IDC Q3 Flat Panel report: ipad down 10.6%

Samsung, Apple accounted for half (Phoenix Science and Technology map) Phoenix Science and technology news October 31, according to Science and technology website TheNextWeb reported that the third quarter of 2013, the tablet computer market continued to grow steadily, the global volume of shipments reached 47.6 million units, higher than the same period last year 34.8 million units. Apple's ipad returned to the top, but its market share fell to 29.6%, a year earlier, 40.2%. Samsung in the second position, the market share rose to 20.4%. The other three companies in the top 5 ranked well: Asus continued third, with a market share of 7.4%. Lenovo ranked fourth, the market share of 4.8%. Acer occupies the fifth market share of 2.5%. Amazon fell to the top five. The Tablet PC market grew by 36.7% in the third quarter of this year, according to IDC's latest estimate. The ipad's lost market share was largely handed over to Android tablet computers. and Windows tablets are still struggling to gain a user base. In addition, IDC analysis, Apple lost market share, because in the second or third quarter, did not release the new ipad products, resulting in the third quarter shipments, "only" 14.1 million units, up only 1% per cent year-on-year. The slow-growth culprit should be the decision at the end of 2012: Moving the ipad launch cluster to the fourth quarter of the year. That is to say, although the ipad Air and retina version of the ipad mini have been released, the real trial of Apple will not be seen until the next quarter. On Android, Samsung has secured its second seat, with 9.7 million shipments. ASUS shipments reached 3.5 million units, thanks in large part to Google's Nexus 7. Lenovo and Acer shipments were 2.3 million and 1.2 million respectively. The top five companies accounted for two-thirds of total shipments. Amazon, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other companies have not entered the top five, but still worth noting. (Compiling/twilight into Snow)