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. 

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