According to most analysts, the market of tablet computers has already reached its saturation.
In a new report TrendForce research firm says that by the end of 2016 global deliveries were down 6.6% to 157.4 million units. The leading supplier remains Apple company . Last year, it shipped 42.55 million iPad, which allowed it to take 27% of the global tablet market. In second place is the South Korean giant Samsung, whose sold 27 million tablets copies in the past year. Samsung now controls 17.2% of the global market. Closes the top three with a 7 percent share Amazon.
Deliveries of Amazon tablets in 2016 amounted to 11 million copies.
Lenovo company, sold a total of 10.9 million tablets and has become the fourth largest manufacturer of tablets with a share of 6.9% in 2016. Huawei, sells for 12 months 9.8 million tablets, it was able to take fifth place, or 6.2% of the world market. Microsoft and Asus got 2.5% and 2.2% market share respectively.
31% of the market occupied White Box tablets. Last year, 48.8 million tablets were made under the system of White Box.
According to TrendForce analysts forecasts , in 2017 tablet sales will amount to 147.8 million units. In annual terms, shipments of tablets will fall by 6.1% in comparison with 2016 year. Related Products :
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