2015 was not the year for tablets. IDC estimates overall tablet shipments reach 206.8 million, a 10.1 percent decrease from the 230.1 million tablets shipped during the year prior. Aside from the negative performance for the overall market, detachable tablet shipments reached 8.1 million, an all-time high. Although being seen as the undisputable market leader,…
Tablet sales are declining and fewer tablets are being shipped, so does that mean the tablet has lost favor in the market? The key barometer for tablets is the venerable Apple iPad, and we have watched its sales decreased five consecutive quarters. The decline in tablets shipments can be attributed to several factors: Overall decline…
Market research firm, IDC, shows tablet growth, including the iPad, Mini and competing Samsung devices, is on a downward spiral. Shipments from all tablet makers increased a mere 4.4 percent for the full year and suffered their first-ever year-over-year decline in the fourth quarter, slipping over 3 percent. To give some perspective on previous tablet…
Is Apple’s decline in the tablet industry foreshadowing an overall downfall of the device as a whole? Apple is close to losing its dominance in tablet sales, as iPad sales are expected to decline in 2014 for the first year since it debuted in 2010. iPad sales have shrunk for three straight quarters, and last…