Apple ships the most tablets in the Holiday season, Samsung drops to third

06 February 2018
The final quarter of 2017 saw Apple retain its tablet lead and Amazon slip into second.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 07 Feb 2018

Samsung dropped to third because people realised its rubbish. Amazon tablets are so much better.

    Anonymous, 07 Feb 2018So true... it is very hard to recommend schools any other t... moreMoney, money is always the answer.
    Why bother with developing high end if "nobody" cares for it.
    Most people probably buy tablets for their kids and to watch vids in bed. I certainly do - I bought 4 (including iPad Pro) and gave it to my kids and my mom to play with.

    Wana best tablet and use its power in 0,1% of scenarios? -> Buy Apple one.
    Wana tablets that do 99,9% of what iPad can and costs 1/5 of the price? -> Buy anything Android.

    Win-win situation, isn't it?

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      • Anonymous
      • pdH
      • 07 Feb 2018

      So true... it is very hard to recommend schools any other tablet than iPad.
      And for competition that is bad...

      iPad is the best device there for reading ebooks, editing video and so on. What is wrong with Android manufacturers that They can not compete? In phones there is competition, so why not in here?

        AnonD-735540, 06 Feb 2018The only apple product i like.. ipad.Can't agree more, only one brand which produce high end tablets, still have my iPad air 2, which destroys almost any high end android tablet, it is a shame for android world

          I'm still using my Sony z2 tablet Lol, tbh it's still decent now, I'm stuck on marshmallow but at least it's not a completely antiquated version like KitKat. I can mod it to have oreo though and have pretty much all functions working.

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            • Nu7
            • 06 Feb 2018

            The best android tablet that came out last year was the mediapad m3. Huawei knows what we need in a tablet. Samsung is still confused. The harman speakers on mediapad is above everything else in android, only competition so far is the iPad pro 12.9. SAMSUNG makes laggy tablets..When you use the mediapad you will never go back to Samsung laggy business.. If you're in search for an Android tablet I suggest you boycott Samsung until they make another real note tablet without a glass back.. The seperate pen from last years tablet was a mess.. No inspiration whatsoever

              AnonD-59657, 06 Feb 2018When comes to tablet, it means iPad. Others are rubbish!And the rubbish can do 100% of what iPad can :-D

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                • XQh
                • 06 Feb 2018

                It's the truth that most of us who bought tablet once, never made that mistake again.

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                  • EqV
                  • 06 Feb 2018

                  When comes to tablet, it means iPad. Others are rubbish!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • phh
                    • 06 Feb 2018

                    Android tablets are not worth the money unless they're extremely cheap.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Hkv
                      • 06 Feb 2018

                      Soon Samsung will start to loose everywhere.. they don't pay attention after sales software support. People will eventually know tgat samsung makes 2/3 phone in every month - that's all ..

                        Anonymous, 06 Feb 2018newest android tablets are bad, low power, bad cameras and ... moreIMHO it's the same, only "high-end Android tablets" died out.
                        At least low-end Android tablets are better than ever, simply because Cortex A7s are dead and A53 are the new low ... and A53 can do pretty much anything BUT the most power hungry games (which there are not many, to begin with).

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                          • Anonymous
                          • Ktc
                          • 06 Feb 2018

                          newest android tablets are bad, low power, bad cameras and not so many features, old tablets were better

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                            • 3RM
                            • 06 Feb 2018

                            People still buy tablets?? What year is this? 2012?

                              AnonD-632062, 06 Feb 2018Ahem, hello....Galaxy Tab S3.... https://www.gsmarena.com/... moreHmmm ... hi ONLY Android model, that can be considered as the best Android tablet.
                              Sadly S820, Android 7 and 4:3 screen (unlike older 16:10) + not even MHL + even its price that's not really interesting enough (IMHO).
                              I was this close to buying Tab S3 but bought 12" laptop instead ... at least my laptop receives updates.

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                                • m}J
                                • 06 Feb 2018

                                I have an old Nivida SoC based tablet that I got for €90, don't ever see me getting another, it does 110% and more what I want it to. Tablets are a closed product for me. I bought a high-end laptop last year instead, use it every day.

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                                  • 06 Feb 2018

                                  Fearghast, 06 Feb 2018Since Apple is the only one producing something that can be... moreAhem, hello....Galaxy Tab S3....
                                  https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_s3_9_7-8554.php

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                                    • 06 Feb 2018

                                    The only apple product i like.. ipad.

                                      Since Apple is the only one producing something that can be called a high-end tablet, I am not surprised with the results.
                                      + Sadly Intel and lack of usable SOCs prevented Windows-based tablets from taking part of the tablet market.