- The worldwide detachable tablet market reached 6.5M units in Q4, up 10.3% on the year according to preliminary IDC data.
- Old-fashioned slate tablets shipped 43.1M units in the quarter and 141.7M in the year.
- Market leaders (detachable + slate): Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), 13.2M units (+0.6% Y/Y; market share: 26.6%); Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), 7.7M units (+50.3%; 15.6% share); Samsung (KS:005930) (OTC:SSNNF, OTC:SSNLF), 7M units (-13%; 14.1% share); Huawei, 3.5M units (+11.9%; 7.1% share); Lenovo (OTCPK:LNVGY, OTCPK:LNVGF), 3.1M (-13.1%; 6.2% share).
- Amazon had the largest percentage point gain in market share between years, rising from 9.6% in 2016 to 15.6%.
- Amazon shares are up 1.1%.
- Apple shares are up 0.7%.
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