Tablet shipments may have been down in Q1, but detachables continue to grow

The global tablet market is not exactly thriving, but detachable tablets are doing well, and they will continue to grow, according to the IDC's research and projections.

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Global tablet shipments have hit a new quarterly low, and they’re about to go even lower

Just as expected, worldwide tablet shipments are down again after a surprisingly solid holiday quarter, looking at yet another big drop in Q2 2018.

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Global tablet shipments have hit a new quarterly low, and they’re about to go even lower

Just as expected, worldwide tablet shipments are down again after a surprisingly solid holiday quarter, looking at yet another big drop in Q2 2018.

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Global tablet shipments have hit a new quarterly low, and they’re about to go even lower

Just as expected, worldwide tablet shipments are down again after a surprisingly solid holiday quarter, looking at yet another big drop in Q2 2018.

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Global tablet shipments were down again in Q3 2017, but most top vendors were up

There's no recovery in sight for worldwide tablet shipments, based on IDC's latest research, even though the leading OEMs aren't doing so bad.

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Global tablet sales slump continues, but Apple, Huawei and Amazon keep the market afloat during Q2

Q2 2017 tablet sales were down 3.4 percent year over year globally, despite big gains reported by three of the world's top five vendors.

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Apple maintains comfortable tablet market domination, but Amazon and Huawei are surging

Any miracles to report between July and September 2016, perhaps turning things around for a long-struggling global tablet industry? Certainly not according to preliminary IDC data, which counted only 43 million slates and detachables shipped in total during 2016’s third quarter, down a whopping 14.7 percent year-over-year.On the bright side (yes, there is one, for a change), sales were considerably on the rise

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Despite ‘difficulty to compete’ with iOS and Windows, Android tablets still reign supreme

It’s been obvious for a long time now that tablet vendors need to change their approach and adapt to new consumer requirements if they’re to survive and keep the market afloat. But “while growth in the detachable category is undeniable, slates continue to represent the vast majority of the segment.”That’s one of IDC’s most interesting conclusions in compiling preliminary Q2 2016 global shipment data, and of course, ...

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