The iPad falls below the 40% market tablettesLes tablet sales soared more than 142% year on year in the first quarter, 56% for Android products. Still No. 1 manufacturer, Apple lost another 4 points of market share in three months.
The Apple iPad has yet to lose a bit of its lead in the first quarter on the market for tablet computers, which continues the boom but where competition is intensifying, according to Wednesday estimates research firm IDC.
An increase of 142.2% of sales in the first quarter of 2013
In total 49.2 million tablets were sold worldwide in the first three months of 2013, an increase of 142.4% compared to the same period in 2012, according to the firm.
"With sustained by increased demand for devices with smaller screen growth, the tablet market shows no signs of slowing down," says IDC.
The iPad suffers from competition increasingly fierce in the tablet market, where Android weighs heavier and heavier.
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