wraggster
September 5th, 2012, 20:20
But you can hold off on the iPad Mini as 62 per cent still think a ten-inch option is most appealing.
Screen size is a rising consideration for smartphone and tablet OEMs. It seems more of the former are opting for four-inch plus designs (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/29-per-cent-of-android-phones-sold-are-over-4-5-inches/019214), while the latter deliberates over a high end ten-inch (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/amazon-to-ignite-a-tablet-war-with-ten-inch-kindle-fire/018461) option or low end seven-inch model.
And with talk of an iPad Mini (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/apple-to-murder-google-nexus-7-with-an-eight-inch-ipad/018516) on the way, Strategy Analytics has found that at least 62 per cent of iPad owners in the US, the UK and China prefer ten-inch devices.
The ten-inch favour fell to 46 per cent of owners in Germany, though 31 per cent of would prefer a seven-inch screen, and a quarter of Japanese user would also go with the smaller option.
However, 20 per cent of all tablet owners across all six surveyed countries would be willing to go seven-inch for their next buy.
Martin Bradley, author of the report, Strategy Analytics, said: "The survey also indicated that demand for seven-inch screens among future tablet owners was slightly stronger than for current iPad owners."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/almost-a-third-of-ipad-owners-fancy-a-seven-inch-screen/019261
Screen size is a rising consideration for smartphone and tablet OEMs. It seems more of the former are opting for four-inch plus designs (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/29-per-cent-of-android-phones-sold-are-over-4-5-inches/019214), while the latter deliberates over a high end ten-inch (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/amazon-to-ignite-a-tablet-war-with-ten-inch-kindle-fire/018461) option or low end seven-inch model.
And with talk of an iPad Mini (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/apple-to-murder-google-nexus-7-with-an-eight-inch-ipad/018516) on the way, Strategy Analytics has found that at least 62 per cent of iPad owners in the US, the UK and China prefer ten-inch devices.
The ten-inch favour fell to 46 per cent of owners in Germany, though 31 per cent of would prefer a seven-inch screen, and a quarter of Japanese user would also go with the smaller option.
However, 20 per cent of all tablet owners across all six surveyed countries would be willing to go seven-inch for their next buy.
Martin Bradley, author of the report, Strategy Analytics, said: "The survey also indicated that demand for seven-inch screens among future tablet owners was slightly stronger than for current iPad owners."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/almost-a-third-of-ipad-owners-fancy-a-seven-inch-screen/019261