Owing to this performance, Amazon dislodged Samsung to become the second
largest tablet vendor in Q4 2017 with a 15.6 % market share.
IDC said Apple remained
the largest tablet vendor with 16.4 million iPads sold in the first quarter.
Samsung continued to be the second
largest tablet vendor with 7.6 million tablets shipped in the second quarter and 17 % market share, a 12 % year - over-year unit decline.
Not exact matches
Apple remains the
largest vendor in a declining
tablet market, shipping 10.9 million... [Read more...]
Apple remains the
largest vendor in a declining
tablet market, shipping 10.9 million iPads in the second quarter of 2015.
Vendors are moving quickly to compete in this space as consumers realize that these small devices are often more ideal than
larger tablets for their daily consumption habits.»
The report cites a source who claims that other
vendors might follow suit with their own
large tablets once they see Samsung leading the way.
Vendors scrambled to launch
tablets similar to the iPad and the smartphone platform on which they based their efforts did not translate well at all to
larger devices.
Samsung and Lenovo held their positions as the
largest Android
tablet vendors in Australia, but other device maker have turned their focus to Windows 10
tablets and 2 - in - 1s in place of Android».