Global shipments of tablets in the third quarter of 2014 rebounded to quarterly growth thanks to inventory preparation for the traditional high season. Shipments reached 63.4 million units, up only 1% from the same period last year according to estimates from Digitimes Research. The tablet market matured earlier than expected with the iPad and white-box tablets both failing to show significant shipment growth. Total third quarter iPad shipments were merely 15 million units, up 6.4% on quarter.Table 1: Key factors affecting tablet shipments in 3Q14 (Supply)
Table 2: Key factors affecting tablet shipments in 3Q14 (Demand)
Table 3: Key factors affecting tablet shipments in 4Q14 (Supply)
Table 4: Key factors affecting tablet shipments in 4Q14 (Demand)
Chart 2: Shipments by product iPad, non-iPad branded and white-box, 1Q13-4Q14 (m units)
Chart 3: Shipment share by product iPad, non-iPad branded and white-box, 1Q13-4Q14
Chart 8: Shipments by touchscreen technology, 2Q13-4Q14 (m units)
Chart 9: Shipment share by touchscreen technology, 2Q13-4Q14
Chart 14: Shipments of detachable notebooks by OS, 2Q13-4Q14 (k units)
Chart 15: Shipment share of detachable notebooks by OS, 2Q13-4Q14
Chart 16: Shipments from Taiwan makers and share of global shipments, 2Q13-4Q14 (m units)
Chart 17: Taiwan tablet shipments by maker, 1Q13-4Q14 (m units)