What is the cause of IDC Yoy 39.9m Q1 Apple 12.7m?
It’s no secret that tablets are now the most preferred option for learning over the last few years. But, Chromebooks are rapidly catching up across Europe as well as in the United States, Western Europe as well as, in recent times, Japan, where they are already ruling the market.
It’s no longer feasible for Apple to offer individual sales of its entire range of products that result in IDC YoY 39.9m quarter-end apple 12.7m The company claims that iPad sales increased 78.7 per cent to $7.8 billion in the most recent earnings conference during the March quarter.
In conjunction with the iPad Pro announcement, Apple announced two new models that sport M1 processors and brand new screens for the 12.9-inch model, with Liquid Retina XDR technology. The preorders for the devices began on Friday and the devices will start shipping by the middle of May.
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Apple’s iPad maintained its dominance of the tablet market in the initial quarter of 2021 when the market segment grew by more than 50% over the course of a year.
Tablet sales totaled 39.9 million units during Q1 2021. This represents a year-over-year increase of 55.2 percent, as per new data from the analysis firm IDC. IDC claims that the kind of growth that it has seen hasn’t been witnessed since 2013.
As a tablet maker, Apple kept the top position. The Cupertino firm shipped 12.7 millions iPad units in the initial quarter, an increase of 64.3 percent year-over-year. Apple was able to capture an 31.7 percent market share which was up from 30 percent in the Q1 of 2020.
Samsung came in second place having an estimate of 8 million tablet deliveries and 20 percent on the market. Lenovo was third place with 3.8 million shipments. Amazon came in fourth place with 3.5 million shipped and Huawei was fifth with 2.7 million deliveries.
“While vaccine rollouts and businesses returning to offices may slow down the work-from-home trend, we are still far from returning to ‘normal’ working conditions and hence the demand for tablets, especially detachables, is expected to continue for a while,” said IDC research analyst Anuroopa Nataraj.
IDC states that tablets used to have been the preferred option in the market for education however, Chromebooks are rapidly becoming popular across the U.S., Western Europe as well as, recently in Japan.
Apple has stopped reporting individual unit sales of its products. But, on its most recent earnings conference call it said that iPad revenues was up 78.7 percent to $7.8 billion during the quarter ending March.
The company has also revealed 2 newly announced iPad Pro models equipped with M1 chips, as well as a updated Liquid Retina XDR display on the 12.9-inch model. Preorders began on Friday and the devices are expected to be delivered during the second week of May.
