IDC's third quarter report has come out with some astonishing numbers. The market share of Apple
iPad has dropped to 50.4%, which was 59.7% in the same period last year.
Apple is still number one in the tablet market followed
by Samsung, which has jumped from 6.5% to 18.4% in that same period. The third
place is acquired by Amazon with 9%, Asus comes forth with 8.6%, and Lenovo is
the last in top 5 with 1.4%.
IDC has revealed that 5.1 million Samsung tablets were shipped in third
quarter of 2012, which is 115% and 325% more than second quarter of 2012 and
third quarter of 2011, respectively.|
Vendor
|
3Q12 Shipments
|
3Q12 Market Share
|
3Q11 Shipments
|
3Q11 Market Share
|
3Q12/3Q11 Growth
|
|
Apple
|
14.0
|
50.4%
|
11.1
|
59.7%
|
26.1%
|
|
Samsung
|
5.1
|
18.4%
|
1.2
|
6.5%
|
325.0%
|
|
Amazon
|
2.5
|
9.0%
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Asus
|
2.4
|
8.6%
|
0.7
|
3.8%
|
242.9%
|
|
Lenovo
|
0.4
|
1.4%
|
0.2
|
1.1%
|
100.0%
|
|
Others
|
3.3
|
12.2%
|
5.4
|
28.9%
|
-38.9%
|
|
All Vendors
|
27.8
|
100%
|
18.6
|
100%
|
49.5%
|
Amazon has done a brilliant job in the third quarter and
Kindle Fire line-up is one of the factors that helped it in doubling the market
share quarter-over-quarter.
Apple iPad mini has just entered the market, so it is
difficult for us to come-up with future predictions at present.
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