There will be 74.5 million tablets shipped globally in the fourth quarter of 2014, increasing on quarter by 17.6% but decreasing on year by 10.1%, and of which 20 million units will be iPads, 27.8 million units of non-iPad models launched by major vendors and 26.7 million units of white-box models, according to Digitimes Research.
Apple will account for 26.8% of the shipments, followed by Samsung Electronics with 14.6%, Lenovo 4.7%, Asustek Computer 4%, Amazon 3.9%, Acer 1.7% and Hewlett-Packard 1.3%, Digitimes Research indicated.
Taiwan-based ODMs/OEMs will ship 30.64 million tablets in the quarter, growing on quarter by 32.5% but slipping on year by 13.8%. Foxconn Electronics will be the largest manufacturer accounting for 48.4% of shipments, Pegatron for 24.1%, Compal Electronics 14.6% and Quanta Computer 11.1%.