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The second quarter of 2021 was great for the tablet segment, as it grew 4.2% year over year with shipments totaling 40.5 million units. Apple led the tablet market in the second quarter of 2021, shipping 12.9 million units of iPad. According to IDC, Apple covered 31.9% of the tablet market and saw a growth in shipments by 3.5% year-over-year. Still, the company saw a decline in the market share as it had a market share of 32.1% at the same time the previous year.
Korean giant Samsung was in the second spot, shipping 8 million units of Galaxy Tabs. In the second quarter, Samsung saw a growth of 13.3%, covering 19.6% tablet market share compared to 18% in the same quarter last year. Lenovo was in the third spot but saw the biggest 64.5% year-over-year growth, shipping 4.7 million units of tablets on the quarter compared to the 2.9 million units during the same period in 2020.
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|
Company |
2Q21 Unit Shipments (in million) |
2Q21 Market Share |
2Q20 Unit Shipments (in million) |
2Q20 Market Share |
Year-Over-Year Growth |
|
Apple |
12.9 |
31.9% |
12.5 |
32.1% |
3.5% |
|
Samsung |
8.0 |
19.6% |
7.0 |
18.0% |
13.3% |
|
Lenovo |
4.7 |
11.6% |
2.9 |
7.4% |
64.5% |
|
Amazon.com |
4.3 |
10.7% |
3.6 |
9.3% |
20.3% |
|
Huawei |
2.1 |
5.1% |
4.5 |
11.5% |
-53.7% |
|
Others |
8.5 |
21.0% |
8.4 |
21.7% |
0.7% |
|
Total |
40.5 |
100.0% |
38.9 |
100.0% |
4.2% |
Amazon had a strong Q2 with a 20.3% year-over-year growth in tablet shipments. Compared to 3.6 million in 2020, Amazon shipped 4.3 million tablets in the second quarter this year. Huawei, on the other hand, saw a major decline in tablet shipments. Excluding Honor-made tablets, Huawei’s tablet sales were down by 53.7%, from 4.5 million units to 2.1 million units. When you add Honor's 2020 Q2 tablet shipments of approximately 400,000 units, the decline gets worst at 57.5% during this year's second quarter.
As mentioned above, the whole tablet segment saw a 4.2% yearly growth. A total of 40.5 million tablets was shipped compared to the 38.9 million in the same quarter last year.
Source: IDC
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