Android vs. iPhone and iPad by the numbers

Apple's dominance of the tablet market should continue through the next few years. But given the rapid takeover of the iPhone by Android-based smartphones, future tablet shoppers may opt to purchase tablets that match their phones OS. Even with Apple has an impressive lead in the tablet market - smartphones may cause that lead to shrink more rapidly than expected.

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It looks increasingly like Android will be the major challenger to both Apple's iPhone and iPad

The iPad held a commanding 83.9% of the worldwide tablet market last year, with Android tablets far behind at 14.2%, according to Gartner.

However, Gartner expects the market-share difference to narrow considerably over the next few years, with iOS holding 47.1% by 2015 and Android growing to 38.6%.

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