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Originally Posted by HarryT
If the ratio is as high as you suggest, though, the fact that the small number of people who buy readers also buy tablets and smartphones isn't going to significantly change the ratio.
Eg if 1 million people buy a reader, and 200 million buy a phone or tablet, that 1 million who also buy a phone or tablet represents less than half a percent of phone and tablet buyers.
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HarryT,
I think both of us are way off.
As of October 2015, 773 million I phones had been sold.
See link.
http://ipod.about.com/od/glossary/f/...hones-sold.htm
And at least 300 million iPads.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/2...since-q3-2010/
As of September 2015, there were 1.4 billion active android devices.
http://www.androidcentral.com/google...ices-worldwide
According to the digital reader: Amazon sold 5.2 million fires in the 4th quarter of last year. (Sorry can't find a cumulative total)
http://the-digital-reader.com/2016/0...t-sales-boost/
Now for fun going to try to find kobo and kindle ereader sales.
Roughly 43.7 million through the end of 2013 on kindle sales.
Most recent data I could find.
Forbes › greatspeculations › 2014/04/02
Apr 2, 2014 - The annual sales for Kindle e-reader peaked in 2011 to roughly 13.44 million, followed by a decline in 2012 when the figure totaled an estimated 9.68 million. The sales in 2013 were more or less flat, which suggests that roughly 43.7 million Kindle devices had been cumulatively sold till the end of 2013.
Not that I trust this guy but it says 12 million ereaders were sold in 2014.
http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...dustry-in-2015
Since I am too lazy to do the actual calculation, it looks like
2 billion tablets and smart phones to roughly 75 million ereaders.
Here are some figures.