Analysis: Next year is key for Galaxy Tab to challenge iPad

Recent data released by Samsung of South Korea showed that the Galaxy Tab tablet computer launched by Samsung has been sold for 1 million units. For such a data, apparently many people think that Samsung Galaxy Tab has become an important competitor of Apple iPad tablet computer. In fact, Google will consider it as the first challenge launched by the Android platform to Apple iPad.

Industry insiders said that in the tablet computer market, solely relying on Samsung Galaxy Tab cannot form a threat to Apple iPad, after all, Samsung Galaxy Tab is an early product of the Android platform. However, the growth of Galaxy Tab is still expected. With the launch of a new version more suitable for tablet computers by Android next year, Samsung will launch follow-up products of Galaxy Tab which will be more powerful in performance and function, and other manufacturers will also continue to launch their own Android operating system tablet computer products. That is to say, the real confrontation between Android tablet computers and iPad will be upgraded next year.

Samsung launched its first tablet computer product Galaxy Tab in October this year. This tablet computer entered the U.S. market in November and competed with Apple iPad. So far, the sales volume of Apple iPad has exceeded 7.2 million units since its listing in April, while the performance of Samsung Galaxy Tab as a latecomer can also be considered relatively bright. After all, at present in the tablet computer market, the only one that can rival iPad is Samsung Galaxy Tab.

In the first month after the listing of Samsung Galaxy Tab, its sales reached 600,000 units, and the breakthrough of 1 million units in sales made Samsung side even more excited. Industry insiders said that Samsung would become the second largest tablet computer manufacturer next to Apple next year, and the Android team led by Samsung would truly launch a challenge to Apple iPad next year. The situation of Apple iPad's dominance alone is likely to be broken before the end of next year.