Next, the Galaxy Tab tablet followed by Nook tablet made by Barnes & Noble is expected to sell 1.32 million units, an increase of achievement in the third quarter 2011 of 750,000 units. Behind him, the HTC tablet is expected to be able to sell 355,000 units, up from third quarter 2011 at 253,000 units. Until the end of this year, total sales of the tablets of the five leading brands is reaching 28.343 million units, up 77.7 percent from the previous 15.958 million units.
Sales of Kindle Fire tablets made by Amazon could exceed the Galaxy Tab tablets. In fact, Kindle Fire equally harmful for the approaching sale of the Apple's iPad.
Based on data from IHS iSuppli research institute in December 2011, quoted from BGR, the Kindle sales numbers until the end of this year's Fire is estimated to reach 3.9 million units. The amount is exceeded sales of Galaxy Tab predicted only will sell 1.37 million units.
Amazon's new tablet was launched two weeks ago was automatically able to hoist the market share of 13.8 percent and force off Samsung's market share from 7.8 percent to 4.8 percent.
While the iPad with an estimated return unshakeable able to sell until the end of the year amounted to 18.598 million units, up from 11.123 million units in the third quarter 2011. However, Apple had to give up its market share eroded slightly due to the inclusion Amazon tablets, from 69.7 percent to 65.6 percent.
"After two years of the emergence of the iPad, only this time there are competitors who develop iPad tablet as an alternative. The tablet is able to successfully iPad secret peeping," said Senior Manager Research and Tablets Monitor IHS Rhoda Alexander.
