Not exact matches
Noted IDC, while pure
slate tablets saw their greatest annual decline ever with a drop of 21.1 percent, detachables more than doubled their
shipments since the fourth quarter of 2014.
So if all of the above seems tempting enough, well Dynamism is currently accepting pre-orders for the
tablet with the
shipment of the first batch
slated to arrive on the 15th of February.
The other product category is
slate tablets (those lacking this keyboard option), which saw
shipments peak in 2014 and is now in a steep decline that IDC believes will continue throughout the forecast period.
Indian
tablet market inclusive of
slate and detachables ended the year 2016 with total
shipments of 3.7 million units with a marginal annual drop of 3.1 percent, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
Firstly in
shipments: ABI notes that Android - powered
tablets surpassed iOS - based
slates during Q2 for the first time.
Lenovo's
tablet shipments were down 13.8 YoY due to slowing demand for Android
slate tablets, but Huawei has posted 82.2 % increase in
tablet shipments year - on - year.
According to sources from the supply chain, the goals of the new, more affordable
slate are to reach «price - oriented consumers,» «maintain [Apple's] present 10 million - unit
tablet shipments a quarter» rate and expand sales to «industrial and service sectors.»
IDC states that detachables continue to grow for the most part while
slate tablets which saw
shipments peak in 2014 and is now in a steep decline.
Traditional
slate tablet specifically shipped 26.8 million units, bringing its
shipments down by 13.9 percent from 2017.
Detachable
tablets like the Microsoft Surface and iPad Pro saw over 2.9 % YoY growth by grabbing 15.3 % share, but the traditional
slate tablets continued to decline with 26.8 million unit
shipments, down 13.9 % from the prior year.
Worldwide
shipments of
tablets (including
slate and detachable form factors) reached 39.6 million, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly
Tablet Tracker.
The report claims that consumers» interest in
slates continues to grow, with the reported 49.1 million total
tablet shipments in Q1 of 2013 surpassing the total number of
shipments made in the entire first half of last year.
Huawei rounds out the top 5 with a vast majority of its
shipments falling in the
slate tablet category.
Shipments are now expected to reach 212 million with the vast majority being pure
slate tablets.
Kindle
slates are still the second most desired
tablet series behind Apple's iPad lineup according to one study, and while Samsung passed Amazon last year to steal the No. 2 spot in terms of global
tablet shipment volume, Samsung is stumbling right now and its new
tablets are anything but impressive.