Apple has reported that the iPad market share is on its best run in years despite a global economic slowdown. In a recent announcement of its quarterly earnings, Apple highlighted how iPad revenues and sales managed to keep the company on an earning status. Figures in the international market illustrated an increase of 52 percent in revenues valued at $9 billion and 84 percent in unit sales valued at $17 million.
According to industry analytics firm Strategy Analytics, some of the new figures suggest an increase in the overall tablet share for Apple. That means a 68.3 percent control of the market after making deliveries of 24.9 million units, unlike the 62 percent share Apple accumulated during the previous year's second quarter.
Apple's current market share is the best in many years, but Strategy Analytics also warns the company of its slowest growth rate since the first-generation iPad launched in Q2 of 2010, following the slowdown in the global economy.
Additional statistics from Strategy Analytics indicated a loss of almost 3 percent for Microsoft’s market share. The firm is set to launch Windows 8, its latest OS that is designed for tablets, later this year.
Other firms that have also been affected lost a total 3.5 percent market share, which mainly attributed to RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook. Meanwhile, Android has gained sales of up to $7.3 million from $4.4 million last year. However, its market share did not budge in the increasingly lucrative tablet market at 29.3 percent.
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