According to IDC agency, during the reported period was shipped 48.7 million tablets - 12.6% less than the year before, and the upward movement is not to be expected.
Traditional market leaders Apple and Samsung, lost in the volumes of deliveries of 19.7% and 17.1%, respectively. The worst result was shown by ASUS, shipped in the period from early July to late September 1.9 million units, or almost half less than last year.
Analysts believe that the negative trend in the tablet market will force producers to experiment in other directions. Promising IDC believes shared device is a hybrid PC with a detachable keyboard unit.
Separately site DigiTimes reports that manufacturers are also interested in the issue of specific tablet devices - game, protected, and children, for example.