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The frustrating thing with all the "sales" numbers I've seen for Android based tablets is that they all seem to mention the units _shipped_, but not necessarily
by swilliams 15y ago
The frustrating thing with all the "sales" numbers I've seen for Android based tablets is that they all seem to mention the units _shipped_, but not necessarily sold to consumers. The original article quoted by BGR still says "shipments". Is this just a semantic difference and those really are sales? I honestly can't figure that out.
And do those numbers account for customer returns as well, since there do seem to be a certain amount of anecdotal evidence to suggest that Android tablet returns are abnormally high.
Furthermore, there also seems to be a large quantity of super-cheap, and super-terrible Android based tablets [1]. Are those counted in the same numbers as better ones like the Xoom and Samsung Tabs?
I'm not trying to be snarky, just genuinely curious if people are actually BUYING Android tablets (and keeping them).
[1] http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/06/05/archos-unveiled-their-first-sub-100-android-tablet/ http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/06/05/archos-unveiled... Crap screen, crap battery, barely any memory, < 3.0 OS.
- kenjackson 15y agoThe problem is that in general people don't really know sales, except in limited instances. The main one being when stores can't keep items on the shelves so sales to consumers equals shipments (approximately). That's why MS knew how many Kinects sold over the holidays. But in general there's no way for OEMs to know exactly how many Android tablets are in consumer hands.
- rbanffy 15y agoDevice activation. When the device is first turned on and connected to a network, it phones home. That's how Google knows about every Android phone.