Tablet sales passed the first quarterly decline – FrazPC.pl

 With the launch of the first iPad We could talk about the explosion of popularity tablet , since then countless number of producers decided to try their hand in this sector and the sale of such devices has increased steadily. But it seems that the tablet market has just scored a serious shortness of breath, and although we can not yet speak of a serious crisis, in the face of recent data it is difficult to ignore the problems of the largest producers.

 

 Was first reported for quarterly decline on the tablet market as compared to the same period last year. Apple is struggling with weaker sales for several quarters, and in the three months ended in December last year, the Cupertino company recorded a decrease of 18% (from 26 million to 21.4 million iPads). Other manufacturers also have no reason to be happy, because in second place Samsung

“boast” may be very similar decline (18.4%), sales Asus dropped by as much as 25%, and the biggest loser in the top five – Amazon – experienced weaker quarter by 70% compared to the previous year. From the top, only Lenovo managed to maintain growth and at the level of 9.1%, which is translated a wide range of the manufacturer (both in terms of form, size and operating system). The cause is not the best performance of the whole sector is primarily market saturation, because tablets have a longer life cycle of smartphones, which are rarely exch anged by their users.

 Total drop in the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2014. Amounted to 3.2% , but despite this the whole year has managed to retain 4.4% increase.