Telecom Lead India: Apple, Samsung, Amazon, ASUS and Acer
are the top 5 tablet vendors based on volume market share in the second quarter
of 2012.

Tablet shipments for the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12)
grew to 25 million units from 18.7 million in the first quarter of 2012.

The quarter-over-quarter increase in tablet shipments was
33.6 percent and year-over-year growth was 66.2 percent, IDC said.

Tom Mainelli, research director, Mobile Connected
Devices, IDC, said the vast majority of consumers continue to favor the iPad
over competitors, and Apple is seeing increasingly strong interest in the
device from vertical markets especially education. While iPad shipment totals
are beginning to slow a bit in mature markets where the device saw early
traction, growth in other regions is clearly more than making up the
difference.

Apple shipped 17 million iPads during the quarter, up
from 11.8 million units in 1Q12.

Four of the top five worldwide vendors saw their
shipments increase year over year.

Samsung shipped 2.4 million units, up from 1.1 million
units a year ago.

Amazon posted shipments of 1.2 million units.

ASUS shipped 855,454 units compared with 397,048 units a
year ago.

Acer saw its year-over-year numbers decline, as it
shipped 385,458 units this quarter, down from 629,222 units a year ago.

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments, Second Quarter 2012 (Preliminary)

(Unit Shipments are in thousands)

Vendor

2Q12 Shipments

Market Share

2Q11 Shipments

Market Share

2Q12/2Q11 Growth

1. Apple

17,042

68.2 percent

9,248

61.5 percent

84.3 percent

2. Samsung

2,391

9.6 percent

1,099

7.3 percent

117.6 percent

3. Amazon.com

1,252

5.0 percent

0

NA

NA

4. ASUS

855

3.4 percent

397

2.6 percent

115.5 percent

5. Acer

385

1.5 percent

629

4.2 percent

-38.7 percent

Others

3,067

12.3 percent

3,668

24.4 percent

-16.4 percent

All Vendors

24,994

100 percent

15,042

100 percent

66.2 percent

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet Tracker,
August 2, 2012.

 

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