Those numbers presume that
tablet growth slows in the next four quarters compared to earlier rates.
Not exact matches
Mobile e-commerce — shopping on a smartphone or
tablet while on the go — is also expected to rise next year, although it may see somewhat
slow growth in Canada.
«We were a little
slow to recognize the trend toward mobility,» he said, but added that the company is starting to see some traction and gain market share in large
growth markets in areas such as
tablets.
Contraction of the consumer PC market has also
slowed as
growth and competition from
tablets and phones has eased up.
And for single - use, high - price devices such as the higher - end ereaders,
growth is certain to
slow in the coming years as
tablets and the larger smartphones gain popularity as reading devices, as well.
I think that if we had all sat around a table in mid-2013, and asked ourselves if PC sales would stabilize as quickly as they have, and
tablet sales
growth would
slow as quickly as they have, we would have laughed at the idea.
So even assuming that
tablet growth is
slower than IDC expects, and that PC shipments simply continue their current pace of decline, by the second quarter of 2014,
tablets and PCs will ship similar unit volumes.
But Google actually
slowed down the
growth of Android
tablets, by not taking them seriously early on, and (still) not caring too much about optimized Android
tablet applications.
According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly
Tablet Tracker, and reported on bgr.com, while growth of tablet shipments slowed overall in the second quarter of 2013, Android and iOS based tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around
Tablet Tracker, and reported on bgr.com, while
growth of
tablet shipments slowed overall in the second quarter of 2013, Android and iOS based tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around
tablet shipments
slowed overall in the second quarter of 2013, Android and iOS based
tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around
tablet market share has effectively flipped compared to their positions only a year ago, with Apple's iPad experiencing a 14 % drop in sales to 17 million units, and Android enjoying a huge surge in sales from 10.7 million to 28.2 million, an increase of around 163 %.
Since 2012, the
growth of eBooks has
slowed significantly as dedicated e-Reader sales are declining, and
tablet PC devices are increasingly becoming utilized for other forms of entertainment.
The international rollout is taking longer than anticipated, with Nook still focused in the US, UK, and now Australia (some additional global markets can access the Nook ebook store through specific
tablet apps, however), but at a time when there's a high rate of turnover within the digital division, maintaining a
slow but steady pace of international
growth may be the smarter move to take.
Although
growth in the
tablet market is already beginning to
slow, smaller sub-10-inch devices, i.e.,
tablets like the iPad Mini and Nexus 7, are proving the most popular products.
Revenue
growth may have
slowed for
tablets, but unit sales will continue to increase steadily, says the CEA.
Tablet computers have been one of the hottest items in tech in recent years, but sizzling
growth is likely to
slow in the coming years, a market tracker said Tuesday.
Adding Thailand in the loop to shed light on its digital publication market, the eBook
growth is going at a
slow pace considering the healthy adoption of capable eReading devices:
tablets and smartphones.
Since 2012, the
growth of eBooks has
slowed significantly as dedicated eReader sales are declining, and
tablet PC devices are increasingly becoming utilized for other forms of entertainment.
The PlayBook is a bid by RIM to snag a part of the growing
tablet market at the same time that BlackBerry phones face increasing competition and
slower sales
growth as the iPhone and Android - based phones eat up more market share.
«Year - on - year
growth is beginning to
slow as the
tablet market approaches early stages of maturity,» IDC analyst Jitesh Ubrani said in the report.
According to new figures from the Pew Internet Project, e-readers have outpaced
tablets, which shot up quickly but have seen
slower growth in recent months.
It's that
slow, creeping
growth of minor players that has been invading the gardens of the top players in the
tablet market, according to Jitesh Ubrani, research analyst for IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tr
tablet market, according to Jitesh Ubrani, research analyst for IDC's Worldwide Quarterly
Tablet Tr
Tablet Tracker.
«Declining consumer interest in the slate
tablet form factor and rapid
growth of large - screen smartphones (phablets) caused the
tablet market to
slow down,» it added.
While the total
tablet market grew in 2014 it was a much
slower growth rate and price points have been declining since 2012.
Jitesh Ubrani, an analyst at researcher IDC, said while
tablet sales
growth has
slowed, he projects businesses, schools and governments will become bigger buyers of the devices.
Price points started declining in 2012 and since then, the
tablet market observed a
slower growth rate.
Sales of
tablets slowed dramatically in 2017, according to the new Q4 2017 numbers from IDC, though some subcategories managed a little
growth.
NPD researcher Brad Akyuz expects the
growth in cellular
tablet subscriptions will
slow over the next couple of years, as larger - screen smartphones (those with five - inch or larger displays) gain in popularity — and more people use the mobile hotspot setting on their smartphones to provide
tablet connectivity on the go.