Sentences with phrase «said tablet shipments»

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As a result, worldwide tablet shipments plunged 12 percent year - over-year to 67 million units in Q4 2014, which research firm Canalys says marks its first ever decline after several quarters of slowing demand.

But it's all a matter of perspective: today IDC said that it's actually lowering forecasts for tablet shipments this year and in the future.

«Tablet PC demand in 2014 is being affected by falling demand for the 7» class in emerging regions and in China, where many local white - box brands have experienced lower - than - expected shipment growth,» said Hisakazu Torii, vice president, smart application research at NPD DisplaySearch.

J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz sent a note to investors on Thursday in which he said he is raising his 2011 tablet shipment forecast to 51.9 million units, up 13 % from his original >>

J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz sent a note to investors on Thursday in which he said he is raising his 2011 tablet shipment forecast to 51.9 million units, up 13 % from his original prediction.

IDC said the worldwide tablet market saw sizzling growth of 142.4 percent compared to the same period a year ago, with shipments hitting 49.2 million units in the first three months of 2013.

«Most impressive about Apple's 17 million tablet shipments in the second quarter was it nearly matched 2010 total worldwide shipments of 17.3 million for all vendors,» says Jeff Orr, an ABI analyst.

Asus CEO Jerry Chen recently said that his company sold 1.2 million Eee Pads from the launch to the end of the third quarter, Shen expects the company's tablet PC shipments will reach 600,000 units of the Transformer Prime in the fourth quarter.

«Most impressive about Apple's 17.0 million tablet shipments in 2Q» 2012 was it nearly matched 2010 total worldwide shipments of 17.3 million for all vendors,» said ABI analyst Jeff Orr.

This was the first time that tablet shipments have declined since a wave of devices, including Apple's iPad, ignited the market in 2010, IDC said.

This year IDC said it expects the tablet market to reach «a new high» of 190 million shipment units, with year - on - year growth of 48.7 %.

However, what has also to be said is that the XOOM shipment numbers might be less but is yet comparable with other tablet devices that are in the market leaving aside Apple iPad which has a nook and niche of its own.

New product launches from the category's top vendors, as well as new entrant Microsoft, led to a surge in consumer interest and very robust shipments totals during the holiday season,» said Tom Mainelli, tablet research director at IDC.

IDC said it expects global sales of detachable tablets to grow from 16.6 million shipments in 2015 to 63.8 million in 2020.

So it's fair to say that Android - powered tablets passing iPad shipments at some point was all but inevitable, with multiple companies attacking the iPad maker.

The firm said in a new report Feb. 23 that during the quarter tablets, as they earlier suggested, proved themselves to be a «promising new talent,» with shipments reaching 4.5 million units.

Meanwhile, shipments of «detachables,» computers with screens that can dock into keyboards to be used laptop style or undocked and used tablet style, priced less than $ 200 surged, IDC analysts said.

Whilst market growth for PCs is said to be stalling, figures for tablet shipments are once again being rethought.

Research firm IDC says the top - heavy tablet market saw shipments drop 3.2 percent for Q4 2014, marking the industry's first ever year - over-year decline.

Research firm IDC says the top - heavy tablet market experienced its first ever year - over-year decline in shipments during the fourth quarter of 2014.

Tablet shipments are slowing in anticipation of new models from the company, IDC said last week.

«Samsung tablet shipments started to grow remarkably since the second half of last year,» Shin said.

«The erosion in Apple's unit shipment market share was inevitable,» said Rhoda Alexander, director, tablet research for IHS.

«The growth in cheaply made, inexpensive Android tablets is a key piece of the growing imbalance between shipments and usage measurements in the tablet world,» Alexander said.

DigiTimes released a report today saying that Google's 7 - inch tablet PC, reportedly manufactured by Asus, will start shipping in June, with initial shipments expected to reach around 600,000 units.

«Shipments of the iPad line fell short of IHS estimates in the fourth quarter as many loyal Apple customers devoted their dollars to shiny new alternatives,» said Rhoda Alexander, senior manager, tablet and monitor research for IHS.

Online the tablet is currently listed as «not available,» though several stores we called say the tablet is just out of stock with more shipments expected soon.

As the market for smaller tablets shrinks, tablet suppliers will move to larger sizes, with shipments of models ranging from 8 inches up to 10.9 inches overtaking smaller 7 - inch - class models by 2018, DisplaySearch said.

Even so, the analyst said, average prices for tablets is likely to drop further, and that tablet shipments are expected to overtake all PC shipments in 2015.»

Its sources say that shipments of the tablet are expected to be between 700,000 and 800,000 units per month.

India and other emerging markets are on pace to show the strongest growth (even though worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, and mobile phones) are expected to be 2.4 billion units in 2015, down 1 percent from 2014 and the previous quarter's forecast of 1.5 percent growth, said market research firm Gartner.

Research firm IHS iSuppli says Apple's (s aapl) iPad makes up 70 percent of tablet shipments worldwide — with Kindle Fire accounting for just 4.2 percent of global tablet shipments in Q2 2012.

«Positive growth is set to return in 2018 and continue through 2020 with shipments reaching 194.2 million tablets as detachable tablets continue to steal share from traditional PCs,» says IDC.

Best Buy's CEO says tablet sales are crashing, and even Apple's tablet shipments are down 9 % year - over-year for the quarter.

In a guidance issued for Q3, 2015, Asus has said that its target shipments for the quarter includes 600,000 desktop computers, six million smartphones and 1.8 million tablets.

But there is one area of the tablet market that's growing: research firm IDC says that «detachables» — tablets like the iPad Pro that have first - party removable keyboards — are increasing in shipments even though traditional tablets are losing popularity.

«Positive growth is set to return in 2018 and continue through 2020 with shipments reaching 194.2 million tablets as detachable tablets continue to steal share from traditional PCs,» says IDC.