Global tablet shipments see 7% annual decline with 33 mn units in Q3, Apple leads

Apple shipped 12.5 million iPads for a 38 per cent market share in Q3. Second-placed Samsung shipped 6.2 million tablets, down 6 per cent while Lenovo shipped 2.6 million tablets to hold onto third place.

Huawei and Xiaomi took fourth and fifth place, respectively, with the latter making its debut in the top five with the highest growth of the major vendors, according to the report by market research firm Canalys.

Chromebook shipments fell 19 per cent to 3.5 million in Q3 because much of the back-to-school inventory cleared through the channel.