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A new survey from Gartner, who previously predicted that Apple would reign supreme until 2015, has revealed the Android has taken 62% of the tablet OS market share. What helped Google’s OS is their wide range of tablet options: more affordable, smaller screen Android tablets means more sales. Google’s own Nexus line of tablets probably help account for many of these sales. Samsung’s tablet market share exploded with a 336% growth in market share, accounting for 19.1% of all tablet sales and making them the number one Android tablet manufacturer. Apple has 36% of all the tablet market share, leaving Windows tablets to only account for 2.1%. GSMArena

Gartner predicts the open-source platform will reach about 1.1 billion users, which is a 26% increase over what it currently has. The research firm also anticipates over 75 % of Android overall active users to come from emerging markets by 2017. With Android 4.4 KitKat focusing on reaching more end users from the developing markets, the forecast seems quiet reasonable. Mobile phone shipments are expected to increase by 5% in the calendar year, taking the overall figure to 1.9 billion. The future of tablets, hybrids and ultraportable laptops is bright with the analysts predicting a growth rate of 54%. The worldwide tablet market will also see an increase of 47%, provided the average selling prices of slates goes down. Gartner has also made several predictions on the PC market, which you can check out if you follow the source link right here. GSMArena