Predictions About Android Tablets in 2013

The new year has begun and mobile industry giants are already competing and giving it their best! Mobile smartphones are no longer the center of their struggles since mobile tablets are becoming increasingly popular. A few years back, owning a tablet seemed like a privileged since the cheapest one was indeed the iPad which started at $500! That's a lot of money, especially in some parts of the world and with this horrible economy crisis that the world is going through. But Android has quickly turned things around. Just look around your local tech shop or an online web store and search for some tables and the prices are really good!

 Today, it is possible to get tablets bellow $200, although most quality ones still start at $199. This is of course the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD (among many others)! However, it is worth noticing that these cheaper tablets are also smaller as they are only 7 inches long diagonally, while their bigger relatives can be up to 10 inches long. Even so, a lot of people still prefer smaller tablets and there a lot of these on the market and the numbers just keep rising! This is because these smaller tablets are truly mobile devices, and not bulky entertainment systems that most people don’t really even need. Devices such as the Kindle Fire HD are much more mobile and easy to move around and this is why they will always be popular among fans of mobile tech and gadgets.

 So what major predictions can we expect for 2013 when it comes to these Android tablets? How will their evolution continue and what it the main thing that we can realistically expect from them? Well, there are four major things we should focus on:

• 1.       Size will not matter anymore
  
• 2.       There will be a tablet for you no matter what you budget is
  
• 3.       Apple will continue to lose market share
  
• 4.       Laptop companies will be in danger
  

 Now, the first two predictions seem very reasonable and we have already explained this. There are people out there who want bigger tablets, and at the same time some still prefer a 7-inch Google Nexus 7. Thus, there will be more and more tablets of many different sizes and they will constantly be adjusted to fit the budgets of the world’s population.

 And what is this about Apple you ask? Well, let us face it, their stocks have been dropping and their market share fell from 87% to less than 50% when it comes to tablet sales. Sure, Apple is still a leading power on the USA market, but Android is taking a very big bite on America’s most expensive apple as it seems.

 As far as laptops are concerned, they will certainly not be replaced by tablets in the next 20 years and it absurd to perhaps even dare to say that. However, people who are buying mobile devices for entertainment, web browsing and gaming will probably prefer to buy these new Android tablets which will certainly result in fewer sales for major laptop companies. In fact, we can safely expect that only Sony, Lenovo, Apple and ASUS will make any major profit in 2013 when it comes to selling their laptops.

About the author

 My name is Danic Filip and I am young web entrepreneur from Serbia who loves technology, web development, design and writing. If you are from my country I recommend you have a look at my local blog about Android phones. My latest post there is - Šta je to Android?