Category: Market

Historical coverage of the PC and Apple tech market by Charles W. Moore. 2004-2017.

Low-Cost Detachables and Slates Flood Market as Tablet Slump Persists in 3Q/16 – IDC

The worldwide tablet market continued to slump as vendors shipped 43 million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), a year-over-year decline of 14.7%, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. In contrast to the annual decline, 3Q16 shipments were up 9.8% over the second quarter of 2016 as the larger vendors prepared for the holiday quarter. […]