IPad’s China Market Share Plunges as Domestic Tablet Makers Gain
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Apple Inc.’s share of the Chinese tablet-computer market plunged in the second quarter as Samsung Electronics Co. and dozens of local makers built on gains in smartphones to curb growth in iPad shipments.
Apple accounted for 28 percent of tablet shipments during the period, down from 49 percent a year earlier, Dickie Chang, a Hong Kong-based analyst with researcher IDC, said in an e-mail today. Samsung surged to second with 11 percent, while half of shipments were generated by producers with 1 percent or less each in market share, he said.