According to technology research firm Gartner, the iPad will account for 73 percent
of worldwide tablet sales of 63.6 million units this year and will remain the top - selling device over the next few years.
Research firm IDC reported a 13.7 percent year - over-year drop
in worldwide tablet sales in the fourth quarter, with 65.9 million units shipped.
Even by the most conservative of estimates, the iPad will make up the lion's share of
worldwide tablet sales for the next three to four years.
The new numbers represent a sales growth of 12.1 percent for 2014, down from 2013's 51.8 percent growth
in worldwide tablet sales.
Apple is still the uncontested leader
of worldwide tablet sales, even as iPads take a big dive from 10.3 to 8.9 million units YoY in Q1 2017.
A Gartner report earlier this month predicted 2014
worldwide tablet sales of 229 million, up 11 percent from last year, when the market grew 55 percent.
Consumers know it — the latest sales data has shown that
worldwide tablet sales may have already peaked.
The worldwide tablet sales from June up to December of 2016 stands at 38.7 million devices, which is a drop of 12.3 percent year - per - year; 65 percent of its sales belongs to Android.