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Apple top dog in tablet satisfaction, Amazon No. 2




The rankings go like this:





Other odds and ends:

  • Satisfaction increases when more people use a tablet.
  • 20 percent of tablets are being used for business activities.

Topics: Tablets, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, Bring Your Own Device



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  • You might want to learn about 'standard deviations'.

    In fact, the top four are so close to the average that they're essentially tied. More to the point, the perception is that Apple isn't just ahead - they're WAY ahead and that none of the competition is even close. Past charts tend to show that was true, but now it looks like the big three have pretty much caught up with Apple.

    The other big takeaway is the mismatch between the tablet index and "Power Circle" ratings. This suggests that Apple has a lot of brand loyalty, but it's not necessarily justified by anything. People love the Apple brand, but when pressed to explain why, the reality is that Apple's products really aren't that much better than the competition.
    • Go Figure

      People like the products from a certain company and inexplicably like the company's brand, even after being shown that other companies also make products. That is a puzzler. Oh, I was talking about burger places. I mean In 'n' Out? Well okay, Tommy's or Fatburger for me.

      Mr. Dignan is fellow of erudition, I imagine he does know about standard deviations. But, if the surveyor doesn't provide, then what's a fellow to do? I'd like to know about sample size. Was it all tablet users, or did each tablet maker get a sample of 100 (or whatever becomes statistically meaningful) of their users. All tablet users could mean the average is skewed towards the maker who is selling the most. Having the same sample size for each manufacturer may distort the results regarding intentions to buy again or share or how sharing increases the likelihood of staying with the brand. Of course, they may have adjusted for disparities in share. The scores were adjusted for price.

      I haven't done the Venn Diagram, but it seems from above that the most likely sharing scenario is letting the kids have it. Now when I was a child, we had televisions as our electronic babysitters and we were damn thankful that we had that. Apple has been quite proud to show iPhones and iPads as game-playing devices and Microsoft has been very stern about their tablets as work tools. Hmmm. So that's what's wrong with kids today: they won't help Mommy with her spreadsheets.
      • Apologies for Imprecision

        The tablets are for work. But the covers are for typin' and dancin'!
  • Are People Who Fill Out Surveys Representitive ?

    Or are they only representative of those who fill out surveys ?
    Alan Smithie
    • Re: Are People Who Fill Out Surveys Representitive ?

      Ask any professional statistician, and they will tell you how to answer "yes" to that question. Ever wonder why these surveys always include additional questions like ones about income, what kind of job you do and so on? The frequency distribution of the answers to such questions is already known (from sources like the census), so they can be used to calibrate the answers to the rest of the survey, to decide how representative you are and weight your responses accordingly.
  • Re:

    The more expensive a device is, the more people will be positive about it (even though it may be unjustified). People want to justify their purchase, that's why you have so many fanboys defending their brands.
    • Not likely.

      What I've seen on the public review boards is that if they have ANY question on a product, no matter how expensive it is, they tend to complain about it. Apple gets more complaints than most, it seems, simply because it's Apple--the number of returns, however, show how many are truly satisfied--fewer returns than any other brand.
  • It's Acer vs everybody else, not Apple

    I'd say it's Acer vs everybody else (Acer had a low satisfaction score, everybody else was about the same). Still very happy with my Nexus 10 tablet, especially the multiple-user feature where everyone has their own email, apps and all settings, chrome search history, etc.

    I just found out that my phone and tablet can natively play my Media Center TV recordings for use at the gym treadmill - no need to transcode to mp4 (or m4v as Apple likes to call it).
    • Suuuurrre

      If u didn't know there are 100's of iOS free and paid apps that support every media file format then u are better off with you Samsung...er... Nexus POS.
  • Get Real !!!

    The top 4 are statistically tied. All 5 are way above average when you compare the 100's of tablets out there. If you choose the operating system of your choice, you won't go wrong with any of these. My favorite bang for the buck is the Asus, especially when you find 10" transformer refurbs for $150-200.
  • Since when can you truly share an iPad?

    If by sharing they simply mean to physically pass it from one person to another, that's stupid because it would be the same as using someone's phone. iPad's can only be setup for one user at a time. That means one user's personal email, contacts, files, pictures, etc. Especially between adults, that's a huge privacy issue.

    On the other hand, Android tablets can be shared in the truest since of the word since you can setup multiple accounts on one tablet that keeps user files and settings separate.
  • if you put error bars with the standard deviation on those

    I'm positive acer would be the only one to be actually any different
    • also I love how

      a drop of 7 points from Apple to Amazon takes away 2 stars, but a drop of 11 points from Amazon to Asus takes away 0 stars. that makes the impartiality of this seem highly suspect to begin with.
  • yup

    Google and their h/w partners need to step it up in the quality dept. I love my Android devices, but they still have more "quirks" than their iOS competitors.
  • Not So Sure About That

    From what I'm reading the Kindle Fire 7 HD is outperforming the iPad. I was in the market for both, but chose the KF7HD due to several reasons;
    Higher download speeds (38 percent faster)
    Vivid Graphics, and streaming video almost water like fluidity
    surround sound.
    Price, Price, Price!

    These are just a few, but if anyone want to read my complete review elaborating on these and many other reasons you go


    Just my humble opinion.