IDC market data showed
detachable tablet sales were up 10.3 percent over the 2017 holiday season compared to 2016's holiday season, while slate tablet sales fell 7.6 percent, year - on - year.
IDC projected a 73 percent jump in
detachable tablet sales this year, and said Windows - based detachables like the Microsoft Surface would garner more than half of this segment.
Not exact matches
Global
sales of
tablet computers extended their slide in early 2016, with some bright spots at the low end of the market and more expensive «
detachables,» a survey showed Thursday.
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IDC said it expects global
sales of
detachable tablets to grow from 16.6 million shipments in 2015 to 63.8 million in 2020.
IDC have done a preliminary survey on the largest
tablet sales figures and
detachable 2 - in - 1's for Q1 2018, which indicates that Apple is the leading brand with a 28.8 % market share, Samsung down but still in 2nd place with a 16.7 % market share, Huawei significantly up as expected with a 10 % market share, Lenovo slightly up with a 6.6 % market share, with Amazon down almost 50 % since last year with a 3.5 % market share in the first quarter.
Adding new Chrome OS
tablets and
detachables into the mix could expand the market for the OS, and therefore Android apps as well, especially in the education market where Chromebooks have already been a solid
sales success.