Tablet computer market: the decline in Apple and Samsung jump

Tablet computer market: the decline in Apple and Samsung jump

Data showed on Tuesday that shipments of tablet computers worldwide jumped 49.5% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, according to a news report said.

The news agency said, "Yonhap" The South Korean growth came thanks to increased sales of devices that use the Android operating system and manufactured by companies such as "Samsung" Electronics and "Amazon dot com".

The total quarterly shipments of 27.8 million units in the period from July to September compared to 18.6 million units in the same period of the previous year, according to preliminary data prepared by Marketing Research Foundation "International Data Corp.".

The third quarter saw decline in the market share of the company "Apple" after that for U.S. consumers buying in anticipation of the launch of "iPad Mini" while the share of each of the "Samsung" and "Amazon" market on the back of the launch of new products.

The share of "Apple" market in the third quarter to 50.4% versus 59.7% in the same period last year, In contrast, the share of "Samsung" market almost tripled from 5 t 6% to 4 t 18% in the same period last year

And claimed the Amazon, which entered the market in the second half of 2012 through two computers to Ohieddin carrying the name Kindle Fire HD Bmqasa screen 7-inch and 8.9-inch, a 9% stake.

And solved "Asus" Taiwan in fourth place with a share of 8.6%, followed by "Lenovo" in fifth place with a share of 1.4%, according to data research firm.