{"id":63951,"date":"2014-07-27T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=63951"},"modified":"2014-07-26T00:34:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T22:34:15","slug":"tablet-demand-continues-to-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/63951\/tablet-demand-continues-to-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet demand continues to slow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The worldwide tablet market has shown 11% year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2014, according to the IDC, but the market is facing continued deceleration.<\/p>\n

Global tablet shipments reached 49.3 million units in the quarter, up from 44.4 million units in the same period last year. However, this was down 1.5% when compared to the first quarter of 2014.<\/p>\n

“As we indicated last quarter, the market is still being impacted by the rise of large-screen smartphones and longer than anticipated ownership cycles,” said Jean Philippe Bouchard, IDC research director for Tablets.<\/p>\n

“We can also attribute the market deceleration to slow commercial adoption of tablets.”<\/p>\n

Despite this trend, however, the IDC said it believes that stronger commercial demand for tablets in the second half of 2014 will help the market grow and that more enterprise-specific offerings will be seen, as illustrated by the Apple and IBM partnership.<\/p>\n

Apple managed to maintain its lead in the worldwide tablet market, shipping 13.3 million units in the second quarter. Following a strong first quarter, Samsung struggled to maintain its momentum and saw its market share slip to 17.2% in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Lenovo continued to climb the rankings ladder, surpassing ASUS and moving into the third spot in the tablet market, shipping 2.4 million units and grabbing 4.9% markets share.<\/p>\n

“Until recently, Apple, and to a lesser extent Samsung, have been sitting at the top of the market, minimally impacted by the progress from competitors,” IDC said.<\/p>\n

“Now we are seeing growth amongst the smaller vendors and a levelling of shares across more vendors as the market enters a new phase.”<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Vendor<\/strong><\/td>\n2Q13 Unit Shipments<\/strong><\/td>\n2Q13 Market Share<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n2Q14 Unit Shipments<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n2Q14 Market Share<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\nYear on Year growth%
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple<\/td>\n14.6<\/td>\n33.0%<\/td>\n13.3<\/td>\n26.9%<\/td>\n-9.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n18.8%<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n17.2%<\/td>\n1.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenovo<\/td>\n1.5<\/td>\n3.3%<\/td>\n2.4<\/td>\n4.9%<\/td>\n64.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASUS<\/td>\n2.0<\/td>\n4.5%<\/td>\n2.3<\/td>\n4.6%<\/td>\n13.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acer Group<\/td>\n1.5<\/td>\n3.4%<\/td>\n1.0<\/td>\n2.0%<\/td>\n-36.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Others<\/td>\n16.4<\/td>\n37.0%<\/td>\n21.9<\/td>\n44.4%<\/td>\n33.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n44.4<\/strong><\/td>\n100.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n49.3<\/strong><\/td>\n100.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n11.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

More on the IDC<\/h3>\n

Where to from here for the PC market?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tablets losing lustre<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Smartphone prices coming down<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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