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Worldwide Tablet Market Forecast to Decline More Than 8% in 2015 While Switch to Detachable Tablets Continues to Accelerate, According to IDCWorldwide tablet shipments will reach 211.3 million units in 2015, down -8.1% from 2014, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast. The new forecast follows three consecutive quarters of declining worldwide tablet shipments in 2015. Despite the challenges facing the overall market, IDC (News - Alert) expects detachable tablets will continue to represent a growing portion of total shipments. "We're witnessing a real market transition as end users shift their demand towards detachables and more broadly towards a productivity-based value proposition," said Jean Philippe Bouchard, Research Director, Tablets. "The proliferation of detachable offerings from hardware vendors continues to help drive this switch. We're starting to see the impact of competition within this space as the major platform vendors - Apple, Google (News - Alert) and Microsoft - now have physical product offerings. With attractive price points, including the introduction of sub-$100 detachables, and platform innovation being driven by competition, IDC is confident that the detachables segment will nearly double in size in the next year, recording more than 75% growth compared to 2015." "The transition to detachable tablets also ushers in two other key trends: the growth of Windows and a turnaround for Apple's (News - Alert) iPad device line," said Jitesh Ubrani, Senior Research Analyst, Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers. "Though early reviews for the iPad Pro have been mixed, we believe the Pro to be the only reason for Apple to gain tablet market share in the coming years as they target select enterprise and prosumer audiences. At the same time we expect Windows-based devices - slates and detachables combined - to more than double its market share by 2019, driven by a combination of traditional PC OEMs as well as more household smartphone vendors." Worldwide Tablet Market Share, by Screen Size, 2014, 2015*, 2019*
Source (News - Alert): IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, December 1, 2015 * Forecast figures In addition to the table above, an interactive graphic showing worldwide tablet market share by operating system for the 2014 - 2019 forecast period is available here. The chart is intended for public use in online news articles and social media. Instructions on how to embed this graphic can be found by viewing this press release on IDC.com. Taxonomy Note: Total tablet market includes slate tablets plus 2-in-1 tablets. References to "tablets" in this release include both slate tablets and 2-in-1 devices.
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