The equipped Android tablets were sold more than the Apple iPad, during the first quarter in which the world market grew 142.4%. It sold 49.2 million units, IDC said.
market share of Android reached 56.5% compared to 39.6% of iOS. Last year, iOS had a 58.1% share, with Android at 39.4%.
The two have grown, but the operating system Google “exploded” to 247.5%. According to IDC sales for the first quarter of 2013 exceeded the entire first half of 2012.
The main growth factors bind to the increased demand for smaller screen devices, according to the consultant. Apple remained the largest manufacturer, with a total of 19.5 million units sold in the quarter, exceeding expectations IDC – were 18.7 million iPads.
“The sustained demand for the iPad mini and strong orders for trade led to a first quarter better than expected for Apple,” said Tom Mainelli, research director, IDC. Samsung was the second largest manufacturer with 8.8 million units sold.
According to IDC, the growth of smartphone sales of Korean giant has helped your business tablets, often bundling the two together. Asus has become the third largest manufacturer, supplanting the Amazon, thanks to demand for Google Nexus 7.
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