Tablet shipments grow 142.4% to 49.2 mln units in Q1 - IDC

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Tablet shipments grow 142.4% to 49.2 mln units in Q1 - IDC

Worldwide tablet shipments grew by 142.4 percent to 49.2 million units in the first quarter, compared to 20.3 million units in the first quarter of 2012, according to IDC. Growth was fuelled by rising demand for smaller screen devices.

Figure 1: tablets shipments (x million) (source: IDC).

Apple tablet shipments grew by 65.3 percent to 19.5 million units for a 39.6 percent market share as it saw sustained demand for the iPad mini. Samsung shipments increased by 282.6 percent to 8.8 million units for a 17.9 percent market share, driven by market traction for its smaller-sized tablets and the popularity of Android.

Asus moved into third place as its shipments grew by 350 percent to 2.7 million units for a 5.5 percent market share. The company benefited from demand for its highly marketed Nexus 7 device. Amazon shipments increased by 157.1 percent to 1.8 million units for a 3.7 percent market share, but it slipped from third to fourth place.

Microsoft, which had no tablets a year ago, shipped 900,000 Surface RT and Surface Pro units for a 1.8 percent market share.  Many of the tablets it shipped were Surface Pro models, which began shipping to the US and Canada in February. Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets continued to struggle to gain traction. Total combined Windows 8 and Window RT shipments across all vendors reached 1.8 million units.

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