99.7% Of People Still Haven't Bought A Tablet Yet
- Interesting article to consider when naysayers and zealous fanboys claim that the Playbook wont cut it.
Courtesy of Business Insider
99.7% Of People Still Haven't Bought A Tablet Yet
Apple's iPad tablet is probably the fastest-selling new consumer electronics device ever, but the potential for growth in the tablet market for Apple, Google, RIM and others is still massive.
Only 0.3% of the Earth's inhabitants owned a tablet at the end of 2010, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky notes today in a detailed, 88-page report about the future of the tablet market. That means 99.7% of the people on Earth still haven't bought a tablet yet!
In this chart, Abramsky plots the tiny smartphone and tablet user base (394 million worldwide) versus other market, such as TV subscriptions (600 million), total PCs (1.3 billion), and mobile subscribers (5.1 billion).
Abramsky predicts more than 400 million tablet users worldwide by 2014, including 185 million tablets sold in 2014. But he thinks Google Android, not Apple, will come to lead the market, representing 40% of the 2014 tablet market, versus 34% for Apple, 13% for Microsoft, 8% for BlackBerry, and 5% for HP WebOS.
Earlier, we outlined why we think Apple will continue to dominate the market for years to come.
Read more: CHART OF THE DAY: 99.7% Of People Still Haven't Bought A Tablet Yet03-04-11 08:44 AMLike 0 - Interesting statistic but to be intellectually honest 99.7% of the worlds inhabitants aren't potential customers.
50% of the world's inhabitants won't have 3 square meals today and a bed to sleep on tonite.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comBlacklatino likes this.03-04-11 09:22 AMLike 1 - Dang it man I was 1st in this thread and you come in and get your post off before me but at least I'm not alone in my thinking03-04-11 09:25 AMLike 0
- Abramsky predicts more than 400 million tablet users worldwide by 2014, including 185 million tablets sold in 2014. But he thinks Google Android, not Apple, will come to lead the market, representing 40% of the 2014 tablet market, versus 34% for Apple, 13% for Microsoft, 8% for BlackBerry, and 5% for HP WebOS.
Just wondering!03-04-11 09:37 AMLike 0 -
My boss at a meeting a few weeks back read a compiled list of global statistics that basically made you thankful for everything you already had in life and made you feel bad for ******** about... Almost anything.
Something like 3 out of 4 human beings currently alive don't even have daily supplies of electrical power... And the percentage of the world's inhabitants that will go to bed tonite not having eaten anything at all today would astound you. Made me feel like a heel for being mad at RIM for not releasing the playbook yet lol.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-04-11 10:00 AMLike 0 -
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- Most people will not buy a tablet, most people don't have use for it, look at the fact that the whole world still does not have one cell phone per individual, that having been said as has been stated not everyone can afford one, and as again stated above given the choice of a meal or a tablet i doubt anyone would go hingry or have their kids go hungry so they could have something that is not useful to anyone of them.03-04-11 11:08 AMLike 0
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- Although exaggerated, it does make a point about the long term view of the tablet market. Contrary to many claims around here, it will be big and continue to grow for several years.
Looking through a lot of this forum, some people act like a good chunk of the potential tablet market has already bought iPads and the small remaining portion will be buying their tablets in the next month and it will be over...03-04-11 07:31 PMLike 0
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