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Apple’s iPad leads surge in tablet shipments, research firm says
ByPublished : Jan. 27, 2012 - 12:59
Tablet-computer shipments more than doubled in the fourth quarter, reflecting demand for Apple Inc.’s iPad and Amazon (AMZN).com Inc.’s new Kindle Fire, according to market-research firm Strategy Analytics.
Global tablet shipments rose to a record 26.8 million units in the last three months of 2011, up from 10.7 million a year earlier, Boston-based Strategy Analytics said in a report. Consumers are increasingly choosing tablets over laptop or desktop personal computers, the research firm said.
Even as Apple’s iPad shipments doubled, the company ceded market share to machines sporting Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android operating system. Android tablets accounted for 39 percent of the market, up from 29 percent a year earlier, suggesting strong sales of Amazon’s Android-based Kindle Fire since its release in November. Apple, whose iPad was introduced in 2010, still led the market with a 58 percent share, down from 68 percent. Microsoft Corp. had 1.5 percent, Strategy Analytics said.
Apple said this week that it sold a record 15.4 million iPads in the quarter ended Dec. 31, generating $9.15 billion in sales. In less than two years, the device has become the company’s second-best selling product by revenue, behind the iPhone.
Amazon, based in Seattle, hasn’t disclosed how many tablets it has sold. The $199 Kindle Fire costs less than half the $499 price for Apple’s least-expensive iPad model. Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Mobility Holdings Corp., which is being acquired by Google, also have introduced tablets running Android software.
"Android is so far proving relatively popular with tablet manufacturers,” Neil Mawston, executive director at Strategy Analytics, said in a statement.
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said the global tablet market will eventually be larger than the one for personal computers. On a conference call with financial analysts on Jan. 24, he said he didn’t see an impact on iPad sales after Amazon released the Kindle Fire.
"There’s clearly customers that will buy those, and I think they’ll sell a fair number of units, but I don’t think that people that want an iPad will settle for a limited function,” Cook said on the call.
Worldwide PC shipments declined 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter to 92.2 million units, Gartner Inc. said earlier this month, citing sluggish consumer demand. (Bloomberg)
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'태블릿PC가 대세' 전세계 출하량 2배급증
지난해 4분기 전 세계 태블릿PC 출하량이 전년도 같은 기간보다 2배 이상 증가한 것으로 나타났다.
시장조사기관인 스트래티지 애널리틱스(SA)는 26일(현지시간) 지난해 4분기 태블릿PC 출하량이 1년 전인 2010년 4분기의 1천70만대보다 2.5배 증가한 2천680만대 를 기록했다고 밝혔다.
SA는 애플의 아이패드와 아마존 킨들파이어의 판매 호조가 태블릿PC 시장의 급성장에 영향을 미쳤다고 분석했다.
특히 애플은 4분기에만 아이패드 1천540만대를 팔아치우는 등 사상 최대의 실적을 올렸다. 아이패드는 출시 2년여만에 91억5천만달러(약 10조원)의 수익을 올렸다.
그러나 아이패드는 시장점유율 격차를 점차 좁혀가는 안드로이드 기반 태블릿PC의 맹추격을 받고 있다.
SA에 따르면 지난 4분기 안드로이드 기기의 시장점유율은 전년도 같은 기간보다 10% 늘어난 39%였다. 반면 아이패드의 점유율은 68%에서 58%로 떨어졌다.
마이크로소프트(MS)가 출시한 태블릿PC는 1.5%의 시장점유율을 차지했다.
SA의 닐 모스턴 전무는 "아마존, 삼성, 아수스 등이 출시한 안드로이드 태블릿PC 수십 종은 시장점유율을 점차 높여가고 있다"고 말했다.
모스턴 전무는 개인용컴퓨터(PC)나 노트북보다 태블릿PC를 선택하는 소비자가 늘었다며 지난 한 해 태블릿PC 시장의 성장률은 260%에 이른다고 설명했다.
애플의 팀 쿡 최고경영자(CEO)도 지난 24일 콘퍼런스 콜을 통해 태블릿PC 시장이 결국 PC시장보다 커질 것으로 전망했다.
시장조사기관 가트너의 집계 결과 지난 4분기 PC는 2010년보다 1.4% 줄어든 9천 220만대가 출하됐다.
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