunch and will wait till the right one comes out. From all the reviews, the Zoom is not the right tablet.

    If you want to compare sales compare how many iPads were sold in the same time period as the release of the Zoom. Then the comparison may be valid.

  2. Re:Isn't it obvious? by RocketRabbit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The thing you are missing is that the entire Android experience is filtered through a Java (esque) layer that sucks cycles.

    On any given hardware, the Apple solution will be faster just because it uses a bunch of C libs instead of Java.