According to Strategy Analytics, in the second quarter this year, were sold 51.7 million tablets, of which 36.2 million units belonged to the products of famous brands. This is more than a 43% and 47%, respectively, from a year earlier. In other words, the growth rate of special tablet sales are still ahead of their unnamed neighbors. Tablets running Android took 67% of the market versus 51.4% a year earlier.
Apple iOS platform visibly lost to competitors, retaining only 28.3% of the market, instead of last year's 47.2%. Progress show Windows, which has increased over the year its share of the tablet market from 0.5% to 4.5%. BlackBerry huddles fourth place, with a measly 0.2% instead of 0.9% last year. Over the past quarter has sold about 100,000 tablets from this manufacturer.
Prospects of platform Windows RT, according to Strategy Analytics experts, remain murky. Reduced price for Surface RT tablet does not solve all problems - the ecosystem is too poor to applications when compared to competing platforms. Number of Microsoft partners, ready to release its own tablet with Windows RT, continues to slow down. Related Products :
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