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Indian Tablet Market Shipments Decline 28 Percent, Says IDC

Indian Tablet Market Shipments Decline 28 Percent, Says IDC 101f2j

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 31 May 2017 14:50 IST

Highlights

701,000 tablets were shipped in India in the first quarter of 2017: IDC
Samsung leads the tablet market with 21.3 percent share
Datawind secured the second position while Lenovo stood third

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The tablet shipments in the consumer segment declined 28 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year, resulting in a sharp 18.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) drop in total tablet shipments in India, a report said on Wednesday. 4w4bd

According to market research firm International Data Corporation's (IDC) "Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker" report, 701,000 tablets were shipped in India in the first quarter of 2017 - a marginal drop of 2.2 percent from 716,000 units in the previous quarter.

"Owing to the growing digital proliferation across industries, commercial segment especially large enterprise, government and education sectors are expected to increase their demand for tablets. This will drive vendors to focus more aggressively in gaining market share in the commercial market to sustain the India tablet market," said Celso Gomes, Associate Market Analyst, Client Devices, IDC India.

Samsung leads the tablet market with 21.3 percent share. Samsung shipments increased four percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) primarily due to healthy growth in commercial shipments.

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Lenovo stood third with 20 percent market share as shipments remained stable over previous quarter, the findings showed.

Apple maintained its fifth-place position despite shipments declining by 38.2 percent compared to previous quarter.

iPad mini, which ed for over one-third of total shipments last quarter, would result in shrinking of iOS market in India, the report added.

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