Shipments will consist of 11 million iPad 2 and iPad 3 units as well as 3.97 million non-iPad tablet PCs which will decrease by 50.8% on quarter and include 1.5 million Kindle Fires and 300,000 Nook Tablets, Digitimes Research said.
Of tablet PCs to be shipped in the first quarter of 2012, 13.3% will be equipped with processors developed by Texas Instruments and 26.3% will be based on Android.
Tablet shipments up 77.6 percent
Posted on Monday, February 20 2012 @ 20:28 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes Research reports sales of tablets are anticipated to hit 14.97 million units this quarter, a 77.6 percent year-over-year increase but a 30.6 percent drop compared to Q4 2011. The drop in sales is likely seasonal, as electronics sell better during the holiday season.