IDC predicted Tuesday on Tuesday that the Tablet PC shipments with Android operating system whose sales may exceed iPad this year for the first time. Although iPad and iPhone shipments will continue to grow rapidly, the rival Samsung Electronics and other companies with smart marketing, the more diversified products and rapid technological and other measures, seizing the market of Apple.
According to IDC, Google and Amazon produced smaller, which was benefit for Android Table PC, and this year will win the favor of more consumers, gradually weakened the first of iPad since 2010.
Many people thought that Apple would lose the competitive advantage, the view made its shares under pressure. Since September last year, Apple's share price has fallen by more than a third.
IDC said that Apple iPad’s shipments accounted for 46% of the flat panel market in 2013, lower than last year of 51%. With the Android system equipment, the market share this year has risen from 42% to 49%.
