Sentences with phrase «detachable tablet segment»

Microsoft kicked off the detachable tablet segment of the modern 2 - in - 1 market with its original Surface device, which also heralded the company's entry into the PC hardware business.

As a result, Apple and Microsoft are dominating the detachable tablet segment.

Not exact matches

One bright spot in the tablet market however has been the «detachable» segment with removable keyboards such as the iPad Pro, which is growing at a strong pace, according to IDC.

This product line quickly elevated Apple to the top of the growing detachable tablet market segment, and IDC believes Apple is in a good spot to remain competitive at the top of this segment despite using a «mobile OS» while many of its competitors are entering the space with Windows - based devices.

Much like Apple, Samsung continues to migrate its tablet portfolio to the detachable segment and to support this the company launched three new products at this year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in February.

Asus is pursuing a niche segment within the tablet PC sphere - that of tablet PCs that come with their own keypad that is either attached or detachable from the main tablet form.

«Beyond the growing demand for detachable devices, we're also witnessing an increase in competition within this segment that will help drive design, innovation, and a decline in average prices,» said IDC research director for tablets, Jean - Philippe Bouchard.

IDC said Apple's detachable tablet, the iPad Pro, would command some 28.5 percent of the segment in 2016 and Android devices 18.2 percent.

But even as the «slate» tablet market cools from its once red - hot pace, one key growth segment is detachables, which bodes well for Microsoft and makers of other Windows - based devices.

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.

The overall trajectory of the tablet market has not changed significantly over the past year and a half, but the 2 - in - 1 segment, also referred to as detachables, is starting to gain traction.

Tablets with detachable keyboards are an established segment of the mobile device market.