125 million tablets will be shipped in 2012

The cost of a tablet computer Android would be reduced to 350 USD, making the platform more competitive with iPad.
Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies & Co. company. expected to be about 125 million tablets were shipped in 2012. He said the tablet will run one of the three IOS platform, Android and Windows 8. The number given less than 25 million compared with predictions earlier this year. That's because the market is consolidating earlier than expected.The average cost of an Android tablet will drop to just $ 350. Photo: Ibtimes.The average cost of an Android tablet will drop to just $ 350. Photo: Ibtimes.
According to Peter, Apple iPad has sold 40.5 million in 2011. The total number of tablets sold in the previous year was 70 million units. In particular, Samsung and Amazon accounts for respectively 10 million and 4 million. Motorola Xoom Tablet accounted for only 1 million units. Most Android tablet, except Kindle Fire and a few models, the market will not achieve the desired sales by price competitive with iPad. As expected, Amazon will sell about 16 to 24 million tablets this year. Meanwhile, sales of iPad in the quarter reached 15.4 million units.
The above analysis that, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will bring Android devices more opportunities. Average prices of these products can also be reduced to just $ 350. Therefore, Apple will have to compete more aggressively with Android and Windows 8 in the future instead of dominating the entire market as the present.