The fact that the tablet boom is over, analysts already reported for many quarter in a row. Now is growing segment mainly convertible devices that combine the properties of a laptop and a tablet, and the owners of the classic mid-range tablets do not see the need to replace their properly functioning devices. IDC Company published a report on the sales of the tablet market dynamics in the third quarter, from which it is clear that decreased by 14.7%, while in the sequential comparison and rose by 9.8% in the annual comparison the demand for these devices. Total for the third quarter, according to preliminary estimates, was sold 43 million Tablet devices with detachable keyboard.
IDC experts explain that the demand on the transformable device stimulates the appearance on the market of products costing less than $ 200, which by its functionality significantly inferior to more expensive counterparts.
tablets market is divided into two poles. At one low cost devices continue to rule the classical configuration, which are often used by Internet giants like Amazon or telecommunications operators as an inexpensive portal to their services. At the opposite end are the transformable devices not inferior in speed light and thin laptops as easy to create content.
If we consider the statistics for the five leading tablets manufacturers , Apple continues to lead with 19.6% of the market. However, in the third quarter, two-thirds were sold iPad models of the classical layout, and actively advertised by the Pro iPad content with a more modest share. However, the high price of the latter has allowed the company to maintain revenue at the same level while reducing the number of tablets sold by 6.2%.
Samsung, though retains second place with 16% market share, lost sales volumes of 19.3% in the annual compariso.
The phenomenal growth of Amazon tablet sales volumes is explained by statistical incident - a year ago, IDC does not take into account sales volumes of six-inch tablets of the brand, and now has changed the method of calculation. Fourth place in the tablet market takes Lenovo, whose products are popular in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Huawei control 5.6% of the global tablet market. The Chinese manufacturer offers a tablet with support for 3G / 4G networks . Related Products :
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