SAN FRANCISCO—Tablet computer sales soared this past year with Android-powered devices dethroning iPads atop a booming worldwide market, in accordance with figures released Monday by Gartner.
Sales of tablet computers surged to 195. 4 million this past year in a 68 % jump from that which was observed in 2012, the tracker reported.
People gather at the Samsung booth at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest cellular phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Tablet computer sales soared this past year with Android-powered devices dethroning iPads atop a booming worldwide market, in accordance with figures released Monday by Gartner. AP
The raw amount of iPads sold climbed a lot more than nine million to a complete of 70. 4 million.
Meanwhile, the part of sales grabbed by tablets running on Google-back Android rose to 61. 9 % this past year from 45. 8 % in 2012, in accordance with Gartner.
“In 2013, tablets became a main-stream phenomenon, with a massive selection of Android-based tablets being within the budget of main-stream consumers while still offering sufficient specifications, ” Gartner research director Roberta Cozza said in a release.
Apple continues to rule the high-end of the marketplace with iPads, but low-cost Android tablets interest buyers with slim budgets in emerging markets, in accordance with Gartner.
California-based Apple’s compelling “ecosystem” of music, games, films along with other digital content and services for cellular devices has rivals under great pressure to supply similar experiences on tablets, Cozza said.
Apple remained the very best tablet seller, but sales of Android devices by second-place Samsung a lot more than quadrupled this past year to 37. 4 million, in accordance with Gartner.
Microsoft sold slightly a lot more than four million Windows-powered tablets in a jump from the last year, but remained far behind the marketplace leaders.
