ABI Research: Apple rulling on tablet market, but Samsung catches up second

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Technology market intelligence company ABI developed Research and posted its report on the tablet market in the first quarter of the year for Apple and Samsung. The numbers show a similar picture – Apple is leading over Samsung coming in second.
applevssamsungtabMore interesting thing is that the rate at which the Korean company fills the gap to the Cupertino giant. In just a year Samsung has managed to minimize the gap by over 20 percent points, which is the current size of the market and equals to 3.4 million units. The ABI Research reported only about the branded tablets that are no white box manufacturers, which contains the slight difference in the market share calculations.

The two giants may be even closer in the second quarter of this year as Apple has aimed no new tablets coming up, while Samsung aims to expand the availability of its recently introduced Galaxy Tab Pro device and Note Pro slates. Moreover, the company is gearing up to release a new high-end tablet dubbed Galaxy Tab S on June – if that one makes a speedy appearance to the market share then it may help its maker reach the top position.

As far as operating system distribution is related, Android is in the leading with 56.3%, according to the data published. iOS is now positioning to somewhat` distant second, controlling 39.6% of the market with Windows 8 and RT is managing only 4.1%.

The final interesting thing noted by the researches is the growing popularity of Cellular equipped tablets devices. 22% of all newly sold slates are coming with either 3G or 4G radio – the highest  ratio since September 2

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