> I've yet to see a single factual report showing Android's numbers being any higher than average for tech devices.
Then don't read these, or you can't say that any more.
Here's the NY Post, citing two research firms, ITG Investment Research and iSupply:
The Galaxy Tab, Samsung's answer to the iPad, might better be called the boomerang as one Wall Street firm has found that an eye-popping 15 percent of those sold are being returned... The 15 percent return rate, which covers sales from its November debut through Jan. 16, compares to a 2 percent return rate for Apple's iPad...
Rhoda Alexander, an iSuppli analyst, said, "There are a lot of issues with Android tablets, not just Samsung. A lot of those products have difficulties with high return rates or with not moving off the shelf.”
More detail from AllThingsDigital's coverage of the ITG report:
Buyer's Remorse: 16 Percent of Galaxy Tabs Are Returned – ITG Investment Research tracked point-of-sale data from nearly 6,000 wireless stores in the US from the Galaxy Tab’s November debut through Jan. 15 and found the device to have an unusually high return rate. According to its estimates, cumulative return rates for the Galaxy Tab through December of 2010 were about 13 percent. Worse, that percentage is growing as holiday purchases are returned. ITG figures cumulative Galaxy Tab return rates through January 15 were 16 percent.
Okay, now that's an Android device with higher than average returns. I take back my previous statement.
That said, it's cute that you're comparing the Galaxy Tab to the iPad. For the unaware, both articles are referring to the original Galaxy Tab that released last winter, before Android's Honeycomb version came out, making the OS officially tablet-supported. It's a middle-ground device that's neither a phone nor a tablet, and seems to take after the worst of both. The actual Honeycomb Samsung Tablet is called the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and was released this summer.
Then don't read these, or you can't say that any more.
Here's the NY Post, citing two research firms, ITG Investment Research and iSupply:
The Galaxy Tab, Samsung's answer to the iPad, might better be called the boomerang as one Wall Street firm has found that an eye-popping 15 percent of those sold are being returned... The 15 percent return rate, which covers sales from its November debut through Jan. 16, compares to a 2 percent return rate for Apple's iPad...
Rhoda Alexander, an iSuppli analyst, said, "There are a lot of issues with Android tablets, not just Samsung. A lot of those products have difficulties with high return rates or with not moving off the shelf.”
http://m.nypost.com/p/news/business/galaxy_tab_dim_bulb_KbD4...
More detail from AllThingsDigital's coverage of the ITG report:
Buyer's Remorse: 16 Percent of Galaxy Tabs Are Returned – ITG Investment Research tracked point-of-sale data from nearly 6,000 wireless stores in the US from the Galaxy Tab’s November debut through Jan. 15 and found the device to have an unusually high return rate. According to its estimates, cumulative return rates for the Galaxy Tab through December of 2010 were about 13 percent. Worse, that percentage is growing as holiday purchases are returned. ITG figures cumulative Galaxy Tab return rates through January 15 were 16 percent.
http://allthingsd.com/20110201/16-percent-of-galaxy-tabs-are...
"Point-of-sale data from nearly 6,000 stores" and "unusually high return rate" sounds both "factual" and "higher than average" to me.