#ipad also-rans

Apple sold an estimated 14.249 million iPads in Q2 2020

Worldwide tablet shipments hit 37.5 million units in Q2 2020, a remarkable 26% year-on-year increase. Apple sold an estimated 14.249 million iPads in the quarter.

Demand in Q2 2020 was boosted by consumers and businesses wanting affordable access to basic computing power and larger screens to facilitate remote work, learning and leisure. Vendors were able to ramp up production to meet this…

Apple’s iPad continues to dominate worldwide tablet shipments

Worldwide tablet shipments declined 0.6% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) as global shipments fell to 43.5 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. For the full year 2019, the tablet market shrank 1.5% year over year as global shipments totaled 144 million units.

Starting at just $329,…

Why Microsoft Surface sales aren’t growing after seven years of trying

Apple’s iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard Folio offer take-anywhere power and versatility.

In Microsoft’s most-recently-reported quarter, Surface sales fell 4 percent year over year.

Daniel Eran Dilger for AppleInsider:

Surface sales reported in Microsoft’s third calendar quarter reached $1.06 billion, a 4 percent decrease over the year-ago quarter. But since 2014, Microsoft’s Surface…

Annual iPad sales expected to fall for first time

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”As the calendar year comes to a close, full-year Apple iPad sales are expected to decline for the first time in the tablet’s five-year history, according to a new report,” Karma Allen reports for CNBC. “ABI Research on Tuesday forecast for iPad sales to reach about 68 million in 2014, down from the 74 million units sold in 2013.”

“Along with Apple, Amazon, Barnes &…

Samsung’s Android replacement ‘Tizen’ faltering, outlook bad for beleaguered Apple imitator in 2015

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”It was a rough year for Samsung, but 2015 isn’t shaping up to be much better,” Steve Kovach reports for Business Insider. “After watching profits tumble this year due to increased competition from other Android phone makers, Samsung sits at an odd inflection point. It can pump out pricey, generic Android phones and watch cheaper phone manufacturers continue to eat its…

Paid Microsoft endorser Russell Wilson claims to love his Surface Pro even though ‘he used to be an Apple guy’

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”No, those bright blue, ruggedized devices being used on NFL sidelines aren’t iPads,” Edgar Alvarez reports for Engadget. “They’re Surface Pro 2s. And while they may look like Apple’s renowned tablet from afar, at least to some NFL commentators, Microsoft’s been trying to help players and coaches get more familiar with the Sideline Viewing System since the league…

More evidence that Apple’s iPad sales pause is just a speed bump

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”Throughout 2014, Apple has been trying to shake the negative storyline among investors that its iPad business is struggling,” Evan Niu writes for The Motley Fool. “Year-over-year unit growth for the company’s tablet sales dipped into negative territory for the first time last year, and Apple has struggled to buck that trend.”

“Tim Cook has preemptively addressed…

IDC: Worldwide tablet market grew 11.5% in the third quarter

[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]The worldwide tablet grew 11.5% year over year in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14) with shipments reaching 53.8 million units according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Marked by back-to-school promotions and US appetite for connected tablets, the third quarter also saw shipments grow sequentially by…