ASUS says EeePad Transformer beats all tablets in June, besides iPad

By on Jun 10, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Business June 10, 2011

According to Taiwan Economic News, ASUS’ CEO Jerry Shen said that the company is poised to ship 300,000 units of its EeePad Transformer Android tablet this month. Those shipment figures, Shen argues, will exceed shipments of all other tablets, besides Apple’s iPad. ASUS took the wraps off of the EeePad Transformer in March, and it allows users to plug the tablet into an optional keyboard for a laptop or netbook-style experience. The device was hard to find in the United States initially, and the company ramped up production of the tablet in May. Shen also noted that his ASUS shipped 400,000 units in April and May.

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  • Fat Mams

    Finally, a non-Apple executive who is realistic … I hate Apple, but I hate even more when stupid executives at these stupid companies claim that their tablets are better than the iPad ..

    • http://twitter.com/esmoger Eric Smoger

      i just re-read the article.. i didn’t see where he said anything about which tablet is better.

      • Anonymous

        If you re-read his post, he said that he appreciated an exec who was actually realistic, as opposed to other execs who aren’t.

  • Anonymous

    Hate on Apple all you want, but what other companies in the world constantly have everyone scrapping over who’s going to be in second place?

    • SSH-To-HELL

      Third meets the second, second meets the first. ;)

      You have to fight to be second, so in order to get to the first. Grade 1 Maths. :)

      [I'm not hating on Apple or anyone out there]

      • Anonymous

        Yes, but no company ever says that they’re fighting for second… unless they’re going up against the iPhone/iPad. Every company says that they’re putting the best product out, they’re going to be a market leader, blah blah typical corporate doublespeak bullshit.

        This guy straight up said that he knew they were going to beat everybody except Apple. Even though we all know it’s true, how dominant do you have to be before you can get other people to admit it? Apple dominant, apparently.

      • SSH-To-HELL

        Respect that. Cool.

      • http://twitter.com/shawnwill16 shawn williams

        hes only talkin about shipments…not the actual product…

      • Anonymous

        In boxing you’re never 1st unless you beat the best.   And 2nd doesn’t matter. You don’t have to beat 2nd to play for 1st.

        2nd place is always, ‘best loser.’

        Does anyone remember who finished 2nd to Secretariat?   

        In reality, this analogue is overdone… There is no head to head competition.  It’s your product, vs everyone elses, in the eyes of the consumer, and the amount of profit you make.  

        If I sell 2 million devices, and lose money… is that ‘winning?’  (sort of the GroupOn question….)

  • Anonymous

    Thank you Mr. ASUS ceo for stating the obvious. I am glad that you unlike all the other android OEM’s are honest about the ipad’s dominance in the tablet market. But beware of the hp touchpad Mr. ASUS ceo.

    • Anonymous

      I predict the HP TouchPad having mediocre sales. It’s $100 more than the TF. This is a bad thing. HP is not seen as popular or “in” like Apple and Android. If they want to succeed, they’ll have to lower that price to $399 at most.

      • Substring

        HP is very strong only in the corporate world. There is absolute NOTHING about HP that is hip, and tablet market is by far a consumer market, not corporate market.

  • boswd

    but but Analyst’s say nobody but Apple,   but but

    • Anonymous

      No, analysts say no one but Apple ships millions per month. Which is correct. Words coming in from Asia that Apple’s panel providers are collectively producing 3.5 – 4 million displays a month for Apple.

      This quarter 10-12 million isn’t out of the question for iPad 2 shipments/sales, if the other component makers can meet that demand.

      When that many Honeycomb/PlayBook/WebOS/Win7-8 tablets combined are shipping that number please inform the world.

      • Wmdineen

        but but no  analyst tell me I should buy nothing but apple because only apple sells and everyone else will fail.   apple will show me the way right?   that’s what the analysts say. 

      • Anonymous

        We will try it one more time. One company sells a lot of everything they make, just one company. That is what Analysts say.

    • http://profiles.google.com/frayserboy Mike Cunt

      ya the last couple of analysts also claimed the asus transformer was a flop… give it 3-4 years and the ipad will be in second place, similar to apples position in the smartphone market

      • Anonymous

        …or similar to Apple’s position in the MP3 market.

        Tablets (media devices) are more akin to MP3 players than smartphones.

      • Bobby

        1-2 years and I think the android tablets will catch up. once the apps start rolling in, then will the customers.

        3-4 years and I think google will be catching up to Apple in laptop sales… maybe sooner…

  • Anonymous

    Is that shipped to customers or shipped to stores?

    • Anonymous

      shipped to stores.

    • Booboolala2000

      Shipped and sold out.

      • Anonymous

        How can June’s run of 300,000 be sold out when june isn’t even half over? May’s run of less than 100,000 was sold out yes. Come July we will see if there is still a back log for this device.

      • Wmdineen

        they said they project and plan on shipping over 300,000

    • boswd

      seeing how they are out of stock basically everywhere, I would have to say both.

  • Warhed

    They can’t keep this in stock. I wanna play with one before I buy one… Its doing so wwell because of the obvious, price. Moto, LG, Sammy, HP, RIM,& everyone else please pay attention… :-)

    • Joe Striker

      I got mine yesterday.  Works great!  I’ve had an iPad since the end of April 2010 and I think this is much better

  • Booboolala2000

    So have android tablets sales surpassed ipad sales yet? Or is that next month?

    • Anonymous

      Good one.

  • brian mccaig

    I love this tablet/netbook hybrid – i have been using it for a month now and it is by far the best Android tablet out there, and most of the best tech mags agee

  • Anonymous

    Lot of difference between shipping and selling. They might be shipping to warehouses for all you know. Tell us how many were actually sold.

    • Anonymous

      Except they are sold out everywhere and on backorder.  So far they everyone shipped is sold.  Mine is in on the Fedex plane right now!

  • http://twitter.com/rtimi timi

    eh people he wasn’t talking about performance but just sales. Being realistic apple has the upper hand in sales right now because they’ve been out longer. The time apple will loose sales is next year when the tablet market is porous enough for people to realize that apple is not the only tablet maker and when google trully revamps 3.1 in every way by fall. So apple fans can gloat all the want 4 now. Come end of the year apple will begin to loose sales in all departments including laptops, due to windows 8 coming out and android being better

    • Anonymous

      Apple has the upper hand in sales right now because more people want to buy their product then want to buy the alternatives. That isn’t because theirs have been out longer. That is simply because currently it is what the consumer has shown to be the case.

      The Tablet market is going to be more like the MP3 player market than the Smart Phone market. You will be able to mirror your content on iPad to your television in 1080!!! Out of the box, game over.

      • Jimbo

        I totally agree with this:  the tablet market is NOT like the smartphone market, where you need the carriers to push the device on a network.

        Yes, it’s more akin to the PMP market, i.e. the iPod vs. Creative/iRiver/Cowon/Sony/Samsung/Sandisk.
        And so far, the marketplace results are looking awfully similar; there’s the top seller by a wide margin, and then everybody else who fight for a distant second and third place.

        And hey, I’m no fanboy; I owned a Creative Zen Vision M back in the day, and currently, a Sansa Clip and Windows computers.

  • http://twitter.com/EastwoodAnon Wild Bill

    I think Asus is the most realistic of these companies; in turn, I think the quality of their parts and devices will pay off.

  • Datalux

    Disappointed
    with the build quality issues some are seeing. 
    Mine arrived with bezel and back plastic loose/separating and needs to
    go back on RMA to ASUS or return to Sears. 
    Shame really because I love the device and it took forever to find and
    get shipped. Hope they get the production issues worked out.

  • http://www.twitter.com/1frossman frosty001

    best of the rest.?

  • http://twitter.com/palfrei Peter Palfrei

    Isn’t ANYONE tired of all this everyone against Apple / Apple against everyone?

    If you can afford it, get the product that you like the most and be happy with it!

    Do it for me because I can’t.

  • zps

    too bad they suffer from bad light bleed problems.  (mine included)

    • http://twitter.com/victorythagr8 victor nash

      so is the ipad 2.

  • Substring

    ASUS beats all non-iOS tablets at this moment because there is no “real” non-iOS competitor out there. Wait till later this month when the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is widely available. ASUS will not be singing the same tune.

  • J. Williams

    NICE.

    There are tons of tablets for Android and things are looking pretty good.

  • Anonymous

    Know thyself

  • Anonymous

    I’m very intrigued by this device. I am loving my iPad but my hands are far to big for the virtual screen. If the transformer works as I expect I may give it a try.

    Chris Sellon – CoolProducts

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