Tablet Shipments Tank (Unless You Count 2-in-1s)

Tablet shipments are nonetheless on the decline, simply there's ane bright spot in the market: detachable devices, according to new information from IDC.

Not even the vacation flavor could terminate the marketplace from declining in the fourth quarter of 2022: Tablet shipments dropped thirteen.vii percentage year twelvemonth to 65.9 million units during the period, the research firm said. For the year overall, shipments totaled 206.8 meg, down ten.one per centum from 230.ane million in 2022.

If y'all consider 2-in-1s equally role of the tablet marketplace, withal, the devices "reached an all-time high" of 8.1 meg units.

"One of the biggest reasons why detachables are growing and then fast is because end users are seeing those devices every bit PC replacements," IDC's Tablet Enquiry Director, Jean Philippe Bouchard, said in a statement.

IDC estimated that Apple sold more than two million iPad Pros during the menses, making it the top-selling detachable. Microsoft peddled around i.6 million Surface devices, the majority of which were the Surface Pro, not the cheaper Surface 3

"With these results, it's clear that price is not the most of import feature considered when acquiring a detachable — performance is," Bouchard said.

Meanwhile, pure slate tablets "experienced their greatest almanac decline," dropping 21.i percent in 2022, IDC said. Another interesting tidbit to note: prices on slate tablets "have not yet striking rock lesser," which should be welcome news for upkeep-witting consumers.

Breaking it downward past vendor, Apple is still the world's height tablet maker, despite a 24.8 percent year-over-year pass up in the 4th quarter. Samsung came in 2nd for the quarter, but saw tablet shipments decline 18.1 percent compared to last year. No. 3 Amazon had a huge quarter, growing its tablet shipments 175.7 percent year over year, primarily thanks to its super-cheap Fire, which was deemed the "holiday season's surprise hitting." Lenovo and Huawei rounded out the pinnacle 5.

This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.

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