Upstream sources in the iPad mini supply chain expect a 20-30% decline in shipments for the device during the second quarter of 2013 due to lacking demand in the market.
Same shit
"Things seems not good."
for apple(s)! not for oranges and the rest of us ; ) i tried a few of these and the expandability,i/o's and computing power for the price is simply unbeatable indeed apple would seriously need to reconsider their act to stay afloat in the future.
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Apple has reportedly cut its shipments of the iPad mini to between 10-12 million units for the second quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. The figure is based on shipment information given from multiple sources who provide various components for Apple's iPad mini.
The decrease may be as high as 20% on month during April, the sources noted, and may continue to slightly decrease throughout the quarter to bring total shipments of the iPad mini to as low as 10 million units during the quarter.
Sources noted that Apple's cut is because of increased competition from various 7-inch Android tablets.
Apple recently adjusted shipment estimates for its iPad and iPad mini products in 2013 to 33 million and 55 million, respectively, said the sources.
Things seems not good.
Ainol Novo 7 Crystal 2 Quad Core, $105 shipped
Yep, screen is 1024x600 only, MVA, and flash is 8GB. But you can add any cheap MicroSD card.
Other options with 1280x800 IPS screens below $130 shipped:
Sharp has stopped shipping iPad panels, the people with knowledge of the near total production shutdown said
Macquarie Research has estimated that iPad shipments will tumble nearly 40 percent in the current quarter to about 8 million from about 13 million in the fourth quarter, although Apple's total tablet shipments will show a much smaller decrease due to strong iPad mini sales.
Via: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/18/us-sharp-ipad-idUSBRE90H0BZ20130118
First, Apple failed to rise shipments in Q4 from this data (compared to Q3). They are pushing mini, as cheaper option.
Second, competition become strong with media feeding from big marketing budgets and trying to to show full picture.
Btw found very useful things:
They have different directions, and allow to insert USB memory stick to use with any of this tablets. useful, especially with tiny USB sticks where you can just attach it permanently to such adaptor.
Ainol Novo 7 Venus quad core, $155 shipped
This is link to new N10 Quad firmware
http://szampe.com/Products_show.asp?ps=3&id=141
Not much fixed, but some.
Here is very interesting PDF about Freescale processors
It us known issue for this specific firmware.
From my windows xp PC ... I have both internal memory card reader & an USB card adapter. I also have the Ampe A10 with Allwinner cpu, it can read my 64gb card under NTFS without problem.
You format from computer or camera?Thanks for your notes.
ok. I just did some test on a 32gb microSD card. Tested under NTFS, fat32, & exfat. This Tablet with firmware 1.58b will be able to read the card under fat32 file system ONLY. So if your video file is larger than 2gb, you can't copy to the card. VERY SAD ... hope Ampe will fix this problem on their next firmware .....
I just received my Ampe A10 quad core tablet 3 days ago. So far I like the screen & the build material. However, there is a problem with the microSD slot. I tested it with a sandisk 64GB class 10 card, the tablet has problem to read it. I format the card under NTFS & then exfat but the tablet still failed to read it. Then I tried with a 8gb card with fat32 format & it can read it fine. Wonder anyone has the same problem. Anyway I will dig out my 32gb card & try again.
Most probably, Nexus 10 is better as overall tablet. But it cost much more. And as I remember it has no MicroSD slot.
One issue with Chinese tablets is smaller battery run time even with same bettery (as it requires very big work on software for optimization of power modes, etc)
@Vitaliy_Kiselev "I got Ampe A10 quad core and really like it." Do you still like this tablet? How would it compare to Nexus 10? Buying today, what is your choice?
Shipments of China makers' branded and white-box tablets destined for the local market are forecast to reach about 15 million units in 2012, while those destined for overseas will climb to as high as 44.15 million, Digitimes Research said. In total, shipments of China makers' branded and white-box tablets are estimated at nearly 60 million units in 2012, Digitimes Research indicated.
New correction :-)
Interesting statistics, isn't it? With mainstream media ignoring the fact that white box tablets performed better than all iPads combined, and are going to wide the margin even further.
Via: Digitimes
This is more close to truth, but DG also favour Taiwan based brands, as I do not believe in so small 4 quarter white box grow, and so large grow of other brands, all will be in reverse.
Another chinese quad core tablet
Uses Exynos 4412.
I got Ampe A10 quad core and really like it.
Works ok, screen is good. I wish it had 4.1 or 4.2, not 4.04, but hope that they'll make an update (right now they posted two updates on site).
Interesting... it would be nice to have a portable keyboard option with something like this...
You don't need 4 cores for word processing, RK3066 is enough (and will be faster, most probably).
As for word applications (of whole office suites), check Google Play, many free or very cheap packages exist. Choose one you like.
Check something like http://www.pandawill.com/window-yuandao-n90fhd-dual-core-tablet-pc-97-inch-retina-screen-rk3066-android-41-1gb-ram-32gb-dual-camera-white-p68958.html
We have topic about Retina Chinese tablets, usually they are cheaper on aliexpress.
Interesting... it would be nice to have a portable keyboard option with something like this... and a decent word processing application in Android. I tried Polaris office, and it wasn't good!
PandaWill will have sale on monday, with four core tablet going for $186 shipped, 5 items only
http://www.pandawill.com/happy-hour/?current=monday
But after this 7% discount will be valid all day also (but it is not really too interesting as price is not batter than aliexpress, and aliexpress sellers ships much faster).
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