Apple (AAPL) Will Widen Tablet Gap in FY12 Amid Staggering Growth Expectations
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Worried about Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPad tablet just not tyrannizing the competition like it used to? Fear not, a hiccup does not make a trend.
According to IHS's (NYSE: IHS) iSuppli -- which, coincidentally, derives its name from Apple products -- the iPad will outpace the competition in 2012 by a comfortable amount. And do so as the tablet market continues to expand.
After dropping to a 55.1 percent market share in the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple should gain to a 61 percent share in 2012, flat with where the metric stood through 2011.
The disruption was caused by Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle Fire tablet, which helped Amazon to gain a 41.1 percent position in the fourth quarter with strong holiday sales. Amid the jump, iSuppli sees Amazon's tablet market share ebbing to 38.4 percent in 2012.
In total, iSuppli sees tablet sales up 85 percent to 126.6 million units globally. The number marks a slowdown from the 253 percent gain in 2011 -- but an impressive number still.
For Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8 PC tablet, iSuppli is looking for that series of devices to have a broader impact in 2013.
According to IHS's (NYSE: IHS) iSuppli -- which, coincidentally, derives its name from Apple products -- the iPad will outpace the competition in 2012 by a comfortable amount. And do so as the tablet market continues to expand.
After dropping to a 55.1 percent market share in the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple should gain to a 61 percent share in 2012, flat with where the metric stood through 2011.
The disruption was caused by Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle Fire tablet, which helped Amazon to gain a 41.1 percent position in the fourth quarter with strong holiday sales. Amid the jump, iSuppli sees Amazon's tablet market share ebbing to 38.4 percent in 2012.
In total, iSuppli sees tablet sales up 85 percent to 126.6 million units globally. The number marks a slowdown from the 253 percent gain in 2011 -- but an impressive number still.
For Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8 PC tablet, iSuppli is looking for that series of devices to have a broader impact in 2013.
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