16% fewer tablets sold in the third quarter than last year

According to Strategy Analytics, global tablet sales in the third quarter

this year was 38.2 million devices, it was 16% less than in the same period a year earlier. The segment leader is Apple, which managed to sell 14.9 million devices, it accounts for 39% of shipments, but it is noted that Apple shipments decreased by 14%. In second place is Samsung with shipments of 7.2 million devices and a market share of 19%. Samsung's sales also declined, but this reduction was much smaller and amounted to only 4%. Third place in the tablet market belongs to Amazon with shipments of 3.7 million units and a 10% share. Amazon sales down 5%. Also in the top five market leaders are Lenovo and Huawei with shipments of 2.7 million and 1.3 million and shares of 7% and 4%, respectively.