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“The iPad quickly losing market share,” said Glen Yeung of Citi Research research.

Earlier this week Apple announced in the second quarter, 14.6 million iPads have been sold. A lot less than the 17 million in the same period a year ago, or 19.5 million from the first quarter. Moreover, the rest of the market quickly.

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Citi expects that trend continues in the third quarter. Anonymous sources from distribution contrasting DigiTimes that Apple will sell in the next quarter, compared with 17 million a year earlier.

only 10 to 12 million tablets

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Stark contrast

“The trend is in stark contrast to the total tablet market,” said Yeung opposite Cnet. According to the researcher, much depends on the fourth quarter, but will the iPad anyway not rosy year more.

In autumn new iPads expected. Apple will both 5 and iPad Mini iPad 2 release. “Even if Apple in the fourth quarter, a growth of 75 percent is able to achieve you come for the whole year from 6 percent growth compared to the expected 58.7 percent growth for the whole market.”

The difference in the growth of Android and Windows tablets on the one hand and iPads on the other hand is also reflected in the market share of Apple. According to sources from Digitimes Apple was in the first quarter accounted for 50 percent of the tablet market. In the second quarter was an estimated 30 to 35 percent.

New iPads

Citi expects that despite the arrival of two new Apple iPads this year will lose substantial market share. that Apple should return incidentally is not surprising. The company was the first major player in the tablet market and had at the beginning even a market share of around 90 percent. The decline faster than expected.

Apple sold so far 155 million iPads since its launch in 2010. Last year, 65.7 million iPads sold this year, the counter halfway 34.1 million.

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