The latest report shows that the U.S. market research firm Strategy Analytics, Apple's third quarter still virtue out of 57% share of shipments to lead the tablet PC market, but Android's overall share has reached 41% of the historical record.
According to Strategy Analytics data, the third quarter of this year, global tablet shipments of 25 million units, an increase of 43% compared to the same period last year of 17.2 million units, far below the previous quarter's year-on-year increase of 289%. This is by Strategy Analytics began tracking this data since 2010, the lowest value.
Google Nexus Amazon Kindle Fire caused a lot of attention, but Strategy Analytics noted, looking forward to the new iPad depressed part of the demand. Other major factors leading to slower growth include economic uncertainty, and this has had a negative impact on the entire consumer spending.
"Tablet PC demand growth slowed due to continued economic uncertainty, as well as consumers because look forward to several new products such as iPad mini release postponed purchase in the shopping season." Peter King, director of Strategy Analytics, said.
Strategy Analytics said that the third quarter of the Apple iPad only shipments of 14 million units, a year-on-year decline of 7%, the results "disappointing". Tablet PC market has formed a pattern of two-phase competition, Apple and Android will be the shift in the situation. "Apple's growth is slowing Android camp to seize a share more." Peter King said.
Android Tablet PC shipments in the third quarter reached 10.2 million units, a year-on-year to double share grew to 41% from 29% in the same period last year.
However, the implementation of the Strategy Analytics Director Neil Mawston, with similar smartphone early stage of development, the Android camp the same par apple shipments of any enterprise.
As for the Samsung whether continuation of the splendor of the smart phone market in the Tablet PC market is still unable to judge, especially when Amazon has begun for the global promotion of the Tablet PC, while The Asus also pushing the occasion of the Nexus 7.
But with the release of Windows 8, this pattern may change in several quarters. However, Microsoft's third-quarter global tablet shipments share of only 2%.
Strategy Analytics data contains only the Tablet PC, does not include e-reader.
Source: creative gadgets
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