According to data published in the Telegraph today, Sony is rather pleased with how its Tablet S has been selling – claiming the more traditional tablet-shaped one of its pair of Android 3.2 devices took 26% of the Android tablet market, by value, during October.
It’s not all amazing news, though, as Sony also says that it was almost certainly beaten by the aggressively priced BlackBerry PlayBooks over Christmas. It’s a little odd to think that the general public would rather buy a near-dead device than one with an actual future.
The Sony Tablet S launched in mid-September with the Tablet P not arriving until November, so this data only covers sales of the more traditional Tablet S. So it must’ve done pretty well for itself.
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Tafkawac
/ January 25, 201226% by value?
Bearing in mind that this was before Sony’s price cut for the S, this is not such an impressive stat. This was the launch month and I expect lots of people ran out and bought because of the brand name. I bet it never “owned” December. If it had sold so well why did Sony cut the price? I smell marketing bullshine.
Anton Gully
/ January 25, 2012Depends how the figures are jiggered with. Might not include eg internet and mail order sails, in which case those Sony Centres dotted around the country would be a big help.
Come next Xmas though, I assume we’re all fairly sure what the best-selling Android tablet will be in the UK. Maybe even the best-selling tablet, full stop.