Reuters: Technology News: Apple to lose tablet market share to Android in 2012: IDC

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Apple to lose tablet market share to Android in 2012: IDC Dec 5th 2012, 14:13 Tweet Share this Email Print A Google employee poses with Nexus 7 tablets at a promotional event in Seoul September 27, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji Related News Apple has top U.S. smartphone, passes Google: research firm Tue, Nov 27 2012 RIM sees BB10 devices in stores soon after launch Tue, Nov 13 2012 Microsoft's Windows head, once a possible CEO, exits Tue, Nov 13 2012 RIM to introduce new BlackBerry 10 devices on January 30 Mon, Nov 12 2012 Microsoft's Surface tablet has "modest" start: Ballmer Mon, Nov 12 2012 Analysis & Opinion The Daily didn't fail–Rupert gave up The impossibility of tablet-native journalism Wed Dec 5, 2012 9:13am EST (Reuters) - Apple Inc's iPad and iPad mini tablets would lose some market share to devices running on Google Inc's Android platform for the full year, research firm International Data Corp (IDC) said. Apple's worldwide tablet market share would slip to 53.8 percent in 2012 from 56.3 percent in 2011, while Android products would increase their share to 42.7 percent from 39.8 percent, IDC said. It raised its 2012 outlook for the worldwide tablet market to 122.3 million units, up from its previous forecast of 117.1 million units, on increased shipments of Android tablets as well as high demand for iPad mini. IDC also raised its 2013 shipment forecast to 172.4 million units from 165.9 million units. "Tablets continue to captivate consumers, and as the market shifts toward smaller, more mobile screen sizes and lower prices points, we expect demand to accelerate in the fourth quarter and beyond," research director of tablets Tom Mainelli said. Tablets running on Microsoft Corp's Windows operating systems, including Windows 8 and Windows RT, would grab market share from both Apple's iOS and Android, growing to 2.9 percent in 2012 and 10.2 percent in 2016, IDC said. (Reporting by Chandni Doulatramani in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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