Samsung is doing to Apple in tablets what it did to them in smartphones.
According to analysts IDC, Samsung’s Q4 market share in tablets was 15% and Apple’s was 44%.
Last year Samsung’s share was 7.3% and Apple’s was 53%.
Samsung shipped 7.9m tablets in Q4 and Apple shipped 22.9m. In all, 52m tablets were sold in the quarter.The tablet market is mirroring the smartphone market. In 2011, Apple and Samsung were level-pegging in shipments but, in 2012, Samsung shipped 220 million smartphones and Apple shipped 130 million smartphones, say analysts Future Horizons.
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2013/02/01/55482/samsung-catching-apple-in-tablets.htm
