According to the International Data Corp., 101 million smartphones
shipped during the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 87 % over the same period in 2009.
While the device was expected to
ship during the fourth quarter, the site reports that consumers now shouldn't expect it by year's end.
Overall, some 10.1 million media tablets
shipped during the fourth quarter, versus 4.5 million in the third.
Not exact matches
During the
fourth quarter of 2016, 52.9 million tablet units
shipped worldwide, a figure that was down 20.1 % compared to the same period in 2015, according to research firm IDC.
IDC said that 17 million PCs were
shipped in the U.S.
during the
fourth quarter, which made for a «slight decline» from the previous year
during the same time period.
Now, one financial analyst believes Amazon
shipped approximately 6 million Fire tablets
during the
fourth quarter, up from earlier estimates of 5 million.
That the Apple iPad dominated the tablet market
during the
fourth quarter of 2010 is fairly a given these days, but likely less known is that the company's notebooks also
shipped at a rate that well exceeded the industry average, according to a Feb. 16 report from research firm DisplaySearch, an arm of the NPD Group.
Apple
shipped 15.4 million iPads and iPad 2s
during the
fourth quarter of 2011, according to the IHS iSuppli Display Materials & Systems Service at information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).
According to Gartner, Apple
shipped 5.4 million Macs
during the period, a 1.4 percent year - over-year growth rate that garnered the company 7.6 percent market share in the
fourth quarter.
BlackBerry was the declining player in the smartphone operating system market
during 2013 and resulted negative 77 percent year - over-year change with
shipping 1.7 million smartphones in the
fourth quarter.
According to the report by industry tracker Strategy Analytics, the South Korean tech giant
shipped 24 million units in the local market
during the
fourth quarter of 2017, reports Yonhap news agency.