14 DAY TRIAL // Ever since last year, Samsung has made its intentions of stealing the throne away from Apple and becoming the number one global tablet vendor known.
The Korean tech giant might as well be very close to achieving this goal. According to a report coming from ZDNet, Korea Samsung managed to ship 14 million tablets in Q1 2014.
Compared to the previous quarter, Samsung managed to ship up to 200,000 more units, said an unnamed senior executive inside the company.
“We have implemented a comprehensive sales plan for tablets, from emerging countries to developed ones. We have overcome last year’s weak fourth quarter (for the first quarter this year).”
Of course, the battle is not won yet, but Samsung swears that it will become global leader no matter what it takes. According to the Samsung official talking to the Korean publication, this goal will be achieved by the end of the year.
Currently, Samsung remains in Apple’s tow. The Cupertino tech giant was responsible for shipping 30% of worldwide tablet orders in the last quarter, according to Samsung.
In the prior period, Apple managed to sell up to 26 million iPads. Nevertheless, growth in the tablet department has been pretty visible at Samsung.
Last year, the Korean tech giant has shipped 40 million tablets, which constitutes double the number of what was shipped in 2012.
For 2014, Samsung has big expectation and forecasts to ship 100 million tablets worldwide.
These numbers might sound like a lot, but in recent months, Samsung has literally spawned the market with tablets.
Back at CES 2014, Sammy launched a line of high-end tablets targeted at professional business users, including the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 and Galaxy TabPRO line-up (consists of 8.4-, 10.1- and 12.2-inch models).
Just a short while after, Samsung launched a budget tablet with average specifications targeted at developing markets, called the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, aiming to attract regular consumers.
Then, late last month, Samsung unveiled another tablet trio with mid-range specifications. The three tablets were actually the successors of the Galaxy Tab 3 line-up and included a 7-inch model, an 8-inch one and a 10-incher.
But that’s not all, Samsung has been rumored to work on tablets with AMOLED displays that will offer adopters 2K displays. These are obviously high-end offerings as well.
But the bottom line is that Samsung is looking to squeeze in every consumer niche and cover all its bases and this attitude might soon propel it at the top of the food chain.