Tablet sales will show dramatically slower growth this year, according to IDC’s Q2 worldwide quarterly tablet tracker. Worldwide tablet sales grew 11 percent year over year in Q2, with shipments totaling 49.3 million units. While sales will continue to grow, they will do so more slowly than in 2013, when they grew by 51.6 percent, according to IDC. The culprits continue to be growing demand for phablets and increasingly long ownership cycles. “Consumers keep their tablets between three and four years,” said IDC’s Jean Philippe Bouchard.
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Global Tablet Sales Go From Surge to Shuffle
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 25, 2014 06:53 AMTablet sales will show dramatically slower growth this year, according to IDC’s Q2 worldwide quarterly tablet tracker. Worldwide tablet sales grew 11 percent year over year in Q2, with shipments totaling 49.3 million units. While sales will continue to grow, they will do so more slowly than in 2013, when they grew by 51.6 percent, according to IDC. The culprits continue to be growing demand for phablets and increasingly long ownership cycles. “Consumers keep their tablets between three and four years,” said IDC’s Jean Philippe Bouchard.