iPad and iPad 2 dominate enterprise, represent 98% of tablet activations

By on Oct 20, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Business October 20, 2011

Apple’s iPad and iPad 2 tablets continue to dominate in the enterprise market, according to the Good Technology Device Activations Report for the third quarter of 2011. 4% of all tablet activations in the enterprise were for Android tablets, while the iPad and iPad 2 were responsible for 96% of activations. The iPhone 4 was the most popular handset with 28.3% of all device activations during the quarter. It was followed by the iPad 2 (15.6% of all activations). Sprint’s EVO 4G was the most popular Android device with 1.6% of all enterprise smartphone activations. Read on for more.

“This quarter, we saw Android smartphones gain in percentage of total activations,” Good Technology senior vice president of corporate strategy John Herrema said. “This is likely due to the consumers holding back purchases of new iPhones in anticipation of Apple’s latest release (the iPhone 4S) — as our reports indiciate, consumers are setting the agenda for enterprise mobility.” IPhone 4 activations fell from 32.4% during the second quarter to 28.3% during the third quarter as a result of that anticipation.

It must be noted, however, that Good’s report does not take BlackBerry or Windows Phone 7 activations into consideration. “Since RIM devices use only the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for corporate email access, Good does not have insight into BlackBerry handset activation trends and they are not reflected in this report,” Good Technology clarified in its report.

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  • Anonymous

    The only thing that really stands out here is the fact that the Motorola Droid X made it on here (inclusive of so many choices of android phones) even though it was released almost 16 months ago
    ANDROID FTW!! WOOOO

    • IPwn

      LOL and the iPhone 3G which is 3 years old is higher than the Droid X… Ya go Android….

      • Anonymous

        lol… Anything and any obscure report that puts iOS on top huh??  lol  Because this report sure does make it look good doesnt it?  
        You all can keep that iOS stuff… For the vast majority of the population that does NOT use iOS, its NO thanks…

      • IPwn

        No, I was making a point to skubadoo. He was the one who was making a fanatic fanboy post about the Droid X and android. All I did was add perspective to his narrow minded post.

      • IPwn

        Oh Zapatoe, iOS still has higher overall market share than android so the general population prefers iOS. Unless you are talking about just smartphones in that case android does have the lead.

      • Carmen

        You don’t know what vast means.

      • Anonymous

        HA! Narrow minded? I see.. did you read the part where I wrote “inclusive of so many choices of android phones” meaning there are tons of options for those who want an Android phone and for them to choose a phone that is over a year old VS iOS choices (there are only 3 – 3G,3GS, and 4). 
        One would assume that in 2011, newer phones would be useful for enterprise users, not ones from last year, android or iOS. 
        I think it is you that lacks the perspective to read a comment completely before you comment. Your ability to see the sarcasm in the “ANDROID FTW, WOOOOO” is lacking as well. 

      • Guest

        you clearly dont know what enterprise mean do you? they keep making these bullshit comparisons to make apple look bigger then what they are . last week it was the iphone 4s sold four million over the week end, i guess thats cool for a new device  , what they didnt tell you is , android sells 500 tousand a day. you do the math

      • Anonymous

        The math says the majority of those phones are low budget, weak spec’d entry level crapdroids. Think about it dumb ass. Why else does apple take in 66% of the entire mobile industries profits with what 25% of the market share? And don’t bother claiming that the phones are over priced. That arguement just doesn’t hold water.

  • Fat Mams

    There is no such thing as the tablet market. Only the Apple fanboy market ..

  • Zack

    It’s only a matter of time before android closes the gap.

    The clock is ticking on apple.

    • Donald Zelenak

      If the clock is ticking toward Midnight on Apple, it’s still only about 1:00AM…..

  • Robert

    Considering an upgrade requires a 700meg download followed by a 1 hour backup & restore or longer, 20% is remarkable.
    What percent of iPhone owners have never plugged in their phones to iTunes for a regular sync?
    Going forward with incremental wifi updates, post 5.0 adoption will be faster.

  • Drew

    How boring… Dumbest infograph ever…!!  “Since RIM devices use only the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for corporate email access, Good does not have insight into BlackBerry handset activation trends and they are not reflected in this report,”. Well, I would say your fcuking article is flawed then!! How are you going to report on Enterprise activations and not have RIM included. Oh, I know… because it would make your stupid graphic look even more stupid!!

    • Anonymous

      Exactly, worst report ever.  How about next time we do a Tablet sales chart and leave off the iPad…..

      Get it together BGR, why even post this?

    • Fastwalking

      He’s right, how can this report be taken seriously if RIM is not included???

  • Anonymous

    This is a little misleading simply because Android is split over so many devices.  I’d love to see totals by platform.

    • AM

      You have it backward dumb ass.  The only way that android beats apple is when you combine the over 100 different phones running android to 3 phones for apple.  You android fans just don’t get it.  If the flag ship GS2 only sold 3 mil in 55 days and the 4S sold 4 mil in 3 days, what more proof do you need.  Stop combining over 100 phones running android against 3 that are running IOS.  Even with that, why isn’t android sucking up over 90% of the market?  Because they simply just SUCK!!  So you can all jsut kick rocks and get over it.

      • Anonymous

        Wow. Usually don’t reply to people that stop arguing points and start name calling. But I was arguing the exact same point you just did. The chart shows Apple way ahead by device, but as you noted, Android is split over many many devices. Stop and read before you call people names?

  • Donald Zelenak

    As long as Android still has the  Fra g men tatio n issue, it will be almost impossible to catch up to Apple in this market.

  • Justin_L

    Sounds about right.

  • SniperSniper

    This report is true, I have friends in IT in big corporations, big law firms, etc here in NY, and everyone is using Iphones and mainly ipads, with the good software deployed on it. Playbook is not even mixed in there.

  • SniperSniper

    Where is the ATT Iphone 4 in this report?

    • Anonymous

      To the left of iPad 2

  • Tim

    no RIM, so Good’s report is worthless, except as fodder for the Appletards. Oh wow, high iPad use in financial services- the 1% ponzi-schemers Instacraping the clusterscrew of the economy. Also, doesn’t count custom enterprise mobile deployment- ruggedized handhelds, mobile data collection terminals, etc. in real companies. This is like, looking only at brochure-makers with their Macs in the marketing department, while ignoring the sea of Windows machines in most of the company. Next time the copier repair guy comes around, take a look at his Windows Mobile handheld, or the UPS driver’s Windows CE-based tablet.

  • Anonymous

    simple math, there are a bunch of different androids and only one iphone, think if you calculate by device you will get a big mark on the iphone, but if you count as an amount comparing android vs iphone market then you will have to run another test and im pretty sure android will bring up the mark.

    • Anonymous

      The graph lists 4 iPhones, making up about 60%. Would take quite a few Androids with 1.6% or less to compare.

  • http://twitter.com/roq999 Darren Rockwell

    Seriously guys why does it always turn into Android vs iOS flamewar.

    • Anonymous

      Geeks/Nerds can’t be tough and fight in real life, so they take out all their male aggression online. While fairly entertaining, I find it quite sad for a lot of these people. It’s one thing to be opinionated and defend the things you like, it is another to full on attack others because they like something different. Oh well, the internet is a sad scary place sometimes =)

  • Anonymous

    I am not surprised with these activation figures for enterprise.
    What a great age we live in – now IT managers have little or no say into what devices we can bring in as long as there are no security compromises.  Now the only time I have to talk to IT geeks is when I say hello in the elevator.

    A ringing endorsement of Apple products versus the Malware infested crap that Android represents.

  • Anonymous

    This is where RIM messed up big time with their playbook.   Instead of concentrating more on the Corporate market where they are still King of the hill and brought in their tablet through that doorway, they chose to concentrate most of their efforts on the mainstream consumers.   

    They could have done well with it.   It’s a slick OS and much more useful in the business world than the iPad.

  • Curious

    So, how many devices actually got activated?  Closer to 10, or closer to 10 million?

  • Anonymous

    and all the fandroids are still in denial

  • Guest

    RIM?

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