Apple September presentation was devoted to the announcement of new smartphones and the first in the history smart watches. But Apple executives strongly defend the right to be considered the largest manufacturer of tablets, even against the background of falling sales volumes and reducing the market share . Tim Cook promised that Apple still be able to surprise us with innovation in the segment of tablet PCs.
As explained by analysts Strategy Analytics, Apple manages to maintain the status of the largest manufacturer of processors for tablets - in terms of revenue it takes 26% of the market. Of course, Apple itself does not produce processors, their issue involved Samsung and TSMC, but these processors are designed under the supervision of the company from Cupertino. Processor market for tablets in the second quarter as a whole grew by 23% YoY.
It is noteworthy that the Intel compared to the first quarter of this year was able to double the number of processors for tablets supplied. Some experts believe that the subsidy is as stimulating demand measures the processor giant will soon be required.