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Since launch the iPad has been far and away the best tablet experience available for $499. That doesn't mean commodity Android devices won't eat its marketshar
by dpritchett 15y ago
Since launch the iPad has been far and away the best tablet experience available for $499. That doesn't mean commodity Android devices won't eat its marketshare inside of five years.
All we're seeing here is confirmation that there's a market for affordable web consumption devices that are more comfortable than a netbook.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoI actually don't think there is much of a market for tablets right now. I think there is a market for iPads. People don't say, "I want a tablet and the iPad is the best one". They say "I want an iPad". Perhaps as people's computers get old they will seek to replace them with only a tablet. When/if that happens alternatives to the iPad will be a bigger market (that doesn't mean the iPad can't still be dominant). I don't think this will have any effect on the proliferation of tablets. It's obvious that they will be around and companies will continue to go after market share.
- jdq 15y agoPerhaps, but this is with the assumption that the $499 inexpensive model is the most popular. A research report from Context showed that the best selling iPad 2 model is the 64GB 3G model, i.e. the most expensive one. http://gigaom.com/apple/most-popular-ipad-2-model-is-also-the-most-expensive/ http://gigaom.com/apple/most-popular-ipad-2-model-is-also-th...
- cageface 15y agoThese are still early days. Extrapolating from ratios of market shares all under 1% is problematic at best.