According to Canalys analysts report , in Q4 2013 the worldwide supply of personal computers grew by 17.9% largely due to the seasonal surge in demand for tablet devices. Tablet had 48.3% of the total PC market for a specified period of time, which is 76.3 million units. Last figure was 65.2% more than in the second quarter of 2012.
In the fourth quarter leading position in the market of computers has kept Apple company , shipped 30.9 million units, constituting 19.5% of the total. Of this number tablet on iPad accounts for about 26 million devices, Apple's market share in this segment increased from 27.3% in the third quarter of 2013 to 34.1% in the fourth.
Lenovo commands 11.8% market share in the reporting period. For the year Lenovo shipments increased by 25.5% due to the strengthening of positions outside the home, the Chinese market. At the same time, in China Lenovo has lost 11.7% in the notebook segment. Analysts say that Lenovo has serious potential and the tablet market - in the fourth quarter, for example, the company has shipped more than tripled tablets than Dell and HP together. Samsung company so far only managed to climb to the third position with 18.2 million units sold. Of these, about 14.5 million (or 79.7%) devices are tablets - this figure is 90.3% higher than the result of the fourth quarter of 2012. In the segment of tablets Samsung confidently occupies the second position, coupled with Apple controlling 53.2% of the market.
The most popular operating system in the tablet segment is Android, PC manufacturers are also showing great interest in alternative operating systems like Google Chrome OS, which is gradually winning itself a niche, especially in education.
And if the fourth quarter traditionally accounts boom in consumer activity, the first is a relatively quiet period. According to DigiTimes Research estimates , global tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2014 will fall by 15-20% compared to the previous quarter. Apple's supply volumes will decrease by 22.7%, to 18 million units. Related Products :
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