Apple iPads lead global tablet market

International Data Corporation (IDC) announced the latest report on global best-selling tablets for the quarter ending March 2022. Four of the top five best-selling tablets were Apple iPads and Samsung's Galaxy Tab S8 model is the only non-Apple product on the list. "4 out of the 5 most sold tablets in Q1 2022 are iPads. They represent 94% of Apple´s total tablet sales and 30% of the total market. 12 yrs after the 1st iPad, Apple dominance remains," said Francisco Jeronimo, associate VP, IDC. 

Apple iPads lead global tablet market, while Samsung's Galaxy Tab S8 is lone non-Apple device in top five best-selling tablets globally.

1) Apple iPad 9th Gen (2021) : It sports a 10.2-inch Retina display with True Tone technology. It houses a powerful A13 Bionic chip, which promises to deliver up to 20 percent performance boost over predecessor. Also, it is 3x faster than the best-selling Chromebook, and up to a whopping 6x faster than the best-selling Android tablet. Credit: Apple

2) Apple iPad mini 6th Gen (2021) : It comes with 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display with narrow borders. It houses Apple A15 Bionic chipset with a 6-core CPU, which promises a 40 percent jump in performance, and the 5-core GPU to deliver an 80 percent leap in graphics performance compared to the predecessor. Credit: Apple

3) Apple iPad Pro 5th Gen(2021): It comes in 11.0-inch and 12.9-inch screen sizes. It features Apple M1 chipset comes with The 8-core CPU backed by the 8-core GPU. They are paired with 16-core Apple Neural Engine, an advanced image signal processor (ISP), a unified, high-bandwidth memory architecture with up to 16GB of memory, 2x faster storage, make iPad Pro more capable than ever. Credit: Apple

4) Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 (2022): The new Galaxy Tab S8 sports an 11.0-inch WQXGA+(2560 x 1600p) super AMOLED screen with a pixel density of 276 ppi, 120Hz refresh rate and in-display fingerprint sensor, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, S Pen for an ultralow latency delivering an incredible writing experience, and support Samsung DeX and an 8,000mAh battery with super-fast charging support. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

5) Apple iPad Air 4th Gen(2020) It features 10.9-inch LED-backlit Liquid Retina display with multi‑touch, True Tone Display, IPS technology, up to 500 nits peak brightness, 2360x1640 resolution. It is powered by 5nm class A14 Bionic System-on-Chip (SoC) with 11.8 billion transistors. With this, it can deliver 40-percent faster, 30-percent faster graphics, 2X graphics performance, which is more than enough to play power-intensive games, do video editing, and other heavy work on the iPad. Credit: Apple

Deccan Herald is on WhatsApp Channels | Join now for Breaking News & Editor's Picks