DigiTimes Research Agency analysts felt that in the first quarter of this year, shipments of tablet computers accounted for 58.56 million units, almost 30% lower than last quarter. This is due to the seasonal distribution of demand, relative to the first quarter of 2013 volumes were up 4.6%.
In the first quarter were sold 15.85 million units iPad (according to Apple, were sold 16.35 million iPad), the share of other tablets had 22.31 million units - 30% more than last year, but 20% less than in the previous quarter . Unnamed manufacturers shipped only 20.4 million tablets.
Lead in the tablet market is still Apple and Samsung, but the gap between them has decreased to less than 6%. The third place is occupied by Lenovo, then comes of ASUS. Amazon and Google have dropped to seventh and tenth places respectively.