Android Tablet sales low, estimated 125,000 sold in the first quarter of 2011

by Antonio Wells May 4, 2011 6:33 PM – 3 Comments

Based on Google’s latest platform stats they release monthly showing the break down of the various versions of Android in the market worldwide, I would conclude Android tablets are not selling well at all accounting for 0.3% market share of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) software for tablets. By our estimates this would be about 125,000 tablets sold in the first quarter of 2011, which puts it right on par with estimates of 100K a month ago by Deutsche Bank, reported by Business Insider. When you compare this to Apple’s iPad 2 sales, which estimated first week sales between 350,000 to 400,000; the results are dismal.

Many key factors attribute to this debacle such as price, Honeycomb software not “average” consumer friendly and overly complicated, and the first Android Tablet launched under carrier contract… something we recommend against in this infant stage of the growing tablet market. Hopefully as the slew of Android tablets hit the market this year sales numbers will change.

Android Platform Version 5-2011

Platform	API Level	Codename	Distribution
Android 1.5	3	Cupcake	2.3%
Android 1.6	4	Donut	3.0%
Android 2.1	7	Eclair	24.5%
Android 2.2	8	Froyo	65.9%
Android 2.3	9	Gingerbread	1.0%
Android 2.3.3	10	Gingerbread	3.0%
Android 3.0	11	Honeycomb	0.3%

Data collected during two weeks ending on May 2, 2011

* Other: 0.1% of devices running obsolete versions

[Via Android Platform Versions]

Tags: Android 2.1, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, Android 2.3.3, Android 3.0, Android Fragmentation, Android Platform Versions, Android Statistics, Android Stats, Android Tablets, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Poor Android Tablet Sales

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3 Comments

By blake on May 4, 2011 at 9:33 pm:

While the numbers are likely still low in the Android tablet space, you’re estimates are even lower than reality. Motorola announced that it’s sold 250,000 Xooms this quarter alone. That may not necessarily translate to sales, but only 125,000 tablets is far from correct. You also have to consider that most tablets run on lower versions of Android than Honeycomb.

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By Greg on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 am:

I bet this’ll be way different after Q2. Look at the Asus eeepad Transformer. That sold out in around 5 minutes on amazon. Then, once the Kindle tablet comes out… well, you can probably guess what happens next…

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By Droidweb on May 5, 2011 at 9:51 am:

There would be 125,000 Asus transforms alone being sold if they had some in stock….

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