55.06 million tablets shipped worldwide in Q2 2014

tabA report published on Wednesday by Digitimes claims that 55.06 million tablets were shipped globally in the second quarter of this year. That is 4.5% lower than the number of tablets shipped world-wide in the first quarter. It is, however, a healthy 17.9% gain year-over-year. The tablets shipped in the period included 14.1 million Apple iPad tablets.

Small sized tablets with Wi-Fi connectivity had a rough three months, and suppliers had a number of yield issues that affected shipments. The report also noted that Samsung’s 8 inch slates had lower than expected shipments. On the other hand, tablets with a 10 inch or higher screen size have seen an increase in demand.

Meanwhile, shipments of tablets from Taiwan to Apple, dropped a stunning 38% sequentially in the first quarter. A whopping 70% of Taiwan’s tablet shipments are addressed to Apple, and numbered 16 million tablets from January through March. Overall, there was a rather large 40% drop in Taiwan’s tablet shipments in the opening quarter of this year, from the final quarter of 2013. In dollar terms, the value of Taiwan’s Q1 tablet shipments amounted to $4.7 billion, down 46.6% from the previous three month period. With the drop in shipments of the more expensive Apple iPad units, the average selling price for tablets shipped from Taiwan, declined 10% to $207 USD (NGN 34,000 or GHC 733).

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