Sentences with phrase «tablet shipments falling»

Meanwhile, IDC reports that the consumer market for tablets is shrinking, with worldwide tablet shipments falling 5.9 percent in the first quarter of 2015 (see full story here).

Figures from analyst firm IDC show that overall tablet shipments fell by 6.5 percent to 163.5 million units last year.

While the overall tablet shipments fell 9 percent in Q4 2016, the Windows tablets continued its uptrend, increasing from 8.5 to 10.1 million compared with 2015.

Not exact matches

When a stolen shipment of one million ecstasy tablets falls into the lap of our unnamed protagonist (listed in the credits as XXXX), the proverbial middle - man receives instructions from on high to unload them to the highest bidder.

The declines come at a time when worldwide shipments in the fourth quarter fell for the first time since the tablet market's inception in 2010.

«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.

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The drastic fall in tablet shipments is a sign of the changing times, and that includes the Apple iPad

That figure, which is double the number of tablets Samsung shipped in 2012, is certainly nothing to scoff at but it will fall short of Apple's full - year iPad shipments in 2013.

Total worldwide shipments of tablets and so - called 2 - in - 1 devices (hybrids of laptops and tablets) during the fourth quarter of 2014 fell by 3.2 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, according to IDC.

«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.

They also estimate that global tablet shipments for 2017 are likely to fall by 5.3 % annually this year to about 146.4 million units.

Overall shipments for tablets and 2 - in - 1 devices fell to 47.1 million in Q1 of 2015, a -5.9 percent decline from the same quarter a year ago, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.

Huawei rounds out the top 5 with a vast majority of its shipments falling in the slate tablet category.