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According to IDC, worldwide tablet market declined 13.5% in Q2 2018 as global shipments fell to 33 million. Slate tablets accounted for the majority of the market with 28.4 million units, which is down 14.5% from the previous year. On the other hand, the detachable tablets also declined during the quarter largely due to the high-profile product launches in the Q2 of 2017 and the absence of timely updates to those products in 2Q18. As expected, Apple leads the segment with the launch of a newer iPad towards the end of the first quarter, this combined with the renewed push into Education. Samsung maintained its position in the second place. However, the YoY shipments declined 16.1%. The company's both tablet and detachable shipments declined as the portfolio continued to age. Huawei shipped 3.4 million tablets in the Q2, cementing its place as the third largest tablet manufacturer worldwide. The majority of these shipments continued to be from Asia/Pacific. Although Huawei's detachable shipments remain limited, they grew more than 200% in the latest quarter. Lenovo shipments were relatively steady at 2 million units in the second quarter. This is a decline of 8.4% compared to the same period a year ago. Back in May of 2018, Lenovo took ...

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