Customer comments for tablet PCs are overwhelming positive. Positive comments online account for 75% of all comments measured. Apple has the lion’s share of those positive comments with 38%. Archos and Asus tablets achieve the highest Net Sentiment Scores.
London 02 Nov – Online market research specialist DigitalMR releases latest findings on what customers are saying about tablet PCs on the internet.
The overwhelming majority of customers are highly positive in their views on tablet PCs as expressed on the internet. DigitalMR measured thousands of comments for slate devices across July-August 2011. Three quarters of all views measured were positive with only 25% negative. Apple recorded a 38% share of all positive comments and 33% of the smaller pool of negative ones. Next placed is HTC with 17% of positive mentions and 22% of negative.
Results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major tablet brands made by: Apple, Motorola, Samsung, Blackberry, HTC, LG, HP, ASUS, Archos and Fusion Garage, across July-August 2011.
DigitalMR’s analysis (powered by SocialNuggets) is based on comments posted via a range of relevant websites and open access social media platforms. It measures, not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also their sentiment – whether posts are positive or negative in nature.
Managing Director of DigitalMR, Michalis Michael commented: “Apple is still the main player in the tablet PC online space. It will be interesting to see if some of the new entrants can emulate the smatphone market and implement successful strategies to increase their online share of voice.”
All the brands measured, achieve a positive Net Sentiment Score (NSS) for Jul-Aug. NSS provides an overall percentage score of net positive posts. A positive score means a tablet attracts a higher proportion of positive than negative posts.
The average NSS taken across all brands measured is 50% which is very high compared with other industry sectors. This is good news for the tablet industry as it shows that generally customers and very satisfied with their products and are happy to spread the word online. Apple has an NSS of 55%, slightly above average, but given its dominant position in the market customer expectations are likely to be higher. Newer entrants to the market that achieve the highest NSS are Archos 75% and Asus with 71%.
Brands that are performing significantly below the average NSS of 50% are HTC with 39% and Motorola with 37%.
DigitalMR measures thousands of customer posts across Jul-Aug regarding the features that tablets offer. The most talked about features (both positively and negatively) are “operating system” (18% share of positive comments vs 21% negative) and “application” (18% positive vs 20% negative).
Summary of positive and negative posts and overall NSS
In their words – Customer comments for models with the highest and lowest Net Sentiment Scores
Archos
“I bought this thinking to replace my book readers and for an easy way to not lug a lap top around, while I travel. It works great for both purposes, unbelievably light, very responsive and less expensive than the Ipad, etc. The 7 inch size is perfect for me. I had some trouble getting used to the operating system and file transfers etc but Archosfan.com had answers for everything I questioned. This unit also replaces an Archos 705 that I've had for the last couple of years and while I was impressed with it, this just blows me away.”
Asus
“Asus Eepad Transformer has a great screen, weight and battery life. The keyboard/docking station is also hard to beat. An excellent product and delightful combination. Surely a market winner!”.
Motorola
HTC
“Sorry .The HTC Flyer is a mess. The price cuts were inevitable”.
How can tablet brands use social media to their advantage?
Tablets can use analysis of data from websites and other social media in the following ways:
- Engage in a one-to-one dialogue with their customers and respond to negative comments.
- Invite some of the customers to join online forums and chat groups to further express their views
- Positive sentiment can be leveraged in advertising
- Operations can learn about and fix specific retail and product performance issues
- Products can be adjusted, and new ones designed to meet customer need
About the syndicated tablet report
DigitalMR produces a monthly tablet report which monitors thousands of customers’ online conversations through comments posted on open-access social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, forums, blogs, microblogs and commercial websites, for comments regarding tablet services.
The report is available on annual subscription with updates provided on a quarterly, monthly or weekly basis. Results will be updated to the press on a monthly basis.
Contact
For regular reports and more information:
Michalis A. Michael
mmichael@digital-mr.com,
tel: +44 751 571 0370
www.digital-mr.com
About DigitalMR
DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.
About SocialNuggets
SocialNuggets technology delivers real-time market intelligence for fast moving industries by analyzing data from various social media sources with a mission to liberate social media data and sentiment analysis for use in real-time research of brands, products and features. SocialNuggets delivers ready to use market intelligence for various industry verticals including consumer electronics and banking. SocialNuggets data is delivered in bite size, ready-to-consume, infographics and is also available in the form of a full access to our data warehouse for analysis and integration with customers’ data. SocialNuggets, a Serendio company, was founded in 2011 with headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.