Apple loses market share in tablets, can the iPad mini help?
Apple was the big generator segment of tablets based mobile operating systems, and with a market that was around 90%, it was inevitable that the company was losing share (despite their excellent sales), due to growth of its competitors.
IDC results for the third quarter show that despite increased sales of iPad in items, market share has fallen by almost ten percentage points, from 59.7% to 50.4%, with a total of 14 million units sold worldwide, a number that surpasses it sold a year earlier (11.1 million) but falls in the second quarter of this year, which had been 18 million.Read More »Apple loses market share in tablets, can the iPad mini help?