iPad mini, Nexus 7/10, Kindle Fire HD & Surface Best Inside Deal Predictions

Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Kindle Fire HDIn some businesses you get what you pay for, according to the latest iHS estimates, some customers are paying for high profits for some tablets.  This information is good to know before you make your holiday tablet buying decisions.

According to iHS the price of what you pay for a tablet is more than just materials.  Let's look at the top tablets iHS has torn apart and estimated costs for the top best tablets around.

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Top Best Tablets iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 & Lenovo

IDC Tablet

IDC TabletIDC  published its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker that showed a growth of close to 50% over last year's third quarter. Android surged at the expense of Apple's iPad. The top selling tablet types in Q3  were the iPad,  Samsung Galaxy Tab/Note, Kindle Fire/HD, and Nexus 7.

Samsung shipped 5.1 million tablets worldwide in 3Q12, up 115.0% from 2Q12; that's an increase of 325.0% from 3Q11, when it shipped 1.2 million tablets Samsung now holds 18.4% of the worldwide table market.  It is the first time a competitor has reached this level of share since the launch of the original iPad.

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