Apple's iPad led the charge as total worldwide
tablet shipments hit a record 52.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to IDC's preliminary data from its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, but its market share continued to slide due to competition from Samsung.
Not exact matches
The
tablet market shrank in the recently - ended quarter, as
shipments of bargain - priced computers with detachable screens
hit a record high, according to market analysis firm International Data Corporation.
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.
Tablet shipments will
hit 120 million units in 2012 only after two short years of the device being on the market, and 340 million systems are expected by 2016 — a magnitude of sales exceeded just by mobile handsets.
Worldwide PC
shipments that comprises of desktops, notebooks, two - in - ones and
tablets hit 101 million units in Q1 2016, according to latest report from Canalys.
As announced during Apple's own earnings report last week, iPad
shipments hit a record 22.9 million last quarter, which is good for a 43.6 % share of the total
tablet market.